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Berkowitz
Berkowicz is a Polish surname. There is a Polish noble family under this surname, of Nieczuja coat of arms. Alternative spelling: Berkowitz, Berkovitz, Berkowits, Berkovits, Berkovich, Bercowitz, Berkovic. Berkowicz * Józef Berkowicz (1789–1846) was a Polish military officer * Konrad Berkowicz (born 1984), Polish politician Berkowitz * Albert Berkowitz (1910–2008), New York politician * Avi Berkowitz (born 1988), American attorney * Benzion Judah Berkowitz (1803–1879), Hebrew scholar * Bob Berkowitz, American journalist, talk show host, and author * Bobbie Berkowitz, American professor of nursing * Bruce D. Berkowitz (born 1956), American author * Bruce R. Berkowitz (born 1961), American equity fund manager * Daisy Berkowitz, the stage name of Scott Putesky (1968–2017), American musician * David Berkowitz (other), several people * Edward Berkowitz, American history professor * Ethan Berkowitz (born 1962), American politician in Alaska * Gary Berkowitz, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avi Berkowitz
Avrahm "Avi" Berkowitz (born November 4, 1988) is an American attorney and political adviser who served as the Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International Negotiations from 2019 to 2021. He was an advisor to Jared Kushner in the Trump administration and worked on the Trump peace plan and the Abraham Accords. Education and early career Berkowitz grew up in Lawrence, New York. He attended Yeshiva of Far Rockaway, an Orthodox Jewish high school. After graduation, he studied at Kol Torah, an Orthodox yeshiva in Jerusalem. In 2009, he returned to the United States and enrolled in Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore. Eventually, he transferred to Queens College, where he finished his undergraduate work and received a Bachelor of Arts degree. Afterwards, he attended law school at Harvard University. During law school, Berkowitz taught undergraduate classes, including one called “Road to the White House,” years before he would campaign for Donald Trump. Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ira Berkowitz
Ira Berkowitz (born October 8, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American writer of crime fiction. His Jackson Steeg Mystery Series novels are set in Hell's Kitchen. Berkowitz's debut novel ''Family Matters'', published in 2006, won the Washington Irving Award for Literary Merit, and was a '' USAToday'' Top Ten Summer Read selection. He followed up with his second Washington Irving Award for his novel''Old Flame''published in 2008. The third novel in the Jackson Steeg series, ''Sinners' Ball'' published in December 2009., won the Shamus Award for Best Original Paperback Crime Fiction Novel of 2009. Biography Ira Berkowitz’s path to writing fiction took thirty years to complete. Growing up in Brooklyn, Berkowitz dreamed of a career in medicine or law. But advertising beckoned. When he retired, he began to write. His first attempt at a novel garnered fifty rejections. A few were encouraging. So, he kept at it. Berkowitz’s novels explore the themes of family, loyalty, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethan Berkowitz
Ethan Avram Berkowitz (born February 4, 1962) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician from Alaska. From 1997 to 2007 he was the Alaska State Representative for District 26, serving as the Democratic Party Minority Leader from 1999 to 2007. He was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in 2006, for Alaska's at-large congressional district in 2008, and for governor in 2010. He was elected mayor of Anchorage in 2015, and reelected in 2018. Berkowitz resigned as mayor of Anchorage in October 2020 after admitting to being in a "consensual, inappropriate messaging relationship" with a reporter. Early life and education Berkowitz was born to a Jewish family in San Francisco, California. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in government and economics from Harvard College in 1983, a MPhil in polar studies from Cambridge University in 1986, and a Juris Doctor from the Hastings College of Law in 1990. He moved to Alaska after graduating from law school, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Berkowitz
Roger S. Berkowitz is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Legal Sea Foods, a Boston-based restaurant group that has 34 restaurants along the northeast of the United States. He started working in his family's fish market in the Inman Square section of Cambridge, Massachusetts at the age of ten and held a variety of roles prior to becoming President and CEO in 1992. Since then, he has led the company's growth and diversification. He now oversees restaurant, retail and mail order divisions and 4,000 employees. Since the 1990s, Berkowitz has narrated and appeared in many of his company's television commercials and other advertising. In his 2015 ad campaign, he ran as a faux candidate in the 2016 presidential election asking people to #feeltheberk and vote for him on the foundation of legalizing sea weed and other viewpoints. Early life and education Berkowitz was raised in a Jewish family in Waltham and Lexington along with two brothers, Marc and Richard, and worked at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Berkowitz
Leon Berkowitz (1911–1987) was an American artist and educator. He is best known for his color field paintings and the series, ''The Unities''. He co-founded the Washington Workshop Center, a gallery and school. Berkowitz was a leading member of the art movement, the Washington Color School. Berkowitz did not like the label of, "Washington Color School" and often rejected it for his own work. Biography Leon Berkowitz was born on 14 September 1911 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to parents Yettie (née Pries) and Bernard Berkowitz. His parents were Hasidic, from Hungary. His date of birth sometimes has a different listed date (including 1915, 1919), and his place of birth has also been listed as nearby Trenton Township. Between 1935 and 1937, he married poet . He attended the University of Pennsylvania, the Art Students League of New York (1941), the Corcoran College of Art and Design, and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. During World War II between 1943 to 1945, Ber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niv Berkowitz
Niv Berkowitz ( he, ניב ברקוביץ; born April 25, 1986) is an Israeli professional basketball player for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli National League. He is the son of former basketball player Miki Berkowitz. Early years Berkowitz was born in Ramat HaSharon, Israel, he played for Hapoel Ramat HaSharon and Maccabi Tel Aviv youth teams. In 2004, Berkowitz joined Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he played in 7 games before starting his professional career. Professional career On July 4, 2013, Berkowitz signed with Hapoel Eilat for the 2013–14 season. On July 4, 2014, Berkowitz signed a one-year contract extension with Hapoel Eilat. he helped Eilat reach the Israeli League Finals, where they eventually lost to Hapoel Jerusalem. On July 19, 2015, Berkowitz signed with Ironi Nahariya for the 2015–16 season. That season, he led the league in assists by averaging 6.7 per game. Berkowitz was also selected to the Israeli League All-Star game. On July 5, 2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Berkowitz
Peter Berkowitz (born 1959) is an American political scientist, former law professor, and United States Department of State employee, most recently serving as the Director of Policy Planning at the United States Department of State. He currently serves as the Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. Education Berkowitz earned a B.A. in English literature from Swarthmore College in 1981, followed by an M.A. in philosophy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He then earned a J.D. from Yale Law School and a Ph.D. in political science from the Yale University Graduate School of Arts and Science. Career Berkowitz taught constitutional law and jurisprudence at the Antonin Scalia Law School from 1999 to 2007, and political philosophy in the Department of Government at Harvard University from 1990 to 1999. In 1997, after Harvard University president Neil Rudenstine rejected the Department of Government's recommendation and denied hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liane Berkowitz
Liane Berkowitz (7 August 1923 – 5 August 1943) was a German resistance fighter and was most notable for being a member of the Berlin-based pro-Soviet resistance group that coalesced around Harro Schulze-Boysen, that was later called the Red Orchestra by the Abwehr. Arrested and sentenced to death, she was executed shortly after she gave birth to a daughter in custody. Life Liane Berkowitz was born in Berlin, the daughter of conductor Victor Vasilyev and the singing teacher Catherine Jewsienko. Shortly before her birth, her parents had fled the Soviet Union. When Liane's father died, her mother Catherine married Henry Berkowitz, who immediately adopted Liane in 1930. The family lived on Viktoria-Luise-Platz in the Schöneberg district. Henry Berkowitz reportedly emigrated abroad after his divorce in 1939. The fate of Liane's mother is unknown. Red Orchestra Liane was fluent in German and Russian. Henry arranged for her education at the private ''Heilsche Abendschule'' g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Berkowitz
Joan B. Berkowitz (13 March 1931 - 22 January 2020) was an American chemist. Her areas of research have included materials for the space program, reusable molds for spacecraft construction built from molybdenum disilicides and tungsten disilicides, and the disposal and treatment of hazardous wastes. She was the first woman to serve as president of The Electrochemical Society. Biography Born in Brooklyn, New York, Berkowitz attended PS 42, John Marshall Junior High School, and Midwood High School. She created a science project analyzing weather maps from the ''New York Times'' to study the movement of weather patterns. She earned a scholarship to Swarthmore College and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in 1952. At Swarthmore she published her first paper, "The Preparation of ''trans'' 4-chlorocyclohexanol". She wished to follow her high school boyfriend and fellow Swarthmore graduate Arthur Mattuck to Princeton University, but at the time Princeton did not accept women for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Putesky
Scott Mitchell Putesky (April 28, 1968 – October 22, 2017), also known as Daisy Berkowitz, was an American musician, songwriter, composer, visual artist, and record producer. He was the co-founder of the rock band Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids (later shortened to just Marilyn Manson), and was the guitarist for the band until 1996. After leaving Marilyn Manson, Putesky was involved in a number of other projects such as Three ton Gate, The Linda Blairs, Jack Off Jill, Stuck on Evil (previously called Rednecks on Drugs), Kill Miss Pretty, and The Daisy Kids. Life Scott Putesky was born in Los Angeles, California, and was adopted and raised in New Jersey. His family is Jewish, but he described himself as atheist. Putesky's first instruments were the flute and the snare drum, and in 6th grade he joined the school's chorus, for which he apparently had a talent. He started playing the guitar when he was 15. His early loves were drawing, movies and ''Star Wars''. Marilyn Manson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Berkowitz
Ralph Berkowitz (September 5, 1910 – August 2, 2011) was an American composer, classical musician, and painter. Biography Berkowitz was born in Brooklyn, New York to a Romanian Jewish couple, Matilda and William Berkowitz who had emigrated from Roman and Bucharest. His father was instrumental in shaping young Ralph's musical culture and experience. In 1927, he enrolled at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia where he later became a member of the teaching staff. In 1940, he became accompanist for Gregor Piatigorsky, with whom he appeared until the cellist's death in 1976. Other musical partners included the tenor Jan Peerce, cellist Felix Salmond, and violinist and composer George Enescu. He recorded extensively with Piatigorsky and others, including the violinist Eudice Shapiro. From 1946 to 1951, Berkowitz served as an executive assistant to Serge Koussevitzky at Tanglewood and later became Dean of the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood in 1951, a position he held unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Dov Berkowitz
Isaac Dov Berkowitz ( he, יצחק דב ברקוביץ; 16 October 1885 – 29 March 1967), was a Hebrew and Yiddish author and translator. Biography Isaac Dov Berkowitz was born in Slutsk, Russian Empire. He immigrated to the United States in 1913, before moving permanently to Mandatory Palestine in 1928. Berkowitz's first short story, ''On the eve of Yom Kippur'' (בערב יום הכיפורים), was published in the Warsaw Hebrew newspaper ''HaTzofe'' in 1903. In 1905, Berkowitz moved to Vilna, where he worked as an editor for the Hebrew newspaper ''HaZman''. It was there that he met and later married Sholom Aleichem's daughter in 1906. In 1910, Berkowitz published his first ''Collected stories'' and soon thereafter he began to translate Sholom Aleichem's writings from Yiddish into Hebrew. Two years later, he translated Leo Tolstoy's ''Childhood'' from Russian into Hebrew. Berkowitz emigrated to the United States in 1913, on the eve of the First World War.Marcus, Jaco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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