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Berman Literature Prize
Berman is a surname that may be derived from the German and Yiddish phrase ( ‘bear-man’) or from the Dutch , meaning the same. Notable people with the surname include: * Abba Berman (1919–2005), Polish-Israeli Rosh Yeshiva * Adolf Berman (1906–1978), Polish-Israeli activist and politician * Ahmet Berman (1932–1980), Turkish football player * Alan Berman (born 1943), American psychologist, psychotherapist, and suicidologist * Alexander Johan Berman (1828–1886), Dutch minister and literary critic *Amanda Berman, civil rights attorney; founder and executive director of Zioness * Amy Berman (born 1954), circuit judge * Antoine Berman (1942–1991), French translator and theorist of translation * Arthur L. Berman (1935–2020), American lawyer and former Illinois state Representative * Bart Berman (born 1938), Dutch-Israeli pianist * Bob Berman, American astronomer * Boris Berman (chekist) (1901–1939), Worker of the USSR State Security officials, Commissioner of Publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yiddish Language
Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with many elements taken from Hebrew language, Hebrew (notably Mishnaic Hebrew, Mishnaic) and to some extent Aramaic. Most varieties of Yiddish include elements of Slavic languages and the vocabulary contains traces of Romance languages.Aram Yardumian"A Tale of Two Hypotheses: Genetics and the Ethnogenesis of Ashkenazi Jewry".University of Pennsylvania. 2013. Yiddish has traditionally been written using the Hebrew alphabet. Prior to World War II, there were 11–13 million speakers. 85% of the approximately 6 million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust were Yiddish speakers,Solomon Birnbaum, ''Grammatik der jiddischen Sprache'' (4., erg. Aufl., Hamburg: Buske, 1984), p. 3. leading to a massive decline in the use of the language. Jewish ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Berman
Bruce Berman (born April 25, 1952) is an American film industry executive and executive producer. He is the chairman and CEO of Village Roadshow Pictures, a position he has held from 1997 to 2021. His credits as an executive producer include ''American Sniper'', ''The Lego Movie'', ''The Great Gatsby'', the ''Ocean's'' trilogy, '' Sherlock Holmes'' and its sequel, '' Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows'', ''Happy Feet'' and ''The Matrix'' franchise. Berman is noted for his collection of contemporary American photographs. In 2004, he was listed among the world's top 25 photography collectors by ''ARTnews''. Early life and education Berman was born to a Jewish family in New York in 1952. As a teenager, he developed a passion for photography and contemplated a career as a photographer. He continued to pursue photography throughout high school and into college, where, as a student at Bennington College, he would take frequent road trips to shoot photos of 20th century Americana. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harris Berman
Harris Alan Berman (May 30, 1938 – October 30, 2021) was an American physician and was the dean of the Tufts University School of Medicine. Early life and education Berman was born on May 30, 1938 in Concord, New Hampshire. He completed his undergraduate education at Harvard College and graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1964. He completed his residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious disease at Tufts Medical Center.Harris Berman Faculty profile at Tufts Career First contributions After finishing his fellowship, he and Jim Squires, a friend just out of his general surgery residency, along with three other physicians, co-founded the Matthew Thornton Health Plan,[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold J
Harold may refer to: People * Harold (given name), including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Harold (surname), surname in the English language * András Arató, known in meme culture as "Hide the Pain Harold" Arts and entertainment * ''Harold'' (film), a 2008 comedy film * ''Harold'', an 1876 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson * ''Harold, the Last of the Saxons'', an 1848 book by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton * '' Harold or the Norman Conquest'', an opera by Frederic Cowen * ''Harold'', an 1885 opera by Eduard Nápravník * Harold, a character from the cartoon ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' * Harold & Kumar, a US movie; Harold/Harry is the main actor in the show. Places ;In the United States * Alpine, Los Angeles County, California, an erstwhile settlement that was also known as Harold * Harold, Florida, an unincorporated community * Harold, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Harold, Missouri, an unincorporated commun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Berman
Geoffrey Steven Berman (born September 12, 1959) is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2018 to 2020. He is the Global Chair of the litigation department at the law firm Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. Berman served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1990 to 1994. In January 2018, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Berman's appointment as interim U.S. Attorney for a statutory period of 120 days. On April 25, 2018, the judges of the Southern District of New York, pursuant to , unanimously appointed Berman U.S. Attorney for an indeterminate term that extended "until the vacancy is filled", 28 U.S. Code § 546. Vacancies (United States Attorneys) which may or may not include the appointment of a presidential nominee approved by the Senate. On June 19, 2020, Attorney General William Barr announced in a press release that Berman was "stepping dow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gail Berman
Gail Berman (born August 17, 1956) is an American producer and television executive. She is co-owner and founding partner of The Jackal Group, a production entity formed in partnership with Fox Networks Group. The Jackal Group develops and produces scripted, unscripted and factual entertainment programming for FNG's channels, including Fox Broadcasting Company, FX/ FXX, the National Geographic Channels, and Fox International Channels. The partnership also provides for opportunities in digital and film, as well as for non-21st Century Fox distribution entities. Early life Berman was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn. The family soon moved to Bellmore, New York, where she was raised. In 1974, she graduated from Abington High School and in 1978, she graduated with a B.A. in theater from the University of Maryland. Career Berman graduated from the University of Maryland, where she served on the board of trustees. Berman also serves on the board of directors of the Center T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Berman
Fred Berman, born Fred Jean Berman (November 3, 1926 – November 6, 2011), was a Jewish American abstract artist. Early life Fred Berman was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1926 to father Ezra Berman and mother Frances, children of Russian Jews who immigrated to the American Midwest. He was the youngest of four children. Due to a possible heart condition in his youth, he was told to avoid physical exertion and focused his energies on chess and art. Berman was an adept chess player, winning the junior Milwaukee city-wide championship four consecutive years. In the summer of 1943, he went to work for the architecture firm Eschweiler & Eschweiler, and this experience laid the foundation for his future artistic ventures in architecture. After earning a bachelor's degree from the Milwaukee State Teachers College and a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Berman joined the faculty at the Layton School of Art in 1949, later considered one of the premier art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin Berman
Sir Franklin Delow Berman, (born 23 December 1939) is a British barrister and leading authority in international law. He was Legal Adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1991 to 1999. Background and education Berman was born in South Africa. He was educated at Rondebosch Boys' High School, the University of Cape Town (BA in Mathematics 1959, BSc 1960), and Wadham College, Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and took first class honours in Jurisprudence. He then undertook doctoral work at Nuffield College, Oxford, where he held a studentship. Diplomatic Service Berman joined Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service in 1965, and was called to the bar of Middle Temple in 1966. He was assistant legal advisor for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1965 to 1971, legal advisor to the British Military Government of Berlin from 1971 to 1972, legal adviser at the British Embassy, Bonn, from 1972 to 1974. He was a legal counsellor for the FCO from 1974/5–82, counsellor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Berman
Eugène Berman (; 4 November 1899, Saint Petersburg, Russia – 14 December 1972, Rome) and his brother Leonid Berman (1896 – 1976) were Russian Neo-romantic painters and theater and opera designers. Early years Born in Russia, the Bermans studied art in Europe, before returning to begin their formal art education with the Russian realist painter P.S. Naumoff. They fled the Russian Revolution in 1918. In Paris the Bermans exhibited at the Galerie Pierre where their work earned them the name "Neo-Romantics" for its melancholy and introspective qualities, having taken inspiration from the Blue Period paintings of Pablo Picasso. Other Neo-Romantic painters were Christian Bérard, Pavel Tchelitchev, Kristians Tonny and, later in America, their friend Muriel Streeter (wife of their art dealer Julien Levy). Eugène's work was characterized by lonely landscapes featuring sculptural and architectural elements, often ruins, rendered in a neo-classical manner, whereas that of Leon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein
Dianne Emiel Feinstein (; June 22, 1933 – September 29, 2023) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from California from 1992 until her death in 2023. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she served as the 38th mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988. A San Francisco native, Feinstein graduated from Stanford University in 1955. She was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969 and immediately became the board's first female president upon her appointment in 1970. In 1978, during a third stint as the board's president, Moscone–Milk assassinations, the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk drew national attention. Feinstein succeeded Moscone as mayor and became the first woman to serve in that position. During Mayoralty of Dianne Feinstein, her tenure, she led the renovation of San Francisco cable car system, the city's cable car system and oversaw the 1984 Democra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Berman
Debbie Berman is a South African film and television editor. She is best known for her editing work on multiple movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including '' Spider-Man: Homecoming, Black Panther,'' and ''Captain Marvel''. Life and career She was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. She attended High School Victory Park, part of the King David Schools, and was introduced to video editing. She would edit films for school events and personal projects. She began editing television shows and movies in South Africa, before moving to Vancouver, Canada. After editing '' Space Chimps'' and ''Invictus'', Berman moved to Los Angeles, where she was placed on the editing team for ''Spider-Man: Homecoming, Black Panther'', and ''Captain Marvel''. In ''Spider-Man: Homecoming'', Berman suggested re-shoots for scenes of Liz and Peter interacting to make Liz's character feel more genuine. While working on ''Black Panther'', Berman convinced director Ryan Coogler to do reshoots on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Berman (musician)
David Cloud Berman (born David Craig Berman; January 4, 1967 – August 7, 2019) was an American musician, singer-songwriter and poet. In 1989, he founded – and was the only constant member of – the indie rock band Silver Jews with Pavement (band), Pavement's Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich. With Malkmus, he developed the simple country-rock sound that characterized the early Lo-fi (music), lo-fi recordings of both Pavement and Silver Jews. He worked extensively on his lyrics whose themes overlapped with his poetry, of which he only published Actual Air, one volume; his lyrics concerned many subjects, including his depression, which culminated in Berman attempting suicide in 2003. Afterward, he underwent Drug rehabilitation, rehabilitation, engaged with Judaism and toured for the first time, but soon dissolved the band. In his reclusion, further turmoil arose which promoted him returning to music; he adopted a Purple Mountains, new stage name and released an Pur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
