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Brisker
Brisker (), derived from the Yiddish name Brisk for the town of Brest, Belarus, is a Jewish surname and a Rabbibic appellation. Notable people with the surname include: * Reb Chaim Brisker ''(Soloveitchik)'' (1853–1918), rabbi and Talmudist * - One of the founders of Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan * - writer, playwright, journalist, radio broadcaster and Hebrew editor * ''Brisker Rov'' ("rabbi of/from Brisk") (1886 in Valozhyn – 1959) * Gordon Brisker (1937–2004), American jazz tenor saxophonist *Jaquan Brisker (born 1999), American football player * John Brisker (born 1947), American basketball player * Mark Brisker (born 1969), American-Israeli basketball player * Michael Brisker (born 1998), Israeli basketball player See also * *Briskman Briskman is a Jewish surname literally meaning "Brisk man", derived from the Yiddish name Brisk for the town of Brest, Belarus. Notable people with the surname include: *Juli Briskman, American politician and journalist * Robert Briskman Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaquan Brisker
Jaquan Monte Brisker (born April 20, 1999) is an American professional football safety for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Lackawanna Panthers and Penn State Nittany Lions prior to being selected by the Bears 48th overall in the 2022 NFL draft. Early life Brisker grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and attended Gateway High School in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, where he played basketball and football. Brisker was initially recruited by several major college football programs until it became apparent that he would be academically ineligible to play NCAA Division I football due to a low SAT score. He instead enrolled at Lackawanna College in Scranton, Pennsylvania over offers from Youngstown State, Toledo, and California University of Pennsylvania. College career Lackawanna College Brisker began his collegiate career at Lackawanna College. After his freshman season, Brisker committed to transfer to Penn State over offe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Brisker
John Brisker (June 15, 1947 – declared dead May 29, 1985) was an American professional basketball player who disappeared on April 11, 1978, after allegedly visiting Uganda. He played college basketball for the Toledo Rockets until he left the team during his senior season in 1968. Brisker began his professional career with the Pittsburgh Pipers / Condors of the American Basketball Association (ABA) where he was a two-time ABA All-Star and had a reputation as one of the league's premier tough guys. He played for the Seattle SuperSonics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1972 to 1975. Brisker allegedly travelled to Uganda in 1978 where he disappeared after last making contact with his girlfriend on April 11, 1978. He was declared dead on May 29, 1985, to settle his estate but his final movements are unknown and his death was doubted by the State Department. Career Brisker was a 6′5″ forward/ guard who played for the Toledo Rockets basketball team of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Brisker
Michael Mor Brisker (; born February 21, 1998) is an Israeli basketball player who last played for Ironi Kiryat Ata of the Israeli Premier League. He plays the shooting guard position. Biography Brisker is from Tel Aviv, Israel. His father is American-Israeli former basketball player Mark Brisker. Brisker represented gold-medal-winning Israel at the 2018 FIBA U20 European Championship in Germany. He averaged 15.3 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.9 assists, and 1.9 steals per game. On January 5, 2020, he signed with Maccabi Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. In 2020-21 he averaged 9.7 points and 1.6 assists per game, and had an .896 free throw percentage. On August 8, 2021, he signed with Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. In 2021-22 he averaged 11.6 points and 2.4 assists per game, and shot .426 from three-point range and .851 from the free-throw line. He was named 2021-2022 Israeli BSL Most Improved Player. In the summer of 2022 he signed wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Brisker
Gordon Brisker (November 6, 1937 in Cincinnati, Ohio – September 10, 2004) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Brisker began on piano as a child, and studied reed instruments at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. He played with Ralph Marterie before enrolling in the Berklee College of Music. Following this he worked with Al Belletto, Bill Berry, and Woody Herman (1960–63), then moved to New York City, where he played with Louie Bellson and Gerry Mulligan. After a short time back in Cincinnati, Brisker then moved to Los Angeles, where he worked extensively as a studio musician. From 1983 to 1985, Brisker taught at Berklee, and during this time also arranged for Herb Pomeroy; after 1985 he returned to Los Angeles. He recorded extensively with Anita O'Day and Bobby Shew among others, and recorded several albums under his own name. In the 1990s, Brisker moved to Australia and taught at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Brisker died of pancreatic cancer on September 10, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik
Yitzchok Zev Halevi Soloveitchik (), also known as Velvel Soloveitchik ("Zev" means "wolf" in Hebrew, and "Velvel" is the Diminutive#Yiddish, diminutive of "wolf" in Yiddish language, Yiddish) or the Brisker Rov ("rabbi of/from Brest, Belarus, Brisk", (19 October 1886 – 11 October 1959), was an Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva of the Brisk yeshivas, Brisk yeshiva in Jerusalem. A scion of the Brisk tradition and Soloveitchik dynasty, Soloveitchik rabbinical dynasty, he is commonly referred to as the "GRY"Z" (an acronym for Gaon (Hebrew), Gaon Rabbi Yitzchok Zev) and "The Rov". He was known for his stringency in halakha (Jewish law) and advocacy for non-participation in the Anti-Zionism, Israeli political system. Biography Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik was born to Chaim Soloveitchik in Valozhyn. On his mother's side, he was the grandson of Refael Shapiro, a rosh yeshiva in the Volozhin yeshiva. Soloveitchik moved with his family the Jewish community of Brest, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaim Soloveitchik
Chaim (Halevi) Soloveitchik (Yiddish: חיים סאָלאָווייטשיק, ), also known as Chaim Brisker (1853 – 30 July 1918), was a rabbi and Talmudic scholar credited as the founder of the Brisker method of Talmudic study within Judaism. He was also a member of the Soloveitchik dynasty, the son of Yosef Dov Soloveitchik. He is also known as the Gra"ch (Hebrew: גר״ח), an abbreviation of "HaGaon Reb Chaim." Biography Soloveitchik was born in Volozhin on March 25, 1853, where his father, Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik was a lecturer in the Volozhiner Yeshiva. The family moved away from Volozhin, and after a few years his father was appointed as a rabbi in Slutsk, where Chaim was first educated. He joined the faculty of the Volozhiner Yeshiva in 1880, and later became assistant rosh yeshiva for a short time, until the Russian Empire forced the yeshiva to close, when he moved to Brisk, Belarus and succeeded his father as the rabbi there. He died on July 30, 1918 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Brisker
Mark Brisker (; born September 22, 1969) is an American-Israeli tall former basketball guard. He was born in Detroit, Michigan. At Henry Ford High School, in 1987 he was a second-team Class A All-State pick by the ''Free Press''. He played college basketball for Polk Community College and Stetson University. Brisker played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Quad City Thunder during the 1992–93 season and Hartford Hellcats during the 1994–95 season. He was selected to the CBA All-Rookie Second Team in 1993. He played for a number of professional teams, including Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Super League. His son, born in 1998, is Israeli basketball player Michael Brisker Michael Mor Brisker (; born February 21, 1998) is an Israeli basketball player who last played for Ironi Kiryat Ata of the Israeli Premier League. He plays the shooting guard position. Biography Brisker is from Tel Aviv, Israel. His father is A .... References External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brest, Belarus
Brest, formerly Brest-Litovsk and Brest-on-the-Bug, is a city in south-western Belarus at the border with Poland opposite the Polish town of Terespol, where the Bug (river), Bug and Mukhavets rivers meet, making it a border town. It serves as the administrative center of Brest Region and Brest District, though it is administratively separated from the district. it has a population of 346,061. Brest is one of the oldest cities in Belarus and a historical site for many cultures, as it hosted important historical events, such as the Union of Brest and Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Furthermore, the Brest Fortress was recognized by the Soviet Union as a Hero Fortress in honour of the defense of Brest Fortress in June 1941. In the High Middle Ages, the city often passed between Poland, the principalities of Kievan Rus', and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. From the Late Middle Ages, the city was part of Lithuania, which later became a part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briskman
Briskman is a Jewish surname literally meaning "Brisk man", derived from the Yiddish name Brisk for the town of Brest, Belarus. Notable people with the surname include: *Juli Briskman, American politician and journalist * Robert Briskman Robert D. Briskman (born October 15, 1932) is Technical Executive of Sirius XM Radio. He was the Chief Technical Officer and Executive Vice President, Engineering of Sirius Satellite Radio since its founding in 1991. Briskman has been involved ... (born 1932), an official with Sirius Satellite Radio See also * * Brisker {{surname Surnames of Jewish origin Surnames of Belarusian origin Toponymic surnames Yiddish-language surnames Jewish toponymic surnames Brest, Belarus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surnames Of Jewish Origin
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name. In modern times most surnames are hereditary, although in most countries a person has a right to change their name. Depending on culture, the surname may be placed either at the start of a person's name, or at the end. The number of surnames given to an individual also varies: in most cases it is just one, but in Portuguese-speaking countries and many Spanish-speaking countries, two surnames (one inherited from the mother and another from the father) are used for legal purposes. Depending on culture, not all members of a family unit are required to have identical surnames. In some countries, surnames are modified depending on gender and family membership status of a person. Compound sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewish Toponymic Surnames
Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, religion, and community are highly interrelated, as Judaism is their ethnic religion, though it is not practiced by all ethnic Jews. Despite this, religious Jews regard converts to Judaism as members of the Jewish nation, pursuant to the long-standing conversion process. The Israelites emerged from the pre-existing Canaanite peoples to establish Israel and Judah in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. John Day (2005), ''In Search of Pre-Exilic Israel'', Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 47.5 8'In this sense, the emergence of ancient Israel is viewed not as the cause of the demise of Canaanite culture but as its upshot'. Originally, Jews referred to the inhabitants of the kingdom of JudahCf. Marcus Jastrow's ''Dictionary of the Targumim, Talmud Babli, Talmud Yerushalmi and Mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
