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Bulgarian Jews In Israel
Bulgarian Jews in Israel are Jewish immigrants and descendants of the immigrants of the Bulgarian Jewish communities, who now reside within the state of Israel. They number around 75,000 in the wider definition, and 7,500 in the narrower scope (those with Bulgarian citizenship). History After the establishment of the state of Israel, most of the Bulgarian Jewish population left for Israel, leaving only about a thousand Bulgarian Jews living in Bulgaria today (1,162 according to the 2011 census). According to Israeli government statistics, 43,961 people from Bulgaria emigrated to Israel between 1948 and 2006, making Bulgarian Jews in Israel the fourth largest group to come from a European country, after the Soviet Union, Romania and Poland. The current population estimates are 48,900 Jews born or with a father born in Bulgaria or Greece. 32,000 Jews with a Bulgarian- or Greek-born father. 17,000 Bulgarian- and Greek-born Jews. Notable people * Binyamin Arditi * Gabi Ashkenazi *Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerusalem
Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and is considered Holy city, holy to the three major Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Both Israel and Palestine claim Jerusalem as their capital city; Israel maintains its primary governmental institutions there, while Palestine ultimately foresees it as its seat of power. Neither claim is widely Status of Jerusalem, recognized internationally. Throughout History of Jerusalem, its long history, Jerusalem has been destroyed at least twice, Siege of Jerusalem (other), besieged 23 times, captured and recaptured 44 times, and attacked 52 times. According to Eric H. Cline's tally in Jerusalem Besieged. The part of Jerusalem called the City of David (historic), City of David shows first signs of settlement in the 4th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Cohen (actor)
Albert Cohen (; born 9 June 1932) is an Israeli actor, voice actor, theatre director, singer and accordionist. Biography Albert Cohen was born in Sofia to a Bulgarian Jewish family. He attended the National Academy of Music and later played at Sofia's National Theatre. In 1949, Cohen and his family immigrated to Israel. Cohen married twice. His first wife, , a pianist for the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, died from multiple sclerosis in 1988. They had two sons: Ady, a composer, and Sharon, a voice actor and translator. His granddaughter is also an actress. Cohen's second wife, Da'at Levontin, who he married in the early 1990s, is also a pianist. Cohen has resided in Ramat Gan since 1960. Acting and singing career Cohen was part of an IDF musical troupe affiliated with the Southern Command. He acted, sang and accompanied himself on the accordion. He left the troupe in 1952 and joined a satirical theatre group. In 1964, Cohen made his debut film appearance in ''Sallah Sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aryeh Moskona
Aryeh Moskona (; born 29 July 1947) is an Israeli actor, voice actor and singer. References External links * * * 1947 births Living people Israeli male film actors Israeli male voice actors Israeli male stage actors Israeli male television actors Israeli military musicians Israeli pop singers Israeli people of Bulgarian-Jewish descent Bulgarian emigrants to Israel Bulgarian Jews in Israel Ophir Award winners Jewish Israeli male actors Jewish Israeli singers 20th-century Israeli male actors 21st-century Israeli male actors 20th-century Israeli male singers 21st-century Israeli male singers 20th-century Israeli Jews 21st-century Israeli Jews 20th-century Bulgarian Jews 21st-century Bulgarian Jews {{Israel-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moni Moshonov
Shlomo "Moni" Moshonov (; born 18 August 1951) is an Israeli actor, comedian, and theater director. Early life Moshonov was born in Ramla, Israel, to a Bulgarian Jewish family that immigrated to Israel from Sofia, Bulgaria. His father, Moshe, who studied law in Sofia, sold textiles at the Ramla market. Moshonov grew up in Ramla, Israel. He did his military service in an Israel Defense Forces entertainment troupe. Career Acting After studying drama at Tel Aviv University, he joined the Haifa Theater, remaining with the group for five years. In 1977 he made his first film appearance in ''Masa Alunkot'' ("Journey of Stretchers") alongside Gidi Gov. In 1978–98, Moshonov starred along with Shlomo Bar-Aba, Dov Glickman, Gidi Gov and many more in the Israeli satirical TV show '' Zehu Ze!'', first on Israeli Educational Television and then Channel 2. He also appeared in the films ''The Man Who Flew in to Grab'' (1981), '' Every Time We Say Goodbye'' (1986) and '' Deadline'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raphael Mechoulam
Raphael Mechoulam (; 5 November 1930 – 9 March 2023) was a Bulgarian-born Israeli organic chemist and a professor in the Department of Natural Materials at the School of Pharmacy in the Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Mechoulam served as Rector of the university from 1979–1982. He was elected to the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities in 1994 and served as its scientific chair from 2007-2013. He was a recipient of the Israel Prize for Chemistry Research in 2000 and the Harvey Prize for 2019-2020. Known as "the godfather of cannabis research", Mechoulam is best known for his work (together with Y. Gaoni) in the isolation of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the main active principle of cannabis. He was also successful in the isolation and identification of the endogenous cannabinoids anandamide from the brain and 2-arachidonoyl glycerol, or 2-AG, from peripheral organs. His work has led to the discovery of the endocannabinoid system, which has e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy () is a veteran, well-known American film critic and professor emeritus of sociology and film of Arizona State University. For the past 50 years, he has taught a wide variety of courses in sociology, film studies, and popular culture at Columbia University, New School for Social Research, Wellesley College, UCLA, and Arizona State University. Early life and education Levy grew up in Tel Aviv, after his family emigrated to Israel from Europe. He attended Ironi He High School, one of Israel's best schools, where he got a well-rounded liberal education. After military service as a combat officer in the IDF, he attended Tel Aviv University, where he obtained a B.A. degree in Sociology, Anthropology and Political Science (magna cum laude). He pursued a M.Phil and Ph.D. (in distinction) in Sociology of Art (focusing on film and theater) from Columbia University in 1975 and 1978, respectively. Career Levy has taught at Columbia University, New School for Social Research ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yehuda Levi
Yehuda Levi (; born June 29, 1979) is an Israeli actor, model and TV presenter. Regarded as one of the best performers of his generation in Israel, he is recognized for his versatile work across independent films, television and the stage. He has received numerous accolades, including three Best Actor awards from the Israeli Academy of Television for his performances in ''Yossi & Jagger'' (2002) and ''Very Important Person'' (2014 - 2019). He starred as Nadav Feldman in the Israeli crime series, '' The Arbitrator'' (2007 - 2014). He also starred in the Israeli television action drama series, ''Mossad 101'' (2015 - 2017), the Haredi drama series, '' Fire Dance'' (2022) and '' A Body That Works'' (2023-present). Early life Levi was born in Petah Tikva, Israel. His father Yerachmiel Levi was born in Bulgaria and his mother Chaya (née Lichtenstein) was born in Poland. At age four, their family moved to South Africa where his father worked at the time; a decade later, at age fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shmuel Levi
Shmuel Levi (; 14 March 1884 – July 1966) was an Israeli painter. Biography Shmuel Levi (Ophel) was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. The name Opal was added by him as a pen name, yet at some point Levi abandoned it. His artwork stressed the Orientalist style especially seen by the Yemenite Jews. His parents were Abraham and Naomi Levi. After completing his studies in gymnasia, he began his studies at the National Academy of Arts, Sofia. With the establishment of the Bezalel Academy in 1906, Levi immigrated to the Land of Israel at the invitation of Boris Schatz. While at the academy, Levi organized the first choir at Bezalel. Levi spoke of the praise he was given as well as the financial reward which resulted from his exhibition in Czarist Russia. This success allowed him to study in the Académie Julian, Paris in 1913. While in Paris he participated in the French "Orientalist" exhibition. Upon his return to the Land of Israel, at the start of the First World War, Levi was acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shabtai Konorti
Shabtai Konorti (; 13 December 1943 – 27 May 2002) was an Israeli actor. Biography Born in Bulgaria, Konorti moved to Israel with his family at the age of six. He studied at the Municipal High School in Tel Aviv before serving in the IDF. He then went on to study acting at the Nissan Nativ Acting Studio. Konorti took an interest in stage acting and he was one of the people involved in the creation of the Jerusalem Khan Theatre. He also worked at the Ohel Theatre and the Habima Theatre where he starred in stage adaptations of ''Man Equals Man'', ''The Government Inspector'' and more. On screen, Konorti appeared several times on the satirical television program ''Zehu Ze!''. He made several film appearances as well, including a short cameo appearance as a mechanic in the 1993 film ''Schindler's List'' directed by Steven Spielberg. Personal life Konorti was briefly married to the singer Suki Lahav during the 1970s and he also has one daughter from another relationship. His half ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oshrat Kotler
Oshrat Kotler (Hebrew: אושרת קוטלר; born 25 July 1965) is an Israeli journalist, television news presenter and author. Biography Kotler, born Levi, comes from a Sephardi family from Bulgaria which spoke Ladino. She has written several books about her heritage. Kotler has a BA degree in Political sciences (cum laude) from Tel Aviv University. Media career Kotler joined the Israeli News Company in 1994. She was a news anchor, editor, and correspondent. In 1995, during assassination of prime minister Rabin, she was the senior presenter of the main newscast of Channel 2 next to Jacob Eilon, and was amongst the presenters who covered the release of the Kempler video. Kotler worked for channel 2 news for 14 years editing and hosting various current affairs programs. She was the first woman in Israel to host a personal political talk show (''Meet the Press'') and the first Israeli journalist to interview Hamas leader Ahmad Yasin in Gaza. Among her talk show guests were P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Moshe Kamhi
Rafael Moshe Kamhi (Bulgarian and ; 1870–1970), also known by the military pseudonym Skanderbeg, was a Sephardic Jew from Monastir (now Bitola) in Ottoman Macedonia. Besides being Jewish, Kamhi felt also strong attachment to the region of Macedonia as his native homeland. Kamhi was elected as liaison officer of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO; ; ), was a secret revolutionary society founded in the Ottoman territories in Europe, that operated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Founded in 1893 in Salonica, it initia ... (IMRO). He directly participated in the Miss Stone Affair and in the Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising of August 1903. Kamhi is among the few survivors of the History_of_the_Jews_in_Thessaloniki#Destruction_of_the_Jews_of_Salonika, Holocaust in Thessaloniki after being saved by Bulgarian authorities, while 90% of the Jewish population there was murdered. Biography Raf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
