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Garfunkel
Garfunkel is a Jewish surname that derives from Yiddish גאָרפֿינקל (gorfinkl), German language, German Karfunkel, both ultimately from Latin language, Latin Carbuncle (gemstone), Carbuncle (an archaic term for a number of red gemstones, usually red garnet), and may refer to: * Art Garfunkel (born 1941), American singer, poet and actor, best known as half of the folk music duo Simon & Garfunkel **Garfunkel (album), ''Garfunkel'' (album), 1988 compilation album by Art Garfunkel * Jerome Garfunkel, American computer scientist notable for his work on COBOL, brother of Art Garfunkel * Sol Garfunkel (born 1943), American mathematician * Leyb Gorfinkel, Leib Garfunkel (1896–1976), Jewish advocate, journalist, politician in Lithuania * Garfunkel and Oates, American comedy-folk duo being Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci ** Riki Lindhome aka Garfunkel ** Garfunkel and Oates (TV series), ''Garfunkel and Oates'' (TV series), American comedy television series created by and starring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garfunkel And Oates (TV Series)
''Garfunkel and Oates'' is an American comedy television series created by and starring Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci, members of the Garfunkel and Oates, titular musical duo. The series aired from August 7 through September 25, 2014, on IFC (American TV channel), IFC. On March 3, 2015, IFC decided not to renew the series for a second season. Plot The series follows the personal and professional lives of the comedy folk duo Riki "Garfunkel" Lindhome and Kate "Oates" Micucci, as they attempt to make it big in Hollywood one satirical song at a time. Cast * Riki Lindhome as Riki "Garfunkel" Lindhome * Kate Micucci as Kate "Oates" Micucci Recurring * Natasha Leggero as Vivian St. Charles * Busy Philipps as Karen * Sarah Burns as Cheryl Johnson * Artemis Pebdani as Leora / Janice Guest * Steve Agee as Toy Store Cashier * Geoffrey Arend as Todd * Kyle Dunnigan as Josh Duncan * Rob Huebel as Boomer * Anthony Jeselnik as Thomas * Ben Kingsley as himself * Sugar Lyn Beard as Epiphany * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewish
Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, 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 Gerim, converts to Judaism as members of the Jewish nation, pursuant to the Conversion to Judaism, long-standing conversion process. The Israelites emerged from the pre-existing Canaanite peoples to establish Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), Israel and Kingdom of Judah, Judah in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age.John Day (Old Testament scholar), John Day (2005), ''In Search of Pre-Exilic Israel'', Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 47.5 [48] '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, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leyb Gorfinkel
Leyb Gorfinkel (; March 14, 1896 – September 7, 1976; also known as Leib Garfunkel and Levas Garfunkelis in Lithuanian) was an advocate, journalist, and politician. He was of Lithuanian and later of Israeli nationality. Early life and education Leyb Gorfinkel grew up in Kovno (now Kaunas), which was then in the Russian Empire but which is currently in Lithuania. While he was attending Petrograd University (now Saint Petersburg State University), Gorfinel studied jurisprudence. For a time, he moved to Gomel, and moved back to Konvo at the end of 1918. Zionist activism In Kovno, he participated in various Jewish and Zionist activities. In 1919, he helped organize the Zionist daily newspaper ''Di idishe shtime'' (The Jewish Voice), which he himself edited between February 1920 and February 1922. Gorfinkel was also a member of the presidium and then as vice chair of the Jewish National Council of Lithuania during this time. In addition, he edited the bi-weekly newspaper ''Unze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germanic-language Surnames
The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania, and Southern Africa. The most widely spoken Germanic language, English, is also the world's most widely spoken language with an estimated 2 billion speakers. All Germanic languages are derived from Proto-Germanic, spoken in Iron Age Scandinavia, Iron Age Northern Germany and along the North Sea and Baltic coasts. The West Germanic languages include the three most widely spoken Germanic languages: English with around 360–400 million native speakers; German, with over 100 million native speakers; and Dutch, with 24 million native speakers. Other West Germanic languages include Afrikaans, an offshoot of Dutch originating from the Afrikaners of South Africa, with over 7.1 million native speakers; Low German, considered a separate collection of unstandardized dialects, with roughly 4.35–7.15 millio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finkel
Finkel, Finckel or Finkle is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Alan Finkel (born 1953), Australia's Chief Scientist * Aryeh Finkel (1931–2016), rosh yeshiva of the Brachfeld branch of the Mir yeshiva * Benjamin Finkel (1865–1947), American mathematician and educator * Binyomin Beinush Finkel ( (1911–1990), rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem from 1965–1990 * Caroline Finkel, British historian * Edwin Finckel (1917–2001), American jazz performer, arranger and song composer * Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (born 1879) (1879–1965), rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva in Poland and in Jerusalem from 1917–1965 * Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (born 1965), current rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem * Eliyahu Boruch Finkel (1947–2008), a lecturer at the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem * Frank Finkel (1854–1930), American who claimed to have been the only survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn * Frederick C. Finkle (1865–1949), American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finkelstein
Finkelstein ( or , ) is a German language, German and Yiddish language, Yiddish surname originating from Old High German ''funko'' (spark) and ''stein'' (stone). ''Fünkelstein'' meant pyrite (George J. Adler, ''A Dictionary of the German and English Languages'', 1848). Notable people Notable people with the surname include: * Abraham Finkelstein alias Arthur Fields (1884–1953), American singer and songwriter * Amy Finkelstein (born 1973), American professor of economics * Anthony Finkelstein (born 1959), British software engineer * Arthur J. Finkelstein (1945–2017), American political strategist * Avram Finkelstein, American gay rights activist * Ben-Ami Finkelstein (1910–1975), Swiss psychiatrist * Bernie Finkelstein (born 1944), Canadian music executive and talent manager * Claire Finkelstein, American legal scholar * Clive Finkelstein (–2021), Australian computer scientist * Daniel Finkelstein (born 1962), British journalist and politician * David Finkelstein (1929–2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garfinkel
Garfinkel is a Yiddish surname with variants Garfinkle, Garfinkiel, Garfinckel, Gurfinkel, Gorfinkel, Garfield etc. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles B. Garfinkel (1890–1969), New York assemblyman * Harold Garfinkel (1917–2011), American sociologist * Jack Garfinkel (1918–2013), American basketball player * Lenora Garfinkel (1930–2020), American architect * Marian Garfinkel (1932–2020), American yoga practitioner who pioneered the use of yoga to treat carpal tunnel * Simson Garfinkel (born 1965), American computer scientist, journalist and writer specializing in the field of computer security * Yosef Garfinkel (born 1956), Israeli archaeologist Garfield * Andrew Garfield (born 1983), English and American actor Other variant forms ;Garfinkle * John Garfield (born Garfinkle; 1913–1952), American actor * Norton Garfinkle (born 1931), American economist * Richard Garfinkle (born 1961), American science-fiction author ;Garfinckel * Julius Garfinck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karfunkel
Karfunkel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aaron Karfunkel (died 1816), Bohemian rabbi * George Karfunkel (born 1948/49), American businessman See also * Garfunkel {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garfunkel's Restaurant
Garfunkel's was a small chain of restaurants in London. It was founded in 1979 by Phillip Kaye, and was part of the Restaurant Group. On 3 June 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, Restaurant Group told employees a "large number" of its Garfunkel's outlets would not reopen after lockdown. File:Bath MMB 08 Empire Hotel.jpg, Garfunkel's at the Empire Hotel, Bath, 2009 File:26-27 Cockspur Street (geograph 5360307).jpg, Garfunkel's on Cockspur Street Cockspur Street is a short street in the City of Westminster, London, within which a very short part of Trafalgar Square links Charing Cross to Pall Mall/Pall Mall East at the point where that road changes name, opposite the traffic exit from ..., London, 2013 References Restaurant chains in the United Kingdom {{UK-restaurant-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riki Lindhome
Erika "Riki" Lindhome (born ) is an American actress, comedian and musician. She is best known as a singer and songwriter for the Comedy rock, comedy folk duo Garfunkel and Oates with Kate Micucci. After making her television debut in 2002 with minor roles in the series ''Titus (TV series), Titus'' and ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', she guest-starred on the The WB, WB series ''Gilmore Girls'' (2005–2006), the CBS sitcom ''The Big Bang Theory'' (2008; 2017) and the HBO series ''Enlightened (TV series), Enlightened'' (2011). She co-created and starred in the Comedy Central Period piece, period sitcom ''Another Period'' (2015–2018) with Natasha Leggero. She voiced the recurring role of Kimberly Harris in the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox animated sitcom series ''Duncanville (TV series), Duncanville'' (2020–2022), and in 2022 she starred as Dr. Valerie Kinbott in the Netflix comedy horror series ''Wednesday (TV series), Wednesday''. In 2023, she guest-starred in the Disney+ seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garfunkel And Oates
Garfunkel and Oates is an American comedy folk duo consisting of actresses Riki Lindhome, who performs as Garfunkel, and Kate Micucci, who performs as Oates. Their fast-paced songs typically combine raunchy observational comedy with sweet-sounding melodies and vocals. The duo was formed in 2007 in Los Angeles after Lindhome and Micucci met during an improv show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. They began releasing songs on YouTube in 2007 and became popular through the website. Garfunkel and Oates' debut studio album, ''All Over Your Face'', was released in 2011, while their second studio album, ''Slippery When Moist'' (2012), topped the ''Billboard'' Comedy Albums chart. They released their third studio album, ''Secretions'', in 2015. Garfunkel and Oates went on their first tour in 2013. They starred in an eponymous comedy TV series (2014), which aired on IFC for one season. Their Vimeo comedy special, ''Garfunkel and Oates: Trying to Be Special'' (2016), was nominat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sol Garfunkel
Solomon "Sol" Garfunkel born 1943, in Brooklyn, New York, is an American mathematician who has dedicated his career to mathematics education. Since 1980, he has served as the executive director of the award-winning non-profit organization " Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications", working with teachers, students, and business people to create learning environments where mathematics is used to investigate and model real issues in our world. Garfunkel is best known for hosting the 1987 PBS series titled "For All Practical Purposes: An Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics", followed by the 1991 series, "Algebra: In Simplest Terms", both often used in classrooms. Early life At the age of 24, Garfunkel received his PhD in Mathematical Logic from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. While in attendance he worked with Howard Jerome Keisler, Michael D. Morley, and Stephen Kleene. Garfunkel then worked at Cornell University and the University of Connecticut at Storrs. Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
