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Hershkowitz
Hershkowitz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Allen Hershkowitz, American environmentalist *Daniel Hershkowitz (born 1953), Israeli politician, mathematician, rabbi and academic *Fishel Hershkowitz (1922–2017), American Hasidic rabbi *Marvin Hershkowitz (1931–2020), American basketball player and coach * Noah Hershkowitz (1941–2020), American plasma physicist *Sara Hershkowitz (born 1980), American soprano *Vic Hershkowitz (1918–2008), American handball player *Zeev Hershkowitz, Israeli footballer * Yankele Hershkowitz, street singer during the Holocaust See also * Hershkovits * Hershkovitz * Hershkovich * Herschkowitz * Hirschovits * Hirschowitz Hirschowitz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Basil Hirschowitz (1925–2013), American gastroenterologist and academic * Gabé Hirschowitz, Australian-American art dealer, author and lifestyle journalist See also * Al ... * Hirszowicz * Herskovic * Herskovits * Herskovit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Hershkowitz
Allen Hershkowitz is an American environmental scientist who worked as a senior scientist at Natural Resources Defense Council from 1988 to 2014 and then at the Green Sports Alliance until 2016, when he left to become a Founding Director and Chairman of Sport and Sustainability International. Hershkowitz is currently Environmental Science Advisor to the New York Yankees, the first role of its kind in professional sports, as well as Environmental Advisor to the NBA, and Co-Chair of the WELL Health-Safety Rating for Facility Operations and Management of Sports and Entertainment Venues, created by the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI). Career Hershkowitz started working at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in 1988. At an NRDC staff retreat in 2004, board member Robert Redford suggested that the NRDC establish more of a presence at professional sporting events; Hershkowitz told a reporter from ''Mother Jones'': "We were trying to figure out how to reach out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noah Hershkowitz
Noah Hershkowitz (August 16, 1941 – November 13, 2020) was an American experimental plasma physicist. He was known for his pioneering research on the understanding of plasma sheaths, solitons and double layers in plasmas, as well as the development of the emissive probe which measures the plasma potential (i.e. the electric potential within a plasma sheath). In 2004, Hershkowitz was co-awarded the 2004 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics for his contributions to the field of low-temperature plasmas. He was also awarded the 2015 IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award for his research and education of basic and applied plasma science. Early life and career Hershkowitz obtained a bachelor's degree from Union College in 1962 and a Ph.D. in physics from Johns Hopkins University in 1966. Upon graduation, Hershkowitz remained at the university to become an instructor in physics until 1967, where he was employed as assistant professor at the University of Iowa until 1980. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Hershkowitz
Sara Hershkowitz (born 1980) is an American coloratura soprano, who made an international career based in Germany. She is known for roles in Mozart and Strauss operas, such as Konstanze, the Queen of the Night, Sophie and Zerbinetta, but also for contemporary music such as Ligeti's '' Le Grand Macabre''. Career Hershkowitz was born in Los Angeles to a family that had lived in Israel before moving to California in the 1960s. She graduated as a B.A. from the Manhattan School of Music. At age 23, she went to Germany, where she studied in Berlin. She was a member of the Theater Bremen from 2007 to 2012. Her first role there was the dual role of Venus and Chief of the Gepopo in Ligeti's '' Le Grand Macabre'', staged by Tatjana Gürbaca. In Mozart operas, she has appeared in the title role of ''Zaide'', as Arminda in ''La finta giardiniera'', as Konstanze in ''Die Entführung aus dem Serail'', as Donna Anna in ''Don Giovanni'', as Madame Herz in ''Der Schauspieldirektor'' and as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvin Hershkowitz
Marvin Hershkowitz (March 7, 1931 – May 4, 2020) was the captain of the Yeshiva University Maccabees basketball team in the 1950s, under the leadership of coach Bernard “Red” Sarachek. Hershkowitz later became a coach of the team. Hershkowitz was born in the Bronx. He was an All-City selection from DeWitt Clinton High School, where he served as varsity team captain, as the team won the New York City Championship in his junior year. He joined the Yeshiva University team after playing for CCNY for his freshman year. From 1954 to 1957, he was an assistant coach and assistant athletic director at Yeshiva University. He immigrated to Israel in 1977. Hershkowitz became the administrative director of Yeshivat HaDarom in Rehovot, Israel Rehovot (, / ) is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. In it had a population of . Etymology Israel Belkind, founder of the Bilu (movement), Bilu movement, proposed the name "Rehovo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Hershkowitz
Daniel Hershkowitz (; born 2 January 1953 in Haifa, Israel) is an Israeli politician, mathematician, and Orthodox rabbi. Since 2018, he has headed the . He is professor emeritus of mathematics at the Technion, and is also rabbi of the Ahuza neighborhood in Haifa. He was president of Bar-Ilan University from 2013-17. Early life Hershkowitz was born in Haifa. His parents were Holocaust survivors from Hungary, and his father was wounded in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Hershkowitz studied at a religious high school, and graduated at age 16. He served for five years in the Intelligence Corps of the Israel Defense Forces, reaching the rank of Major. Hershkowitz earned his BSc in mathematics in 1973, MSc in 1976, and DSc in 1982, all from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. His yeshiva studies were conducted at Mercaz HaRav; he received his ''Semikha'' (ordination) in 1995 from Rabbis She'ar Yashuv Cohen, Shlomo Chelouche, and Nehemyah Roth, as well as an additional o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fishel Hershkowitz
Ephraim Fishel Hershkowitz () (2 October 1922 – 27 May 2017), the Haleiner Rav, was an American Hasidic rabbi, the senior Klausenburger '' dayan'' in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. He was a respected elder in the American Orthodox community. Early life Ephraim Fishel was born on Yom Kippur 1922 (10 Tishrei 5683) in the city of Mukačevo, Czechoslovakia (present-day Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine). His father, Rabbi Shlomo Hershkowitz, and his grandfather, Rabbi Avraham Hershkowitz (author of ''Birkas Avraham al HaTorah'') were loyal Spinka Hasidim. When he was older, Ephraim Fishel would accompany them to visit the Spinka Rebbe, Grand Rabbi Isaac Weiss (1875–1944) on every Yom Tov. As a boy, Ephraim Fishel learned in the local Talmud Torah in Munkács. When he was ready to attend yeshiva, his father did not want to send him to one of the large, Ashkenazi yeshivas of the time for fear that he would lose his Hasidic fervor. Thus, he remained in Munkacs, learning with othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vic Hershkowitz
Vic Hershkowitz (5 October 1918 – 23 June 2008) was a dominant American handball, handball player who played from the early 1940s to the early 1960s. He won 23 amateur national titles. He was a New York City fireman. His accomplishments include winning forty national and international handball titles, including nine consecutive Three-Wall Singles Championships. He died 23 June 2008 in Plantation, Florida, Plantation, Florida. References 1918 births 2008 deaths American male handball players Sportspeople from Brooklyn Deaths from lung disease Jewish American sportspeople International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeev Hershkowitz
Zeev Hershkowitz () is a former Israeli footballer who played in Maccabi Jaffa and Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Netanya F.C. () is an Israeli professional football club based in Netanya. Established in 1934, the club was a founding member of the Israeli League in 1949. After winning their first championship in 1971, the club's golden period last ... in the 1950s and 1960s. References Living people Jewish Israeli sportspeople Israeli men's footballers Maccabi Jaffa F.C. players Maccabi Netanya F.C. players Liga Leumit players Footballers from Jaffa Men's association football players not categorized by position Year of birth missing (living people) {{Israel-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yankele Hershkowitz
Yankele Hershkowitz was a street singer during the Holocaust in the Łódź Ghetto. References External links A song by Yankele Hershkowitzon Yad Vashem Yad Vashem (; ) is Israel's official memorial institution to the victims of Holocaust, the Holocaust known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as the (). It is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Jews who were murdered; echoing the stories of the ... website {{Poland-musician-stub Jewish singers Łódź Ghetto inmates 1910 births 1972 deaths Yiddish-language singers of Poland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gershkovich
Gershkovich is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Evan Gershkovich (born 1991), American reporter covering Russia * Mikhail Gershkovich (born 1948), Soviet and Russian football player and coach * Mikhail Makarenko (born Moishe Gershkovich; 1931–2007), Romanian-born Soviet human rights activist * Philip Gershkovich (1906–1989), Romanian-born Soviet composer and music theorist See also * Gershkovitch * Geršković * Girshovich * Hershkovits * Hershkovitz * Hershkowitz * Herschkowitz * Hirschovits * Hirschowitz Hirschowitz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Basil Hirschowitz (1925–2013), American gastroenterologist and academic * Gabé Hirschowitz, Australian-American art dealer, author and lifestyle journalist See also * Al ... * Hirszowicz * Herskovic * Herskovits * Herskovitz * Herskowitz * Herscovici * Herscovics * Herchcovitch {{surname Russian-Jewish surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herskowitz
Herskowitz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ira Herskowitz (1946–2003), American geneticist * Mickey Herskowitz (born 1933), American journalist and biographer * Moti Herskowitz, Israeli chemical engineer and academic See also * Hershkovits * Hershkovitz * Hershkovich * Hershkowitz * Herschkowitz * Hirschovits * Hirschowitz * Hirszowicz * Herskovic * Herskovits * Herskovitz * Herscovici * Herscovics * Herchcovitch * Gershkovich Gershkovich is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Evan Gershkovich (born 1991), American reporter covering Russia * Mikhail Gershkovich (born 1948), Soviet and Russian football player and coach * Mikhail Makarenko (born Moishe G ... * Gershkovitch * Geršković * Girshovich {{Surname Ashkenazi surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herskovitz
Herskovitz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Marshall Herskovitz (born 1952), American film director, writer and producer * Paula Ackerman (; 1893–1989), first American female rabbi See also * Hershkowitz * Hershkovits * Hershkovitz * Hershkovich * Herschkowitz * Hirschovits * Hirschowitz * Hirszowicz * Herskovic * Herskovits * Herskowitz * Herscovici * Herscovics * Herchcovitch * Gershkovich Gershkovich is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Evan Gershkovich (born 1991), American reporter covering Russia * Mikhail Gershkovich (born 1948), Soviet and Russian football player and coach * Mikhail Makarenko (born Moishe G ... * Gershkovitch * Geršković * Girshovich {{surname Ashkenazi surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
