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Ilana Berkowitz
Ilana is a feminine given name with various origins including Celtic, Greek and Hebrew. In the Celtic Languages, it is a variant of the name Alana, meaning “beautiful” or “child.” It is also considered an anglicized version of the Gaelic name Eileanach, meaning "islander." In the Greek language, it is a variant of the name Helen (given name), Helen, meaning "torch" or "shining.” In Hebrew, it is the female form of the word ilan (אִילָן), meaning “tree,” or of the masculine name Ilan (name), Ilan. Notable people with the name include: *Ilana Adir (born 1941), Israeli Olympic sprinter *Ilana Avital (born 1960), Israeli singer *Ilana Krausman Ben-Amos (born 1949), Israeli professor *Ilana Berger (born 1965), Israeli tennis player *Ilana Casoy (born 1960), Brazilian writer *Ilana Cicurel (born 1972), French lawyer and politician *Ilana Cohen (born 1943), Israeli politician *Ilana Davidson, American operatic soprano *Ilana Dayan (born 1964), Israeli journalist *Ilana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celtic Languages
The Celtic languages ( ) are a branch of the Indo-European language family, descended from the hypothetical Proto-Celtic language. The term "Celtic" was first used to describe this language group by Edward Lhuyd in 1707, following Paul-Yves Pezron, who made the explicit link between the Celts described by classical writers and the Welsh and Breton languages. During the first millennium BC, Celtic languages were spoken across much of Europe and central Anatolia. Today, they are restricted to the northwestern fringe of Europe and a few diaspora communities. There are six living languages: the four continuously living languages Breton, Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh, and the two revived languages Cornish and Manx. All are minority languages in their respective countries, though there are continuing efforts at revitalisation. Welsh is an official language in Wales and Irish is an official language across the island of Ireland and of the European Union. Welsh is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilana Frank
Ilana C. Frank is a Canadian film and television producer and founder of ICF Films (formerly Thump Inc.), best known for producing the award-winning series '' The Eleventh Hour'', ''Rookie Blue'', and ''Saving Hope''. ''The Eleventh Hour'', which she executively produced and co-created, won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Dramatic Series in 2003 and 2005, and was nominated for over 30 Gemini Awards, winning in all major categories. Life and career Frank has a background in theater. Frank worked for several years producing theatrical plays before steering her career towards film and television producing. In the mid-1980s she joined Norstar Entertainment, a Toronto-based production and distribution company, as VP of Production, where she oversaw the work on over 20 feature films. She met her ex-husband, actor Maury Chaykin, on the set of a play called ''Tony's Woman'', they divorced in 1993. She received an award from the Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) in 2007 for mentoring Canadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilana Paul-Binyamin
Dr. Ilana Paul-Binyamin (Hebrew: ד"ר אילנה פאול-בנימין) is an Israeli academic and current Dean of the Faculty of Education at Beit Berl College in Israel. Paul-Binyamin is an expert on Multiculturalism in education. Education Paul-Binyamin graduated from Beit Berl College with a Bachelors of Education in 1989. She received her master's degree from Bar-Ilan University Department of Informal Education in 1997, and received her PhD in 2006 from the University of Haifa’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Paul-Binyamin's research focuses on Education in Israel. Her areas of expertise includes shared society in Israel, multicultural education, education policy, and qualitative research methods. She has published numerous papers on these topics, ranging from religious students in public-sector colleges, to bilingual schools in divided societies. Beit Berl College In 2019, Paul-Binyamin was appointed the Dean of the Faculty of Education at Beit Berl Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilana Panich-Linsman
Ilana Panich-Linsman (born 1984) is a visual journalist based in Austin, Texas. Early life and education Panich-Linsman was born in Arizona and grew up in western Massachusetts. She received a B.A. from Scripps College. She completed the Eddie Adams Workshop in 2009. In 2014. she received an M.A. in photojournalism from the University of the Arts, London, U.K. Panich-Linsman, graduated from the International Center of Photography's photojournalism program. Major works Panich-Linsman feels that photojournalists are drawn to documentary subjects for a reason. In general, the stories she shoots are stories that she particularly cares about. "I’m interested in women’s and children’s issues, immigration and healthcare." These interests have been the motivation for several of her major projects. Supported by a Rita K. Hillman Foundation grant she reported on children in a pediatric palliative care unit and their parents. This particular project gave me an opportunity to begin to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilana Neumann
Ilana Neumann, in full Ilana Neumann de Azar (b. 1968 or 1969), is a Dominican politician and lawyer. Neumann was born in Sosúa to Avi Neumann (the son of Jewish refugees of World War II, who immigrated to the Dominican Republic; also an Israeli citizen) and Nieves Hernández, both natives of Sosúa. She is married to Cyrano Azar Ramírez, whose paternal grandparents (Aris Azar and Maria Hedded) were Lebanese immigrants. Neumann was deputy for Puerto Plata Province from 2002 to 2010; elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006. She was Mayor of Sosúa, elected in 2010, and re-elected in 2016. Neumann is the first woman of Jewish descent to be elected as mayor in the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and .... References External links * Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilana Mushin
Ilana Mushin is an Australian linguist. Mushin's research interests include the Garrawa language, discourse and stance. Mushin is currently an associate professor at The University of Queensland in the School of Languages and Cultures. She is an Associate Investigator with the Centre of Excellence "Dynamics of Language". She is the President of the Australian Linguistics Society (2017–2019), and was Vice-President of the society in 2016. In 2016 she was a plenary speakers at the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia annual conference. She specializes in Australian Aboriginal languages and was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities The Australian Academy of the Humanities was established by Royal Charter in 1969 to advance scholarship and public interest in the humanities in Australia. It operates as an independent not-for-profit organisation partly funded by the Australi ... in 2023. Selected publications * (2012) ''A'' ''Grammar of (We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilana Löwy
Ilana Löwy (née Zelmanowicz) (born 1948 ) is a Polish-born French historian of biomedical sciences and feminist. She works as a research director at an interdisciplinary and cross-institutional research unit CERMES-3 (''Centre de recherche médecine, sciences, santé, santé mentale, société'', Inserm-CNRS-EHESS),Personal page at the www.cermes3.cnrs.fr and is associated with the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at , the Department of the History of Science at and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilana Levine
Ilana Levine is an American actress. She made her first on-screen appearance as Andrea Spinelli in the HBO comedy-drama series ''Tanner '88'' (1988), appearing in 11 episodes. Career Raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, Levine attended Teaneck High School and Fordham University graduating in 1986. She developed an interest in acting after seeing a script resting on a counter while she was getting her hair done in 1986 at a local Teaneck hair salon. The stylist referred her to a New York City-based acting program and suggested that she audit the course. Levine portrayed Andrea Spinelli in 11 episodes of HBO's comedy-drama series ''Tanner '88.'' In 1988, she was featured in a television and radio voice over for energy drink Red Bull. She played the role of Lucy van Pelt in the 1999 revival of the Broadway play ''You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown''. Levine has also appeared on Broadway in '' Jake's Women'', ''The Last Night of Ballyhoo'', and ''Wrong Mountain''. Since 2016 she is the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilana Kurshan
Ilana Kurshan () is an American-Israeli author who lives in Jerusalem. She is best known for her memoir of Talmud study amidst life as a single woman, a married woman, and a mother, ''If All the Seas Were Ink.'' Personal life Kurshan was raised on Long Island as the daughter of a Conservative rabbi and an executive at UJA-Federation of New York. She graduated from Huntington High School, Harvard College, and Cambridge University, where she studied the History of Science and English Literature. She worked as an editor and literary agent in New York before moving to Jerusalem with her first husband for his rabbinic studies. Although her first marriage crumbled, Kurshan stayed in Jerusalem, working as a translator and foreign-rights agent. In her memoir, she describes how she found a lifeline in the Daf Yomi, the daily study of the Babylonian Talmud, applying its richness to her life as first a single woman, and then as a remarried wife and mother. Professional career In a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilana Kratysh
Ilana Kratysh (, ; born 6 July 1990) is an Israeli freestyle wrestler. Kratysh placed third at a 2012 Grand Prix Wrestling tournament in Belarus. Kratysh won the silver medal at the European Wrestling Championships in 2013 at , and that year she also won gold medals in the Grand Prix Faltz Open in Austria, Ukraine Grand Prix tournament, and a Grand Prix event in Sassari, Italy. She won the silver medal at the European Wrestling Championships in 2014 at . She also won a silver medal at 69 kg at the Grand Prix of Paris in February 2014. In March 2014, she was ranked third in the world in the 67 kg freestyle rankings. At the age of 24, Kratysh won a silver medal representing Israel at the 2015 European Games in the women's 69-kilogram freestyle wrestling competition in Baku, Azerbaijan. Early and personal life Kratysh was born one hour after her parents Alexander and Galina Kratysh arrived in Israel from St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1990. Her family settled in Haifa, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilana Kloss
Ilana Sheryl Kloss (born 22 March 1956) is a South African former professional tennis player, tennis coach, and administrator. She was the World's No. 1 ranked doubles player in 1976, and World No. 19 in singles in 1979. She won the Wimbledon juniors singles title in 1972, the US Open juniors singles title in 1974, and the US Open Doubles and French Open Mixed Doubles titles in 1976. She won three gold medals at the 1973 Maccabiah Games in Israel. After her playing career, Kloss was the commissioner of World TeamTennis from 2001–2021. Tennis career Before turning professional, Kloss won the juniors singles title at Wimbledon in 1972. She won the SA doubles title with Linky Boshoff in 1973, 1975, and 1977. She also played in the Maccabiah Games in Israel, winning gold medals in the singles, women's doubles (with Helen Weiner defeating silver medalists Vicki Berner and Pam Gullish of Canada in the finals), and the mixed doubles in the 1973 Maccabiah Games. She also won a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilana Karaszyk
Ilana Karaszyk (also "Karashik"; ; born July 1, 1938) is an Israeli former Olympic runner and long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...er. In 1960 she was the Israeli Women's Champion in the 200 metre run and in the long jump. Karaszyk was born in Poland, and is Jewish. Running and long jump career Her personal best was 5.39 in the long jump, in 1960. In 1960 Karaszyk was the Israeli Women's Champion in the long jump with a jump of 5.13 metres, and in the 200 metre run with a time of 26.8. Karaszyk competed for Israel at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, in Athletics at the age of 22. In the Women's Long Jump she came in 28th with a best jump of 5.08 metres. In the Women's 200 metres she came in fifth in Heat 2 with a time of 26.5. When she competed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
