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Lewinsky (surname)
Lewinsky is an Ashkenazi Jewish (Yiddish) surname in West Slavic form, derived from Levite. Notable people with the surname include: * Abraham Lewinsky (1866–1941), German rabbi * Bernard Lewinsky (born 1943), oncologist and father of Monica Lewinsky * Charles Lewinsky (born 1946), Swiss writer * Elhanan Leib Lewinsky (1857–1910), Hebrew writer and Zionist * Monica Lewinsky (born 1973), former White House intern See also * Levinsky Levinsky or Levinský is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alex Levinsky (1910–1990), professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League *Battling Levinsky (1891–1949), light heavyweight boxing champion of the world ... * Lewinski {{surname, Lewinsky Levite surnames West Slavic-language surnames East Slavic-language surnames Surnames of Jewish origin Yiddish-language surnames he:לוינסקי ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashkenazi Jewish
Ashkenazi Jews ( ; also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim) form a distinct subgroup of the Jewish diaspora, that Ethnogenesis, emerged in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium Common era, CE. They traditionally speak Yiddish, a language that originated in the 9th century, and largely migrated towards Northern Europe#UN geoscheme classification, northern and eastern Europe during the late Middle Ages due to Antisemitism in Europe, persecution. Hebrew was primarily used as a Literary language, literary and sacred language until its 20th-century Revival of the Hebrew language, revival as a common language in Israel. Ashkenazim adapted their traditions to Europe and underwent a transformation in their interpretation of Judaism. In the late 18th and 19th centuries, Jews who remained in or returned to historical German lands experienced a cultural reorientation. Under the influence of the Haskalah and the struggle for emancipation, as well as the intellec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
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 name change, 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. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Slavic Languages
The West Slavic languages are a subdivision of the Slavic language group. They include Polish, Czech, Slovak, Kashubian, Silesian, Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian. The languages have traditionally been spoken across a mostly continuous region encompassing the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, the westernmost regions of Ukraine and Belarus, and a bit of eastern Lithuania. In addition, there are several language islands such as the Sorbian areas in Lusatia in Germany, and Slovak areas in Hungary and elsewhere. Classification West Slavic is usually divided into three subgroups— Czech–Slovak, Lechitic and Sorbian—based on similarity and degree of mutual intelligibility. The groupings are as follows: The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology classifies the West Slavic languages within their Glottolog database as follows: Some linguists include Upper and Lower Sorbian in the Lechitic branch, but other linguists regard it as a separate branch. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levite
Levites ( ; ) or Levi are Jewish males who claim patrilineal descent from the Tribe of Levi. The Tribe of Levi descended from Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah. The surname ''Halevi'', which consists of the Hebrew definite article "" ''Ha-'' ('the') plus ''Levi'' ('Levite'), is not conclusive regarding being a Levite; a titular use of HaLevi indicates being a Levite. The daughter of a Levite is a (''Bat'' being Hebrew for 'daughter'). The Tribe of Levi served particular religious duties for the Israelites and had political (administering cities of refuge) and educational responsibilities as well. In return, the landed tribes were expected to support the Levites with a tithe (), particularly the tithe known as the First tithe, ''ma'aser rishon''. The Kohanim, a subset of the Levites, were the priests, who performed the work of holiness in the Temple. The Levites, referring to those who were not Kohanim, were specifically assigned to: * Singing and/or playing music in the T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Lewinsky
Abraham Lewinsky (1866–1941) was a late nineteenth to early twentieth century German rabbi. He was born on 1 March 1866 in Loslau, Upper Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia. He studied at the University of Breslau from 1884 to 1887, obtaining a ( Ph.D.), while pursuing his rabbinical studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau. In 1890 he became rabbi to Weilburg, and two years later assumed leadership as land rabbi of the ''Land Rabbinate of Hildesheim'' in the Province of Hanover, retiring in 1935. He died on 18 December 1941 in Mainz, People's State of Hesse. Lewinsky is best known for his studies of the 1st century Jewish historian Josephus. He has also published works on a predecessor in the Hildesheim rabbinate, the seventeenth-century rabbi Samuel Hameln, brother-in-law of Glückel of Hameln, and on the general history of Judaism in Central and Eastern Europe Eastern Europe is a subregion of the Europe, European continent. As a largely ambiguous term, it has a w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Lewinsky
Bernard Salomon Lewinsky (born January 10, 1943) is a Salvadoran-born American physician and medical researcher. He is also a photographer, and many of his photographs are displayed at medical offices. He organized a legal defense fund for his daughter Monica during an inquiry into her relationship with President Bill Clinton. Early life and education Lewinsky's parents, Susi and George Lewinsky, were German Jews who left Germany in the 1920s, and settled in El Salvador with the help of Consul José Castellanos Contreras. His mother was from Hamburg. Both of them were highly involved in the arts, with his mother being a landscape painter and his father a violinist. Lewinsky was born in San Salvador. During his childhood, Lewinsky was interested in photography, but after the family moved to the United States in 1957 when he was 14, he turned to medicine. His interest in photography renewed in 1987, when he began using photographs in his radiology practice and going to photograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Lewinsky
Charles Lewinsky is a Swiss screenwriter and playwright, as well as a writer of novels and non-fiction, born and living in Zürich. He is known for his TV script '' Fascht e Familie''. Early life and education Born and raised in Zürich, Canton of Zürich in Switzerland, Charles Lewinsky studied German and theater science in Berlin and Zurich, and worked as an assistant director of Fritz Kortner. In 1965 Charles Lewinsky married Ruth Lewinsky née Halpern, a Swiss writer who also was born in Zürich. In 1965/67 he was assistant director and dramaturg at the ''Stadttheater Luzern'', in 1967/70 dramaturge and personal assistant to the director at the Stadttheater Ingolstadt, in 1970/71 dramaturge at the ''Freie Volksbühne Berlin'', and in 1972/75 dramaturg and director at the Staatstheater Kassel. Career Dramaturgy and playwright In 1975 Lewinsky became the editor and head of the "word - entertainment" department of the present Swiss national television SRF. Since 1980 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elhanan Leib Lewinsky
Elḥanan Leib Lewinsky (; 21 March 1857 – 27 October 1910) was a Hebrew-language writer and Zionist leader. His book ''Journey to the Land of Israel in the Year 00'' is often described as the first work of science fiction in Hebrew. Biography Early life and career Elḥanan Leib Lewinsky was born to Jewish parents in Podberezye, near Vilna, in the Russian Empire. He received a strict Talmudic education, though at the same time acquainted himself with Hebrew literature of the Haskalah. He studied in Wilkomir and Kovno, and from 1874 he taught in Vilna, and towns in the Minsk, Chernigov, and Yekaterinoslav Governorates. In 1881 he moved to Kharkov to study medicine. After the outbreak of the 1881–1884 pogroms, he abandoned his studies, joined the Zionist movement Hovevei Zion, and spent several months in Palestine in 1882. After his return to Russia he became an active member of Hovevei Zion; he established Zionist organizations in southern towns of the Empire, while at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Lewinsky
Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American activist. Lewinsky became internationally known in the late 1990s after U.S. President Bill Clinton admitted to having had an affair with her during her days as a White House intern between 1995 and 1997. The affair and its repercussions (which included impeachment of Bill Clinton, Clinton's impeachment) became known as the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal. Following the scandal, Lewinsky engaged in a variety of ventures that included designing a line of handbags under her name, serving as an advertising spokesperson for a diet plan, and working as a television personality. She obtained a master's degree in psychology from the London School of Economics in 2006. In 2014, Lewinsky began speaking out as an activist against cyberbullying. Early life Lewinsky was born in San Francisco, California, and grew up in an affluent family in Southern California in the Westside (Los Angeles County), Westside Brentwood, Los Angeles, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levinsky
Levinsky or Levinský is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alex Levinsky (1910–1990), professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League *Battling Levinsky (1891–1949), light heavyweight boxing champion of the world *Benjamin Levinsky (1893–1922), American gang leader, labor racketeer and organized crime figure *Dmitri Levinsky (born 1981), Kazak professional ice hockey player *Jaroslav Levinský (born 1981), professional doubles tennis player from the Czech Republic *King Levinsky (1910–1991), also known as Kingfish Levinsky, an American heavyweight boxer *Roland Levinsky (1943–2007), academic researcher in biomedicine and a university senior manager *Walt Levinsky (1929–1999), American big band and orchestral player, composer, arranger and band leader See also *The Rise of David Levinsky, novel by Abraham Cahan *Lewinski *Lewinsky (surname) *Ivan Levynskyi (1851–1919), Ukrainian-German architect {{surname Surnames of Jewish origin L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewinski
Lewinski () is a surname of Polish origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Ed Lewinski (1918–1962), American professional basketball player * Eduard von Lewinski (1829–1906), Prussian general * Erich von Manstein genannt von Lewinski (1887–1973), German field marshal in the Second World War * Jan Lewiński (1851–1919), architect * Jorge Lewinski (1921–2008), Polish-British photographer and soldier * Thomas Lewinski (–1882), American architect * William Lewinski (born 1940s), Canadian-born police psychologist * Wolf-Eberhard von Lewinski (1927–2003), German music and theatre critic See also *Levinsky *Lewinsky (surname) Lewinsky is an Ashkenazi Jewish (Yiddish) surname in West Slavic form, derived from Levite. Notable people with the surname include: * Abraham Lewinsky (1866–1941), German rabbi * Bernard Lewinsky (born 1943), oncologist and father of Monica L ... Further reading * {{surname, Lewinski Polish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levite Surnames
Levites ( ; ) or Levi are Jewish males who claim patrilineal descent from the Tribe of Levi. The Tribe of Levi descended from Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah. The surname ''Halevi'', which consists of the Hebrew definite article "" ''Ha-'' ('the') plus ''Levi'' ('Levite'), is not conclusive regarding being a Levite; a titular use of HaLevi indicates being a Levite. The daughter of a Levite is a (''Bat'' being Hebrew for 'daughter'). The Tribe of Levi served particular religious duties for the Israelites and had political (administering cities of refuge) and educational responsibilities as well. In return, the landed tribes were expected to support the Levites with a tithe (), particularly the tithe known as the First tithe, ''ma'aser rishon''. The Kohanim, a subset of the Levites, were the priests, who performed the work of holiness in the Temple. The Levites, referring to those who were not Kohanim, were specifically assigned to: * Singing and/or playing music in the Templ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
