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Lowy
Lowy (also spelled Löwy or Lőwy) is a surname of Ashkenazi Jewish origin. Some families originated in parts of Poland. It may refer to: * Albert Löwy (1816–1908), British Hebrew scholar and religious leader * Benjamin Lowy (born 1979), American photographer * David Lowy, Australian businessman and musician, son of Frank * David A. Lowy, American judge * Dóra Lőwy (born 1977), Hungarian handball player * Douglas R. Lowy (born 1942), American doctor * Emanuel Löwy (1857–1938), Austrian archaeologist *Frank Lowy (born 1930), Australian businessman * Frederick Lowy (born 1933), Canadian educator * Fritzi Löwy (1910–1994), Austrian swimmer *Isaac Lowy (1793–1847), Hungarian businessman *Meshulim Feish Lowy (1921–2015), Hungarian rabbi *Michael Löwy (born 1938), Brazilian sociologist *Otto Lowy (1921–2002), Canadian actor and radio host *Slavko Löwy (1904–1996), Croatian architect *Steven Lowy (born 1962), Australian businessman *Yitzchak Lowy (1887–1942), Polish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Lowy
Sir Frank P. Lowy ( ; born 22 October 1930) is an Australian people, Australian-Israeli people, Israeli businessman of Jewish Slovak-Hungarian origins and the former long-time chairman of Westfield Corporation, a global shopping centre company with billion of assets under management in the United States, United Kingdom and Europe. In June 2018 Westfield Corporation was acquired by French company Unibail-Rodamco. Lowy was the inaugural chairman of Scentre Group, the owner and manager of Westfield Group, Westfield-branded shopping centres in Australia and New Zealand. Lowy is the founder of the Lowy Institute, Australia's leading foreign affairs think tank,Barro, Christiane"The think tanks shaping Australia The Lowy Institute,"''The New Daily,'' retrieved 26 December 2019Grigg, Angus and Nick McKenzie"Lowy Institute hit by Chinese hackers,"3 December 2018, ''Australian Financial Review,'' retrieved 26 December 2019 which has alternatively been described as "neoliberal", [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Lowy
Steven Mark Lowy (born 24 November 1962) is a leading Australian businessman and philanthropist. He is the former co-chief executive officer of Westfield Corporation, a leading global shopping centre company that was acquired by French company Unibail-Rodamco in 2018 in what was one of the largest transactions in Australian corporate history. His principal activities now focus on investments associated with the Lowy family's private company, Lowy Family Group, as well as a number of philanthropic and community roles including as Deputy Chairman of Australia's leading foreign policy think tank, the Lowy Institute; a director of the Lowy Foundation and Lowy Medical Research Foundation and Neurotech Pharmaceuticals Inc; President of the Hakoah Club; a board member and trustee of Keren Hayesod-UIA; and on the Executive and Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency for Israel. During his career Lowy has served on numerous corporate and philanthropic boards including chairman of world ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lowy Institute For International Policy
The Lowy Institute is an independent think tank founded in April 2003 by Frank Lowy to conduct original, policy-relevant research regarding international political, strategic and economic issues from an Australian perspective. It is based in Sydney, Australia, at 31 Bligh Street in the Central Business District. It is a heritage-listed historic building that formerly served as the New South Wales Club premises and sits adjacent to the Hunter Street and Martin Place driverless Sydney Metro train stations. The institute has been described as falling on the centre-right of the political spectrum.Barro, Christiane"The think tanks shaping Australia The Lowy Institute," ''The New Daily,'' retrieved 26 December 2019 It states that its research and analysis aim to be non-partisan, and its programme of conferences, seminars and other events are designed to inform and deepen the debate about international policy in Australia and to help shape the broader international discussion of thes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Lowy
David Hillel Lowy (born 1954) is an Australian businessman, aviator and musician. He is the eldest son of Westfield Corporation co-founder Frank Lowy and a principal of Lowy Family Group (LFG), the Family Office and private investment group of the Lowy family. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales. He is known for being a member of the band The Dead Daisies. Business Prior to the founding of LFG, David Lowy worked for the Westfield Group from 1977 to 2000 in positions including Executive Director (1981 to 1987) and Managing Director (1987 to 2000). Lowy continued to serve Westfield as non-executive Deputy Chairman until his retirement from the Westfield Board in 2011. In 2000, he led the establishment of the Lowy family’s private investment entity, Lowy Family Group (LFG) and as a Principal continues to manage its international investment operations. LFG has offices in Sydney and New York. David is also a Director of the Lowy Institute fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Lowy
Benjamin Lowy (born 1979)“Benjamin Lowy,” World Press Photo. Retrieved March 24, 2014. is an American . He is best known for his work as a conflict photographer in war zones, and is one of the early adopters of and a vocal proponent for mobile photography. Early life and education Lowy was born in , a first-generation American.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Lowy
Frederick Hans Lowy, (born 1933) is a Canadian medical educator and former President and Vice-Chancellor of Concordia University.The Bulletin, University of Toronto, July 26, 1999 - Five U of T Community Members Appointed to Order of Canada. by Ailsa Ferguson Life and career Born in , , in 1933, Lowy moved to |
Meshulim Feish Lowy
Meshilem Feish Segal Lowy II (, Magyarized: ''Lőwy Ferencz''; 11 April 1921 – 12 August 2015) was the fourth Grand Rebbe of the Tosh Hasidic dynasty. Biography Early life Lowy was born in Nyírtass, northeastern Hungary. His father Mordecai Márton was the oldest son of Grand Rebbe Elimelech, leader of the native Tosh Hasidim, and his mother Cirel (née Fekete) had been daughter to the chief rabbi of Nyírbátor. He was named after his great-grandfather Meshulim Feish Lowy I (1821 – 1875), the founder of the sect. In 1930, Mordecai was appointed rabbi of Demecser. Upon reaching the age of twelve, the boy was sent to study at the ''yeshiva'' of his uncle, Ascher Adolf Lőwy, in Nagykálló. On 2 December 1942 his grandfather died, and Mordecai succeeded him as Grand Rebbe. In 1943, the young Lowy was drafted into the Labour Service, to which ethnic minorities and "politically unreliable elements" were recruited in lieu of regular military service. He was sent to a labou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Lowy
Otto Lowy (1921 – May 29, 2002) was the host of CBC Radio 2's ''The Transcontinental'' for 22 years until his death. The program was introduced each week as a "musical train ride through Europe". Lowy was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, to an assimilated Jewish family and was the only member of his immediate family to survive World War II as he fled the country three days before Germany invaded. In England he worked as a member of the ground crew for the Czech Air Force squadron of the RAF. In 1948, he settled in Vancouver, British Columbia, and began his career with CBC Radio CBC Radio is the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which (regardless of language) are outlined below ..., initially as an actor in the series '' Adventures in Europe''. He went on to write radio plays, make documentaries as well as act in dramas and comedies. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yitzchak Lowy
Yitzchak Lowy (1887–1942), also known as Yitskhok Levi, Jizchak Löwy, Jacques Levy, Djak Levi, was a Polish people, Polish Yiddish theater actor. Early life; career Lowy was born in Warsaw, Poland. In 1907, he joined a Yiddish theater troupe and toured Europe. From October 1911 through 1912, the troupe stayed in Prague, where Lowy became good friends with Austrian-Czech writer Franz Kafka. Death From the Warsaw Ghetto, it is likely that he was deported in the summer of 1942 and then murdered in the Treblinka extermination camp. See also * List of people from Warsaw * List of Polish actors References Date of birth missing Date of death missing Place of death missing 1887 births 1942 deaths 20th-century Polish male actors Expatriate male actors Jewish Polish male actors Male actors from Warsaw Polish expatriates in the Czech Republic Polish Jews who died in the Holocaust Polish male stage actors Polish people who died in Treblinka extermination camp Yiddish theat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavko Löwy
Slavko Löwy (August 7, 1904 – April 1, 1996) was a Croatian architect. Background, family and education Löwy was born in Koprivnica to a respectable and wealthy Croatian Jewish family, who were engaged in trade. In Koprivnica he attended the gymnasium school, and after graduation in 1923, he was enrolled in the Vienna Technical College. After four semesters, in 1925 he continued his studies in Zagreb at the Department of Architecture at Royal Technical College. In 1927 he continued his education in Dresden, where he graduated in 1930. Career Löwy moved to Zagreb, in 1930, where he started working in the architectural studio of Ignjat Fischer. In 1931 in collaboration with Vlado Antolić, Löwy starts a tender for the ''city Savings Bank'' project in Sarajevo. That same year he moved into the architectural studio of Stanko Kliske. Löwy became a licensed architect in 1931, and that same year he established his own architectural studio, ''„Löwy“''. That same year he per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Löwy
Albert Löwy (8 December 1816 – 21 May 1908) was a Moravian-born English Hebrew scholar and Reform rabbi. Biography He was born Abraham Löwy in Aussee, Moravia (now Úsov, Czech Republic), the eldest son of thirteen children of Leopold and Katty Löwy. He was named after his ancestor Rabbi Abraham Leipnik, who wrote in Hebrew an account of the destruction of the synagogue in Aussee in 1720. In 1822 his father left Aussee for Friedland, on the border of Silesia, where he owned a brewery. In 1829 Albert left home for schools in Leipzig, Jagendorf, and Olmütz, and eventually attended the University of Vienna, where he began a systematic study of Hebrew and Arabic. Among his friends and fellow students there were Moritz Steinschneider and Abraham Benisch, with whom in 1838 he founded 'Die Einheit,' a proto-Zionist secret society of some two hundred students of the University, most of them Jews, who were endeavouring to promote the welfare of the Jews, one of their aims ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Löwy
Michael Löwy (born 6 May 1938) is a French-Brazilian Marxist sociologist and philosopher. He is emeritus research director in social sciences at the CNRS (French National Center of Scientific Research) and lectures at the ''École des hautes études en sciences sociales'' (EHESS; Paris, France). Author of books on Karl Marx, Che Guevara, Liberation Theology, György Lukács, Walter Benjamin, José Carlos Mariátegui, Lucien Goldmann and Franz Kafka, he received the CNRS Silver Medal in 1994. Academic career A descendant of Jewish immigrants from Vienna, Löwy grew up in São Paulo, Brazil, becoming a committed socialist at 16 (1954), when he discovered the writings of Rosa Luxemburg. He studied at the University of São Paulo, where he studied under Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Florestan Fernandes and Antônio Cândido); he got his license in Social Sciences in 1960 and lectured in sociology for a year at the university of São José do Rio Preto (State of São Paulo). In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
