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Tzvi Shor
Tzvi ( and , ''Tzvi'', Ṣvi, "gazelle") is a Jewish masculine given name. Notable people with this name include: * Tzvi Ashkenazi (1656–1718), Dutch rabbi * Tzvi Avni (born 1927), Israeli composer * Tzvi Ayalon (1911–1993), Israeli general and ambassador * Tzvi Berkowitz, American rabbi * Tzvi Hersh Mordechai Bonhardt (1826–1866), Polish rabbi * Tzvi Hirsh Eichenstein (1763–1831), Galician rabbi * Tzvi Erez (born 1967), Israeli-Canadian musician * Tzvi Hirsch Ferber (1879–1966), Lithuanian-British rabbi * Tzvi Hirsh Filipowski (1816–1872), Lithuanian-British Hebraist and actuary * Tzvi Pesach Frank (1873–1960), Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem * Tzvi Freeman, Canadian rabbi * Tzvi Hersh Friedlander, American rabbi * Tzvi Gluckin (born 1968), American author, speaker, and musician * Tzvi Kushelevsky (born 1936), Israeli rabbi * Tzvi Shissel (1946–2021), Israeli actor * Tzvi Elimelech Spira of Dinov (1783–1841), Polish rabbi * Tzvi Tzur (1923–2004), Israeli Chief of Gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewish Name
Jewish names, specifically one's given name, have varied over time and by location and ethnic group. Other types of names used by Jewish people include the surname and the religious name known as the Hebrew name. Given names Given names, also known as "first names," have a range of customs within different Jewish ethnic groups. Common given names, however, remain similar in many parts of the Jewish community, with many of them based on figures in the Hebrew Bible or honoring relatives. These are distinguished from the Hebrew name, which retained the original formulation of Jewish names. Sephardi customs Sephardim have often named newborn children in honor of their living grandparents. This practice typically uses these names in a specific order: the father's father, the father's mother, the mother's father, the mother's mother. Ashkenazi customs In stark contrast to Sephardi customs, Ashkenazim have a longstanding superstition about naming a child after a living person. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tzvi Gluckin
Tzvi Gluckin (born 1968) is an American author, speaker, and musician. He lectures regularly on college campuses in the United States, Israel, and Canada. He has written four books on different topics including spirituality, music, and campus recruitment. He currently serves as the director of Vechulai, an innovative Jewish think tank based in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2009 he began lecturing in various online forums including JOU Max, an online Jewish program for college students, Totally Online, an online Hebrew School for children, and The Ultimate Online Jewish Course, a course for college students provided by Aish Boston. Biography Gluckin grew up in Randolph, New Jersey. He started playing the guitar at age thirteen and after high school attended the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. He graduated with a Bachelor of Music in 1990 and moved to Brooklyn, NY. In New York, he played and toured with a number of blues-based rock bands and experimental jazz ensembles. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Names
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. In Western culture, the idioms "" and "being on first-name terms" refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tzvia Greenfield
Tzvia Greenfield (; born 27 October 1945) is an Israeli politician and a former Member of the Knesset for Meretz. She was the first ex Haredi woman to be an MK. Biography Greenfield was born in Jerusalem in 1945. She grew up in a Haredi family and attended Bais Yaakov schools. She earned an M.A. in philosophy and history at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and later a Ph.D. in political philosophy. She became politically active in the early 1990s. In 1993, she established the Mifneh pivot point"Institute to promote peace, tolerance, and democracy in Orthodox society. She was one of the founders of Orthodox Women for the Sanctity of Life, which opposed the Israeli occupation of South Lebanon. Greenfield is a member of the Board of Directors of B'tselem and was among the signatories of the Geneva accords. She wrote the book ''They Are Afraid': How the Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox Became the Leading Force in Israel''. She lives in Har Nof, and her five children attend Orthodox Zio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zvika
Zvika, Tzvika or Tzvikah () is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Zvika Brakerski, Israeli mathematician * Tzvika Brot (born 1980), Israeli mayor of Bat Yam * Tzvika Cohen, former drummer of the Israeli rock band Mofa Ha'arnavot Shel Dr. Kasper * Zvika Fogel (born 1956), Israeli politician, activist and retired brigadier general * Zvika Frank (born 1948), a Dutch-Israeli dancer, movement educator, university lecturer, and dance-movement therapist * Zvika Greengold (born 1952), Israeli officer awarded the Medal of Valor and politician * Zvika Hadar (born 1966), Israeli actor, comedian and television host * Tzvika Hadar (bowls) (born 1958), Israeli international lawn bowler * Zvi Ofer (1932–1968), Israeli officer awarded the Medal of Valor * Zvika or Svika Pick (1949-2022), Israeli pop singer and composer * Tzvika Tzemah Tzvika Tzemah () is an Israeli football coach. He had coached three clubs: Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon F.C. (2004-08), Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C. (2010), an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsvi
Tsvi is a Hebrew masculine given name and may refer to: * Tsvi Hirsh Bonhardt (1745–1810), German-born Polish rabbi * Tsvi Misinai (born 1946), Israeli researcher, author, historian, computer scientist and entrepreneur * Tsvi C. Nussbaum (born 1935), American physician * Tsvi Piran (born 1949), Israeli theoretical physicist and astrophysicist See also * Tzvi, alternate spelling of the name * Zvi, alternate spelling of the name * Tsvia Walden (born 1946), Israeli linguist {{given name, Tsvi Given names Masculine given names Hebrew masculine given names Given names derived from animals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
Tzvi Hersh Weinreb (born 1940) is an American ordained rabbi and psychotherapist who is the Executive Vice President Emeritus of the Orthodox Union, the largest Orthodox Jewish organisation in North America; a position he has held since 2002. Weinreb serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Koren Talmud Bavli with commentary by Adin Steinsaltz. Rabbinic ordination and education He received his rabbinic ordination from the Rabbi Jacob Joseph Yeshiva in New York. He received his master's degree in Psychology from the New School for Social Research, and earned his PhD from the University of Maryland. For 13 years he was the rabbi at Congregation Shomrei Emunah in Baltimore. He served on the Rabbinic Cabinet of United Jewish Communities, on the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America, and on the boards of various other organizational and educational institutions. Career In what Weinreb calls a "life changing phone call", the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tzvi Tzur
Tzvi Tzur (also transliterated Zvi Tsur; ; 17 April 1923 – 28 December 2004) was an Israeli officer who served as the IDF's 6th Chief of Staff (1961–1963). Biography Early life Tzur was born in the Zaslav in the Soviet Union (now Iziaslav in Ukraine) in 1923, as Tsvi Tsera Tsertenko, and made Aliyah to Mandatory Palestine at the age of two. In 1936, at the peak of the Arab revolt and the 1936–1939 pogroms he joined the Haganah to help protect the Jews from Arab rioters. Military career With the outbreak of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Tzur was appointed battalion leader in the Givati Brigade, and participated in Operation Pleshet, among others. Tzur was the founder of the fast jeep reconnaissance company, Samson's Foxes, which fought on the southern front. After the end of the war, he undertook organizing roles and went to study manpower management in the United States. In 1956 he was promoted to the rank of Major General and was appointed as the commander of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tzvi Elimelech Spira Of Dinov
Tzvi Elimelech Spira of Dinov (צבי אלימלך שפירא מדינוב) (1783-1841) was a leading Hasidic Rebbe in Poland, founder of the Dinov Dynasty. He was a prolific writer, best known as the author of ''Bnei Yissachar'', by which title he is also called. He is also referred to by the Hebrew acronym מהרצ"א. Biography Tzvi Elimelech was a nephew of Elimelech of Lizhensk and a student of Menachem Mendel of Rimanov, Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin and Yisroel Hopstein. According to a tradition, he was informed by Yaakov Yitzchak, that he was a descendant of the tribe of Issachar. He became rabbi of several cities of Poland, chiefly Dynów. He was known as a stubborn opponent of the Haskalah movement. The traditions of Zvi Elimelech Spira continue among his descendants and followers in Brooklyn. His grave in Poland became a place of pilgrimage for the Hasidim. Of interest is that the Bnei Yissaschar had the practice of wearing ''tefillin'' (phylacteries) made from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tzvi Shissel
Tzvi Shissel (; 15 July 1946 – 28 July 2021) was an Israeli actor, film and television producer, screenwriter, and film director. Eliav Batitoאבידה לקולנוע הישראלי: הבמאי צבי שיסל הלך לעולמו בגיל 75 ''Ma'ariv'', July 28, 2021 Schissel was born in Tel Aviv and served in the of the IDF. After the discharge he started acting and later filmmaking. He was part of the comedy group ("Chicken coop group"), which, among others, included Uri Zohar and Arik Einstein. During 1980-1987 Shissel worked in the United States. He died at the Ichilov Hospital due to Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, systemic collapse developed from food poisoning leaving behind his wife and two sons. His family sued the hospital claiming negligence. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tzvi Kushelevsky
Tzvi Kushelevsky (; born 3 March 1936) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and Talmudic scholar. He is the founder and the rosh yeshivah of Heichal HaTorah BeZion, a yeshiva in Jerusalem. Early life and education Kushelevsky was born on 3 March 1936 to , who was the Rabbi of the city of Be'er Sheva, then part of Mandatory Palestine. While still a child, his family moved to the United States. Kushelevsky studied in the Radin Yeshiva in New York, founded by Rabbi Mendel Zaks; Gateshead Talmudical College in England; Hebron Yeshiva; and the Harry Fischel Institute for Talmudic Research. His parents returned to Israel in 1953. Career As a rabbi, Kushelevsky served for a period as a rosh kollel in Manchester. In 1971, he returned to Israel to serve as a rosh kollel in Be'er Sheva, the city of his birth, where he intended to found a yeshiva. He served for a period as rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Itri, which he left with some of his students, moving to Yeshiva Torah Ore. In the 1980s, Kushe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
