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Yigal
Yigal and Yigael (from Hebrew יגאל) are given names that mean "He (God) will redeem". People with those names include: * Yigal Allon (1918–1980), Israeli politician, acting Prime Minister, a commander of the Palmach, and general * Yigal Amir (born 1970), Israeli assassin of Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin * Yigal Antebi (born 1974), Israeli football player * Yigal Arnon (1929-2014), Israeli lawyer and founder of Yigal Arnon & Co. * Yigal Azrouël, Israeli-American fashion designer * Yigal Bibi (born 1942), Israeli politician * Yigal Calek (1944–2024), British conductor and composer * Yigal Carmon (born 1946), president and founder of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) *Yigal Cohen (1928–1988), Israeli politician * Yigal Cohen-Orgad (1937-2019), Israeli politician *Yigal Hurvitz (1918–1994), Israeli politician * Yigal Menahem (born 1963), Israeli football player and lawyer *Yigal Mossinson (1917–1994), Israeli novelist * Yigal Naor (born 1958), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yigal Amir
Yigal Amir (born May 31, 1970) is an Israeli right-wing extremist who assassinated the incumbent prime minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin on November 4, 1995, at the conclusion of a rally in Tel Aviv, Israel. At the time of the murder, he was a law student at Bar-Ilan University. Amir is serving a life sentence for murder plus six years for injuring Rabin's bodyguard. He was later sentenced to an additional eight years for conspiracy to murder. Amir has never expressed regret over the assassination. Numerous radical right-wing Israeli organisations have carried out campaigns for Amir's release. The Shin Bet security service has assessed that Amir remains a threat to national security. The Knesset passed a law preventing the president of Israel from pardoning the assassin of a prime minister. Early life Amir was born in Herzliya to an Israeli Orthodox Yemenite Jewish family, one of eight children. His father Shlomo was a '' sofer'' (scribe) who held a post supervising ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yigal Allon
Yigal Allon (; 10 October 1918 – 29 February 1980) was an Israeli military leader and politician. He was a commander of the Palmach and a general in the Israel Defense Forces, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). He was also a leader of the Ahdut HaAvoda and Labor Party (Israel), Israeli Labor parties. He served briefly as acting Prime Minister of Israel between the death of Levi Eshkol and the appointment of Golda Meir in 1969. Allon was the first non-European-born Israeli to serve as Prime Minister of Israel (the first elected, non-European-born Prime Minister would later be Yitzhak Rabin in 1974). He was a government minister from the third Knesset to the Ninth Knesset, ninth inclusive. Born a child of pioneer settlers in the Lower Galilee, Allon initially rose to prominence through his military career. After the outbreak of the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, he joined the Haganah and later the Palmach. He commanded a squad and organized key operations in the Jewish Resistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yigal Arnon
Yigal Arnon (; December 9, 1929 – April 27, 2014) was an Israeli lawyer and founder of Yigal Arnon & Co. Biography Yigal Arnon received his LL.M. degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1953, and was admitted to the Israel Bar in 1954. On the Israeli Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem web site, he is described as one of the leading jurists in Israel. Legal career He served as the chairman of the First International Bank of Israel, the fifth largest bank in Israel, between 1987 and 2000, followed by becoming Chairman of F.I.B.I Holdings Ltd.; chairman of the Board of Governors of the Hebrew University; and Chairman of Arkia Israel Airlines, the second largest airliner in Israel, of which he was reported to own almost 20%. Arnon was known to represent the Safra brothers' Israeli interests and has represented Ehud Olmert and Aryeh Deri Aryeh Makhlouf Deri (; ), also Arie Deri, Arye Deri, or Arieh Deri (born 17 February 1959), is an Israeli politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yigal Azrouël
Yigal Azrouël () is an Israeli American New York–based fashion designer. Career An avid surfer, born and raised in Ashdod, Israel, of French-Moroccan descent. His parents own a few sports and fashion stores in Ashdod. Yigal Azrouël draws his inspiration from his travels, art, architecture, nature, and, above all, his hometown of New York City. He debuted his eponymous ready-to-wear collection in the fall of 1998, receiving instant acclaim, both commercially and critically. In 2000, Yigal opened his atelier and showroom in New York's Garment District, where 80% of his collections are manufactured today, and began his participation at New York Fashion Week . In February 2003, he opened his first freestanding boutique, designed by Dror Benshetrit, in Manhattan's Meatpacking District on West 14th Street. By 2004, Yigal Azrouël was inducted into the Council of Fashion Designers of America. In October 2004, he showed his Spring Summer 2005 collection at the Ritz Carlton Pari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yigal Carmon
Yigal Carmon (; born 1946) is the president and cofounder of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), an organization which monitors and translates Arabic and Persian publications, radio and TV broadcasts, and religious sermons into many languages and circulates them over the Internet. Carmon was a colonel at Aman, the Israeli military intelligence service, and later counter-terrorism advisor to Israeli prime ministers Yitzhak Rabin and Yitzhak Shamir. Early life and education Yigal Carmon was born in Romania in 1946 and immigrated to Israel with his family at age four. He grew up in Hadera. In high school, he began to study Arabic, and eventually achieved native-level fluency. At age 18, he had his conscription to the Israel Defense Forces deferred so he could study as part of the Atuda program. After earning a degree in Orientalism from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, he joined the IDF in 1968 and served in the Intelligence Corps until 1988, reaching the ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yigal Cohen-Orgad
Yigal Cohen-Orgad (; 30 August 1937 – 27 August 2019) was an Israeli politician who served as Minister of Finance from October 1983 until September 1984. He was one of the founders of Ariel University, serving as its chancellor until his death. Biography Born in Tel Aviv during the Mandate era, Cohen-Orgad studied economics and education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. During his youth, he was a member of the Bnei Etzel (''Young Irgun'') youth movement. In 1962 he started working in the Economic Planning Authority in the Ministry of Finance. He joined Herut, but left and joined the Free Centre in 1965. He eventually returned to Herut, which by the mid-1970s had become part of the Likud alliance. He became chairman of Herut's economic council, and in 1977, was elected to the Knesset on the Likud list. He changed his name from Yigal Cohen to Yigal Cohen-Orgad to differentiate himself from Yigal Cohen, another Likud MK; "Orgad" was created from the initials of his four chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yigal Mossinson
Yigal Mossinson (; 25 December 1917 – 1 May 1994), also known as Igal Mossinsohn, Yigal Mosenzon and Yig'al Mosinzon, was an Israeli novelist, playwright, and inventor. He was the author of the Hasamba children's book series. Among his many awards was the David's Violin Prize for '' Casablan'', the 1954 play upon which the Israeli musical comedy stage and screen hit ''Kazablan'' was based. Biography Mossinson, son of Asher Mossinson and his wife Dvora, was born in Ottoman Palestine in 1917, in the moshav Ein Ganim, located near Petah Tikva; he grew up in Tel Aviv. Later on Mossinson studied in Beit Alfa and in the youth village of Ben Shemen. Afterward he moved to the Kibbutz Na'an, where he lived from 1938 to 1950. In 1943 Mossinson joined the Palmach. During that period Mossinson was arrested by the British and imprisoned in Latrun. In 1944 Mossinson published his first story in the newspaper '' Al HaMishmar''. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War Mossinson served as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yigal Calek
Yigal Yisroel Calek (; 29 May 1944—21 October 2024) was a British Orthodox Jewish conductor and composer of Israeli origin. He was the founder and conductor of the London School of Jewish Song, the first Orthodox Jewish children's choir. Early life Calek was born in 1944 in Tel Aviv and grew up in the Neve Tzedek neighborhood in South Tel Aviv in a family of Ger Hasidism. As a child he studied at Tachkamoni School, and performed in plays at the children's theater next to the Cameri Theatre under the direction of Yosef Milo. In 1957, when he was 13 years old, his family immigrated to London, United Kingdom. He studied at the Gateshead yeshiva and after his marriage began to work as a Judaism teacher at a non-religious Jewish school in London, where, according to him, he recognized the need to create religious Jewish music. He began his musical career when he founded the school choir. Musical career In 1970 Calek founded the London School of Jewish Song choir. The choi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yigal Menahem
Yigal Menahem (; born 10 September 1963) is an Israeli former footballer who now works as a lawyer. Personal life Yigal's younger brother Shimon was a defender and both played together in Maccabi Netanya during the 1980s. Honours * Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League (, Ligat HaAl, ) is a professional association football league in Israel and the highest level of the Israeli football league system. The league is contested by 14 clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and rele ... runner-up: 1981-82 * League Cup/Toto Cup winner: 1983-84 ** runner-up: 1986–87, 1988–89 External links * * 1963 births Living people Jewish Israeli sportspeople Israeli men's footballers Israel men's international footballers Maccabi Netanya F.C. players Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. players Hapoel Jerusalem F.C. players Israeli lawyers Liga Leumit players Men's association football forwards 20th-century Israeli sportsmen {{Israel-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yigal Hurvitz
Yigal Hurvitz (; 15 October 1918 – 10 January 1994) was an Israeli farmer, businessman and politician who served as a government minister in the late 1970s and 1980s. Biography Hurvitz was born in Nahlat Yehuda (today part of Rishon LeZion) in 1918,Igael Hurvitz: Personal Details Knesset but grew up in the rural village of . Between 1938 and 1941 he was a member of the secretariat of HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed, and served in the |
Yigal Cohen
Yigal Cohen (; 1928 – 6 December 1988) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1974 and 1988. Biography Born in Tel Adashim during the Mandate era, during his youth Cohen co-ordinated the Youth Committee of the Moshavim Movement, and was a member of both the HaNoar HaOved and Mapai youth leadership secretariats. He attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and was a member of the Palmach's first brigade. He worked as a trainer for immigrant moshavim in the Jerusalem corridor, and later as a Gadna trainer in Europe, the United States and Africa for the Ministry of Defense. In 1965 he was part of the Rafi group that broke away from Mapai, and in 1968 switched to the new National List party, chairing its group in the Histadrut's Executive Committee. He won a place on the Likud list (an alliance of several right-wing parties including the National List, Herut and the Liberal Party) for the 1973 Knesset elections. Although he fai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yigal Bibi
Yigal Bibi (; born 21 January 1942) is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the National Religious Party between 1988 and 2003. Biography Born in Tiberias during the Mandate era, Bibi studied at the Bnei Akiva Talmudic College before gaining a BA in political science and Jewish history at Bar-Ilan University. He worked as a teacher. Bibi served as mayor of his hometown between 1978 and 1988, and was deputy chairman of the Union of Local Authorities. A member of the central institutions of the National Religious Party, he was first elected to the Knesset in 1988. During his first term, he served as Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office (from August 1990 until November 1990) and Deputy Minister of the Environment (from November 1990 until the end of the Knesset term in 1992). After being re-elected in 1992, Bibi became the party's parliamentary group chairman. He was re-elected again in 1996 and served in Binyamin Netanyahu Benjamin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
