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Yishai (name)
Yishai () is a Hebrew given name and surname. It is the origin of the English given name Jesse, and is the original Hebrew name of Jesse father of David. Variant spellings include Yishay, Ishay, Yshai, and Yeshay. There is also a derived patronymic surname Ben-Yishai. Given name *Isai Scheinberg (born ), Israeli online gambling entrepreneur * Ishay Hadas (born 1955), Israeli television producer *Yishai Beer (born 1956), Israeli Defense Forces general *Yishay Yafeh (born 1962), Israeli economist *Yishai Levi (born 1963), Israeli musician *Yishai Sarid (born 1965), Israel writer and lawyer *Yishay Garbasz (born 1970), Israeli artist *Yishai Fleisher (born 1970s), Israeli settler in Hebron *Ishai Golan (born 1973), Israel actor *Yishai Schlissel (born 1975), Israeli man convicted for murder *Ishay Berger (born 1978), Israeli musician *Yishai Romanoff (born 1986), American musician *Ishay Ribo (born 1989), Israeli singer-songwriter *Yshai Oliel (born 2000), Israeli tennis player *Ishai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse (given Name)
Jesse is a given name, usually masculine, of English and Dutch origin. The given name was originally derived from the Hebrew name Yishai (), which either means "God's gift", "God exist", or "King". The English name was translated into many languages (especially Romance languages and Greek). It has been a popular given name in many English-speaking countries since the 1880s. Despite being similar in appearance, it is unrelated in origin to the given name Jessica. Cognates *Arabic: Yassa ( ar, يَسَّى) *Catalan: Jessè * Czech: Isaj, Jišaj * Dutch: Isaï, Jesse * English: Jess (diminutive), Jessie (alternative spelling), Jesse, Jessy (alternative spelling) *French: Isaï, Jessé * German: Isai, Jischaj *Greek: Iessai ( el, Ἰεσσαί) *Hebrew: Yishai, Yishay () * Italian: Iesse *Latin: Isai * Portuguese: Jessé * Romanian: Isseu * Russian: Iessej (Cyrillic: Иессей) * Spanish: Isai, Isaí, Ishai, Jesé Actors * Jesse Bradford, American actor * Jesse Borrego, Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yishai Romanoff
Yishai Romanoff is an American Hasidic musician, best known as the lead singer for the Breslov punk band Moshiach Oi!. Romanoff, as well as the rest of the band, is featured prominently in the 2012 documentary ''Punk Jews''. He is also a drummer for Shabasa labelmates Blanket Statementstein, RockaZion, and Shin Shin Mem. Biography Early life Romanoff grew up on Long Island. His father was a secular Jew, while his mother was an atheist who converted to Orthodox Judaism. He attended a Modern Orthodox yeshiva at a young age. Frustrated with the yeshiva's rules and strictures, he left and began going to public high school. During his teenage years, Romanoff became a fan of punk rock, following bands like Leftöver Crack and F-Minus and going to shows at CBGB and ABC No Rio. He also dabbled in drugs, smoking marijuana daily and developing a heroin addiction. Later on, Romanoff took trips to Israel with Birthright Israel and Young Judaea, which left him curious about his heri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talia Ishai
Haze'evot (, translation: ''The She-Wolves'') is an Israeli rock band. The band members are Yifat Balassiano, Talia Ishai, Or Zigelbaum, Hen Yair and Nofar Tom. The band's songs dub the female point of view on different social issues such as relationships, sexual harassment and sex, a voice uncommon which is seldom heard in the mostly male-dominated Israeli music scene. Haze'evot is mainly influenced by sounds from the 1990s and plays original material both in Hebrew and English. It has noted Placebo, The Pixies, Radiohead, David Bowie, The Beatles, The Kooks, Sonic Youth, The Killers and Blur as their musical influences. History 2000s In the 2000s, the four original members of the band met in highschool in the town of Holon, Israel and began to play music together. Their early rehearsals took place at the conservatory in Holon after hours. The custodian, Ze'ev, promised to keep it a secret, under the condition that the band would be named after him. 2010s In 2012, Haze' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micheline Ishay
Micheline R. Ishay is an American political theorist known for her work in international relations and the history of human rights. She is professor of international studies and human rights at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, where she serves as director of the International Human Rights Program (1992–2010, 2019–present) and was executive director of the Center on Rights Development (1993-2011). In 2008, she was named the University of Denver Distinguished Scholar, and she is an affiliate faculty member with the Center for Middle East Studies. Career Ishay received a Ph.D. in political science and international studies from Rutgers University (1992). She was a fellow at the Center for Critical Culture and Contemporary Analysis, Rutgers University (1987–88); assistant professor at Hobart and William Smith Colleges (1990-1992); senior fellow at the Center for Democracy Collaborative, University of Maryland (2004); Lady Davi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shefi Yishai
Shefi Yishai is an Israeli composer and musical director for theater. Yishai has released two solo albums: "Love and Hate" and is touring with the music on the albums. He worked on albums by David Broza and Yehuda Poliker as a session musician and producer and has performed with other musicians. Works Albums *1986: "Under the Closet", based on poems for children by Anda Amir Pinkerfeld, composed by Yishai and performed by Yehudit Tamir, Moti Dichne, Ya'akov Banai and Yishai. *First solo album, ''Love and Hate,'' released in 1991; Yishai composed music for a selection of poems by Israeli poets. *Second solo album, "A Man Would Not Talk About It", released in 2010 Music for theater * Sanjer, Closer, Cruel and Tender - Habima Theater. * Bracha - Beer Sheva Theater. * The Last Striptease, Night Play - Tsavta Theater. * Schneider & Schuster - Basel Theater (Switzerland) * The Concert, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Headlines News - Beit Lesin Theater * Revieue Lanoar / The Israe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Ben-Ishay
Melissa Ben-Ishay (born Melissa Bushell) is the CEO and co-founder of Baked by Melissa, a cupcake company headquartered in New York City, which specializes in bite-size cupcakes. Early life and education Melissa Ben-Ishay was born in Hillsdale, New Jersey. She attended Syracuse University, in Syracuse, New York from 2002 to 2006, receiving a Bachelor's of Science degree in Child and Family Studies. She has an older brother, Brian Bushell. Career After graduating from college, Ben-Ishay worked at an advertising agency in New York City. In 2008, she was fired from her job as an assistant media planner at Deutsch, and was encouraged by her brother to go home and bake her cupcakes, and they would start a business together. Ben-Ishay's first flavors were tie-dye, inspired by the Grateful Dead, s'mores, peanut butter cup, and cookies and cream. The next day, she sent cupcakes into work with her best friend's sister, who was interning at Alison Brod PR. They received rave reviews ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Yishai
Jeffrey Yishai is a former Israeli footballer. References 1978 births Israeli Jews Living people Israeli men's footballers Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Maccabi Netanya F.C. players Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. players Liga Leumit players Israeli Premier League players Men's association football central defenders {{Israel-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ran Ichay
Ran Ichay ( he, רן ישי; born 1970) is an Israeli humanitarian, and a former diplomat and civil servant. Biography Ichay was born to families that immigrated to Israel after the independence. His father's family fled from Spain to North Africa in the first decades of the 15th century due to the Massacre of 1391, persecutions against jews. The family lived mainly in Sousse, in Tunisia, and owned the House of Ichay, where many of the family's children were born, and later fled to Israel due to the Suez Crisis, Kadesh war, in 1956. His mother's family, Shor (Arabic: bani-Tabi' - meaning: of-the-Ox), fled from Yemen during the Israeli 1948 Arab–Israeli War, war of independebce. Ichay graduated school and joined the Israeli Navy in 1988 as a midshipman, before transferring to the Artillery where he served until 1992. He currently serves as a volunteer in the Israeli border police, Israeli border guard, ranked Major, and in the Police Aerial Unit, as a Air obser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eli Yishai
Eliyahu "Eli" Yishai ( he, אליהו "אלי" ישי, born 26 December 1962) is an Israeli politician. A former leader of Shas, he represented the party in the Knesset from 1996 until 2015, also holding several ministerial posts, including being Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Internal Affairs, and Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labor. In December 2014, he left Shas to establish the Yachad party. Personal life Yishai was born in Jerusalem in 1962, to Zion (1933–2004) and Yvette-Fortuna Yishai (1934–2009), who had immigrated to Israel from Tunis in Tunisia. The second of seven children, he studied at the Porat Yosef Yeshiva in Jerusalem, and Yeshivat HaNegev in Netivot. In 1980, Yishai enlisted in the IDF and served until 1983. Yishai is married, and has five children. Political career Shas In 1984, he entered political life. He became a member of Jerusalem City Council in 1987, although he left the council the following year. In 1988, Yishai served as an aide to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orit Ishay
Orit Ishay (Hebrew: אורית ישי; born 1961) is an Israeli artist working in photography, video and installation. She is also a lecturer in photography. Ishay's art examines the interrelation between man and place and possible systems of representation, while addressing questions pertaining to social and mental issues through temporal and spatial motifs. Her work is usually accompanied by theoretical research. Biography Ishay was born in 1961 in Tel Aviv-Yafo. During 1983–1986 she studied art at Ha'Midrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College. After her graduation, she studied and worked in the field of interior design. In 2000–2003 she was a freelance photographer for prominent Israeli magazines (including Royim Olam, Nisha and Masa Acher-Voyage). In 2003 Ishay resumed her art studies and attended the Photography Department of Musrara School of Photography, Media and New Music in Jerusalem, from which she graduated with honors in 2006. She then continued to specialize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galia Yishai
Galia Yishai ( he, גליה ישי; 17 May 1950 – 4 January 2020) was an Israeli actress of film, stage and television and singer. She began performing from the age of 16-and-a-half on the radio programme ' and acted on stage at most of Israel's repertoire theatres such as the Habima Theatre, the Bimot Theatre, the Cameri Theater, Haifa Theatre and Beit Lessin Theater. Yishai acted in several film and television programmes from 1971 to her death in 2020. Early life and education On 17 May 1950, Yishai was born in Tel Aviv. Her mother worked in advertising and her father was an Etzel fighter who co-established the Freedom Movement. Yishai had two siblings and grew up in Tel Aviv. Following her graduation from high school, she went to the Beit Zvi School for the Performing Arts. Career Yishai began her career at the age of 16-and-a-half when she earned acceptance to perform on the radio show ' and performed a song in the programme's chorus troupe. She was a military graduate o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Ben-Yishai
Ron Ben-Yishai ( he, רון בן-ישי; born October 26, 1943) is an Israeli journalist. A veteran war correspondent, Ben-Yishai has covered many military conflicts in several different regions. In 2018, he won the Israel Prize, Israel's most prestigious civic honor. Biography Ben-Yishai was born in Jerusalem in 1943. He graduated from the military boarding school near the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa in 1961. He joined the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and served in the Paratroopers Brigade and the Golani Brigade. He finished an infantry officers course and platoon commanders course, in addition to several command courses. He served in paratroopers field units as a reservist. He received a B.A. in economics and geography from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1967. He covered the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 and also travelled to Portugal to make a documentary about the Marranos or secret Jews. From 1978 to 1981 he was ''Yediot Aharonot'' political correspondent in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
