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Yoav Gal
Yoav () is a male given name popular among Israeli Jews. Its popularity is attributed to both Joab (), commander of King David's army in the Hebrew Bible, and Yitzhak Dubno, a 1940s Palmach soldier whose codename was Yoav. Yoav is also the namesake of two Israeli settlements: Yoav Regional Council (including Sde Yoav, a kibbutz) in the Southern District, named after Yitzhak "Yoav" Dubno; and Givat Yoav, a moshav in the Golan Heights, named after Israeli soldier Yoav Shaham who died during the Samu incident. Notable people with the name Yoav include: * Yoav Avni (born 1969), Israeli author * Yoav Bear (born 1991), Israeli cyclist * Yoav Benjamini (born 1949), Israeli statistician *Yoav Ben-Tzur (born 1958), Israeli politician and acting Minister of Health * Yoav Bruck (born 1972), Israeli swimmer * Yoav Chelouche (born 1953), Israeli businessman *Yoav Cohen (born 1999), Israeli windsurfer *Yoav Dothan (born 1955), Israeli chess player *Yoav Eliasi (born 1977), Israeli rapper *Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoav Gallant
Yoav Gallant (; born 8 November 1958) is an Israeli politician and former military officer who served as Ministry of Defense (Israel), minister of defense between 2022 and 2024. Gallant was an officer in the Southern Command (Israel), Southern Command of the Israel Defense Forces, serving in the Israeli Navy. In January 2015 he entered politics, joining the new Kulanu party. After being elected to the Knesset he was appointed Ministry of Construction (Israel), minister of construction. At the end of 2018 he joined Likud, shortly after which he became Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, minister of Aliyah and Integration. In 2020 he was appointed Ministry of Education (Israel), minister of education, and the following year became minister of defense. On 5 November 2024, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he had dismissed Gallant, effective 7 November, and sought to have Israel Katz replace him. Gallant subsequently resigned from the Knesset on 5 January 2025. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israeli Jews
Israeli Jews or Jewish Israelis ( ) comprise Israel's largest ethnic and religious community. The core of their demographic consists of those with a Jewish identity and their descendants, including ethnic Jews and religious Jews alike. Approximately 46% of the global Jewish population resides in Israel; is uncommon and is offset exponentially by , but those who do emigrate from the country typically relocate to the Western world. As such, the Israeli diaspora is closely tied to the broader Jewish diaspora. The country is widely described as a melting pot for the various Jewish ethnic divisions, primarily consisting of Ashkenazi Jews, Sephardic Jews, and Mizrahi Jews, as well as many smaller Jewish communities, such as the Beta Israel, the Cochin Jews, the Bene Israel, and the Karaite Jews, among others. Likewise, over 25% of Jewish children and 35% of Jewish newborns in Israel are of mixed Ashkenazi and Sephardic or Mizrahi descent, and these figures have been increasing by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoav Ben-Tzur
Rabbi Yoav Ben-Tzur (; born 11 June 1958) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Shas and as a Minister in the Ministry of Labor. Ben-Tzur previously served as the acting Minister of Health between January and April 2023. Biography Born in Kfar Saba, Ben-Tzur attended school in Netanya, and the Or Yisrael yeshiva in Petah Tikva. During his military service in the IDF, he served in the Soldier Teachers unit. He later became a reserve captain in the Nahal Brigade. Between 1985 and 1992, he worked at the Or Hadash middle boarding school. In 1993, he became Immigration Co-Ordinator in the Northern District for the Ministry of Religious Affairs. The following year, he took up the position of Deputy Director General of the National Centre for the Development of Holy Places, where he worked between 1994 and 1997. He then became CEO of HaMeshakem in 1998, serving until 2008. In 2001, he became chairman of the Jerusalem Religious Council, a po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoav Har-Even
Maj. Gen.(ret.) Yoav Har-Even () was president and CEO of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. Before joining Rafael in 2015, he served as head of the Israel Defense Forces Operations Directorate. Prior to that, he was commander of the 319th Division and head of the GOC Army Headquarters. Background Maj. Gen.(ret.) Har-Even has been president and CEO of Rafael since 2015 up until 2024. Before joining Rafael he served in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) for 34 years in various positions. He started his military career in the IDF Artillery Corps. Between 1993 and 1995, he was commander of the Pillar of Fire Artillery Formation 55th Battalion. He later commanded an Artillery Corps Officers School at Shivta Base. In 1997, he was appointed head of the Chief of Staff Office, serving under Shaul Mofaz. In 2000, he was promoted to colonel and appointed commander of the reserve 973 Eged Artillery Battalion. In 2002, he was appointed commander of the Pillar of Fire Artillery Formation. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoav Goren
Yoav Goren () is an Israeli-American musician, composer, and record producer specializing in soundtracks and trailer music for films and television series. He was one of the founders of Immediate Music, 1 Revolution Music, and Imperativa Records. Born in Israel, Goren was raised in New York City by an artistic family that encouraged him to study piano at a young age. He was influenced initially by classical composers, then by the Beatles and by film composers Ennio Morricone, Jerry Goldsmith, and John Barry. He began composing while studying at New York University, where he graduated with a degree in Film & Television Production. After touring with several bands in the US as a keyboardist, Goren settled in Los Angeles, California, where he met and collaborated with Leonard Cohen on the critically acclaimed album '' The Future'' (1992) as arranger and co-producer. In 1993, Goren co-founded Immediate Music with fellow composer Jeffrey Fayman. From his first trailer score for ''Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoav Gerafi
Yoav Pini Gerafi (sometimes Jarafi or Jerafi, ; born 29 August 1993) is an Israeli footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Israel national team. Early life Gerafi was born in Tel Mond, Israel, to a family of Mizrahi Jewish ( Yemenite-Jewish) descent. Club career Gerafi made his professional debut for Hapoel Ra'anana in the Israeli Premier League on 14 February 2015, coming on as a substitute in the 14th minute for Shoval Gozlan after starting goalkeeper Daniel Lifshitz was sent off in the 11th minute. The match finished as a 2–1 win for Hapoel Ra'anana. On 11 June 2023 signed for two seasons in Hapoel Haifa. International career In March 2019, Gerafi was first called up to the senior Israel national team ahead of the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Slovenia and Austria. He made his debut on 27 September 2022 in a friendly game against Malta. See also * List of Jewish footballers *List of Jews in sports * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoav Gelber
Yoav Gelber (; born September 25, 1943) is a professor of history at the University of Haifa, and was formerly a visiting professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He was born in Mandatory Palestine in 1943 and studied world and Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is an expert on the history of the Israel Defense Forces. Tom SegevHis colleagues call him a traitor (Haaretz ''Haaretz'' (; originally ''Ḥadshot Haaretz'' – , , ) is an List of newspapers in Israel, Israeli newspaper. It was founded in 1918, making it the longest running newspaper currently in print in Israel. The paper is published in Hebrew lan ..., 23 May 2002). Gelber is also known to have been a vocal opponent of Ilan Pappé when the latter was employed by the University of Haifa, and a defender of the Alexandroni Brigade in the Tantura massacre case. In 1973 Gelber served as the academic and military assistant to the Agranat Commission, and in 1982 participated in the off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoav Gath
Yoav Gath (; born November 8, 1980) is an Olympic and national-record backstroke swimmer from Israel. He swam for Israel at the 2000 Olympics. Biography Yoav Gath was born in Haifa. He trained at Hapoel Kiryat-Tivon swimming club coached by Andre Tot. At age 15 he relocated to the Academy for Sport Excellence at the Wingate Institute, coached by Leonid Kaufman and joined Hapoel Jerusalem swimming club. Yoav won gold 1995 at the European Youth Olympics in Bath in the men's 200-meter backstroke with a time of 2:07.65. In 1996 he won silver at the European Junior Champs in Copenhagen, Denmark, in the 200 back Long-course, with a time of 2:04.74. His time in the 100 back was 1:00.84. At the 1997 Maccabiah Games he won gold in the 200 back with new Israeli and Maccabiah records of 2:03.14. At the European Champs. August 1997 in Seville Spain his times in the 100 and 200 back Long-course were respectively 59.73 and 2:04:95. 1998-99 Yoav trained at the University of Georgia, At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoav Freund
__NOTOC__ Yoav Freund (; born 1961) is an Israeli professor of computer science at the University of California San Diego who mainly works on machine learning, probability theory and related fields and applications. He is an alumnus of the Hebrew University High School, of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Talpiot program of the Israeli army. He did his PhD in University of California, Santa Cruz. He is best known for his work on the AdaBoost algorithm, an ensemble learning algorithm which is used to combine many "weak" learning machines to create a more robust one. He and Robert Schapire received the Gödel Prize in 2003 for their joint work on AdaBoost. In 2004 he was awarded the Paris Kanellakis Award. He was elected an AAAI Fellow Fellowship of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (abbreviated as AAAI Fellow or FAAAI) is an award granted to individuals that the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), judged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoav Eshed
Yoav Eshed (; born April 28, 1989) is a jazz guitarist and composer based in Brooklyn, New York. Yoav started to play the piano at the age of 3 and played Haydn, Bach and Mendelssohn. He picked up the guitar at the age of 13. Biography Early life He was born in Ramat Hasharon, Israel, to a family of musicians. Yoav began studying piano at the age of 3 and picked up the guitar at the age of 13. Yoav studied jazz with Amit Golan and guitar with Shai Chen. He attended Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music and won 1st place in Israel's annual jazz competition. He then received a presidential scholarship for his undergraduate studies at Berklee. In addition, Yoav won the America-Israel Cultural Foundation jazz study scholarships between 2008–2014. Career in Israel In 2012, Trio Millionaires, led by Yoav Eshed, received the support of the Ministry of Culture for their musical arrangement of well-known Israeli children's songbook, ''The Sixteenth Sheep'', collaboratin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoav Eliasi
Yoav Eliasi (; born November 22, 1977), commonly known by his stage name The Shadow (, ''Ha-Tzel''), is an Israeli rapper, blogger, and right-wing political activist. He was part of the roster of artists on the label TACT Records. According to Haaretz, "His amped up nationalistic message and his glorification of common soldiers — and this, along with his vitriolic rants against the left and the mainstream media, not to mention against the Arabs, garnered him a massive following, relative to this small country." Background Yoav Eliasi was born in Safed, Israel. His parents are of both Ashkenazi Jewish ( Romanian-Jewish) and Mizrahi Jewish ( Persian-Jewish) descent. His family relocated to Tel Aviv two years later. By his teenage years he had formed a deep bond with Kobi "Subliminal" Shimoni, and the two began performing together at hip-hop shows. After finishing his mandatory military service in the IDF, he decided to stay on. This is where his rap name allegedly derives from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoav Dothan
Yoav Dothan (; born 1955) is an Israeli chess player who holds the chess title of International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster. He was the Israeli champion of correspondence chess for the 1997 championship and the winner of the Finland Jubilee 40. He lives in Ramat Hasharon. At the ICCF congress in Leeds 2009, Dothan received the Bertl von Massow award in silver and in 2024 received the Bertl von Massow award in gold. Dothan's ICCF rating is 2632 (updated January 2011) and he holds the first place in Israel and 23rd in the world. Dothan lives in Ramat Hasharon, is married to Ilana and father of Shai Dothan who is a Professor of International Law, and David and Deganit both physicians. ICCF tournaments ICCF matches Dothan represented Israel in international matches: *In 1995, playing on the 10th board against Rick Melton, draw 1–1 in the Israel-U.S.A match *In 1995, playing on the 5th board against GM David Beaumont Dothan won 2–0 in the Israel-Argentine/CAPA match ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
