Ben-Zion () is a
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...
given name. Alternative spellings in English include Ben Zion, Benzion, and Bension. It may refer to the following people:
Given name
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Ben Zion Abba Shaul (1924–1998), rosh yeshiva, Porat Yosef Yeshiva
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Ben-Zion Alfes (1851–1941), rabbi
* Ben-Zion Ben-Yehuda, birth name of
Itamar Ben-Avi (1882–1943), first native speaker of Modern Hebrew as the son of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda; journalist and Zionist activist
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Benzion Judah Berkowitz (1803–1879), Hebrew scholar
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Ben-Zion Bokser (1907–1984), American Conservative rabbi
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Ben-Zion Dinur
Ben-Zion Dinur (; January 1884 – 8 July 1973) was a Ukrainian-born Israeli historian, educator, and politician. He held the position of professor of Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and represented Mapai in the first ...
(1884–1973), Israeli politician
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Bentsion Fleishman (born 1923), Russian mathematician
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Benzion Freshwater (born 1948), British property investor
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Ben-Zion Gold (1923–2016), American rabbi
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Ben Zion Goldberg (1895–1972), American journalist
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Ben-Zion Gopstein (born 1969), Israeli radical right-wing activist
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Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam (born 1955), fifth
Bobover Rebbe
A Rebbe () or Admor () is the spiritual leader in the Hasidic movement, and the personalities of its dynasties.Heilman, Samuel"The Rebbe and the Resurgence of Orthodox Judaism."''Religion and Spirituality (Audio)''. UCTV, 20 Oct 2011. web. ...
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Ben Zion Halberstam
Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941) was the second Bobover Rebbe, known as the Baal Kedushas Tzion. He was murdered by the Nazis in 1941.
Biography
Halberstam was born in Bikofsk in 1874. His father was Shlomo Halberstam (1847–1905), ...
(1874–1941), second Bobover Rebbe
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Ben-Zion Halfon (1930–1977), Israeli politician
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Benzion Halper (1884–1924), Lithuanian-American Hebraist and Arabist
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Ben-Zion Harel (1892–1972), Israeli doctor and politician
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Benzion Hoffman
Benzion Hoffman (; 1 May 1874 – 14 October 1954), best known by the pen name Zivion (, ''Tsivyen''), was a Yiddish writer, journalist, and political activist.
Biography
Hoffman was born in the village of Krug, near Boysk, in the Courland Gove ...
(1874–1954), Yiddish writer
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Ben Zion Hyman (1891–1984), Canadian Jewish bookseller
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Aaron Ben-Zion ibn Alamani, 12th century Egyptian judge
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Ben-Zion Keshet (1914–1984), Israeli politician
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Benzion Klatzko (born 1968), American rabbi, university professor, founder of the largest Jewish social network
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Bension Kohen (died 1999), rabbi
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Ben-Zion Leitner (–2012), Israeli soldier, received highest military decoration during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
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Benzion Miller (1947–2025), Polish-born American cantor
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Bentsion Monastyrsky, Soviet cinematographer
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Ben Zion Moshel (born 1993), Israeli footballer
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Benzion Netanyahu
Benzion Netanyahu (; born Benzion Mileikowsky; March 25, 1910 – April 30, 2012)''Contemporary Authors Online'', Gale, 2009. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale, 2009. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/B ...
(1910–2012), Israeli historian, father of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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Ben-Zion Orgad (1926–2006), Israeli composer
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Benzion Rakow (1925–1985), British rabbi
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Ben-Zion Rubin (born 1939), Israeli politician
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Ben Zion Shenker
Ben Zion Shenker (1925–2016) was a world-renowned American Hasidic composer and hazzan (cantor), associated with the Modzitz hasidic dynasty. Shenker was born in the heyday of the American hazzan. He became interested in the art as a child, and ...
(1925–2016), American composer and hazzan
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Ben Zion Solomon
Ben Zion Solomon () is an American-born Israeli musician, best known as a founding member of the seminal Jewish rock group Diaspora Yeshiva Band, for whom he played fiddle and banjo from 1975 to 1983. A disciple of Shlomo Carlebach, Solomon an ...
, American-born Israeli musician
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Ben-Tzion Spitz (born 1969), Chief Rabbi of Uruguay
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Ben-Zion Sternberg (1894–1962), Zionist leader
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Ben Zion Tavger (1930–1983), Israeli activist
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Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1880–1953), Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Mandatory Palestine and of Israel
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Benzion Yadler (1871–1962), rabbi
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Ben-Zion Weinman (1897–1987) American painter, sculptor, poet and a dramatist
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Ben-Zion Witler (1907–1961), Jewish singer, actor, coupletist, comedian and composer
Surname
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Ariel Bension (1880–1932), writer
* (1870–1932), pen name of Simha Alter Guttman, Hebrew writer, educator, newspaper editor, publisher, co-founder of Tel Aviv
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Yehoshua Ben-Zion (1924–2004), Israeli banker
See also
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Zion (disambiguation)
Zion is a placename in the Hebrew Bible used as a synonym for Jerusalem, and for the Land of Israel.
Zion may also refer to:
Religion
* Zion (Latter Day Saints), used to connote an association of the righteous
* Zion (Rastafarianism), Zion (Ras ...
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References
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