Ben-Zion () is a

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given name. Alternative spellings in English include Ben Zion, Benzion, and Bension. It may refer to the following people:

Given name

Ben Zion Abba Shaul Ben Zion Abba Shaul (; 31 July 1924 – 13 July 1998; on the Hebrew calendar: 29 Tammuz 5684 – 19 Tammuz 5758) (first name also spelled Ben Sion) was one of the leading Sephardic rabbis, Torah scholars and halakhic arbiters of his day, ...

(1924–1998), rosh yeshiva, Porat Yosef Yeshiva * Ben-Zion Alfes (1851–1941), rabbi * Ben-Zion Ben-Yehuda, birth name of

Itamar Ben-Avi Itamar Ben-Avi (; , ; 31 July 1882 – 8 April 1943) was the first native speaker of Hebrew in modern times. He was a journalist and Zionist activist. Biography Itamar Ben-Avi was born as Ben-Zion Ben-Yehuda in Jerusalem on 31 July 1882, the so ...

(1882–1943), first native speaker of Modern Hebrew as the son of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda; journalist and Zionist activist * Benzion Judah Berkowitz (1803–1879), Hebrew scholar * Ben-Zion Bokser (1907–1984), American Conservative rabbi *

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 * Bentsion Fleishman (born 1923), Russian mathematician * Benzion Freshwater (born 1948), British property investor * Ben-Zion Gold (1923–2016), American rabbi *

Ben Zion Goldberg Benjamin Waife (January 9, 1895 – December 29, 1972), better known by his pen name Ben Zion Goldberg, was a Belarusian-born Jewish-American journalist. Life Goldberg was born on January 9, 1895, in Halshany, Russia, the son of Moses Waife and ...

(1895–1972), American journalist * Ben-Zion Gopstein (born 1969), Israeli radical right-wing activist *

Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam (; born 1955) is an American born Hasidic rabbi. He is the current Rebbe of the Bobov (Hasidic dynasty), Bobov Hasidic dynasty. Appointed in 2005, Halberstam has a direct lineage to the founder of the Bobov Hasi ...

(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. ...

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 * Ben-Zion Halfon (1930–1977), Israeli politician * Benzion Halper (1884–1924), Lithuanian-American Hebraist and Arabist * Ben-Zion Harel (1892–1972), Israeli doctor and politician *

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 *

Ben Zion Hyman Ben Zion Hyman (October 22, 1891 – July 17, 1984) was a Canadian Jewish bookseller. Originally from Mazyr in what is now Belarus, Hyman graduated from the Odessa Polytechnical Institute. After coming to Canada (settling first in Guelph, On ...

(1891–1984), Canadian Jewish bookseller * Aaron Ben-Zion ibn Alamani, 12th century Egyptian judge * Ben-Zion Keshet (1914–1984), Israeli politician *

Benzion Klatzko Benzion Zvi Klatzko (born June 11, 1968) is a United States-based Orthodox rabbi best known as the founder of Shabbat.com. Education Klatzko graduated from Hebrew Academy of Cleveland in 1981, followed by Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of Staten Is ...

(born 1968), American rabbi, university professor, founder of the largest Jewish social network * Bension Kohen (died 1999), rabbi * Ben-Zion Leitner (–2012), Israeli soldier, received highest military decoration during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War * Benzion Miller (1947–2025), Polish-born American cantor * Bentsion Monastyrsky, Soviet cinematographer * Ben Zion Moshel (born 1993), Israeli footballer *

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 *

Ben-Zion Orgad Ben-Zion Orgad ( Hebrew: בן ציון אורגד, originally ''Ben-Zion Büschel''; born Gelsenkirchen, Germany, 21 August 1926; died Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( or , ; ), sometimes rendered as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, and usually referred to as just ...

(1926–2006), Israeli composer *

Benzion Rakow Benzion Rakow (1925–1985) was a British communal rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Chayei Olam Yeshiva in Golders Green, London. He was also active in World Agudath Israel, Agudas Yisroel of Great Britain. Born in Frankfurt, Germany into a distinguish ...

(1925–1985), British rabbi * Ben-Zion Rubin (born 1939), Israeli politician *

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 *

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 * Ben-Tzion Spitz (born 1969), Chief Rabbi of Uruguay *

Ben-Zion Sternberg Ben-Zion (Benno) Sternberg (; 1894 – May 31, 1962), was a Romanian Zionist and signatory of the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel. Sternberg was born in Czernowitz, Bukovina, a region of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, ...

(1894–1962), Zionist leader * Ben Zion Tavger (1930–1983), Israeli activist *

Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (; born 23 May 1880, died 4 September 1953), sometimes rendered as Ouziel, was the Sephardi chief rabbi of Mandatory Palestine from 1939 to 1948, and of Israel from 1948 until his death in 1953. Biography Ben-Zion Meir Ha ...

(1880–1953), Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Mandatory Palestine and of Israel *

Benzion Yadler Rabbi Benzion Yadler (; 21 November 1871 – 15 August 1962) was a prominent Maggid in Jerusalem and the Moshavot of Israel. Biography Ben Tzion Goldberg-Yadler was born in Jerusalem to Rabbi Yitzchok Zev Goldberg. Rabbi Yitzchok Zev was origin ...

(1871–1962), rabbi * Ben-Zion Weinman (1897–1987) American painter, sculptor, poet and a dramatist * Ben-Zion Witler (1907–1961), Jewish singer, actor, coupletist, comedian and composer

Surname

* Ariel Bension (1880–1932), writer * (1870–1932), pen name of Simha Alter Guttman, Hebrew writer, educator, newspaper editor, publisher, co-founder of Tel Aviv * Yehoshua Ben-Zion (1924–2004), Israeli banker

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