Yitzhak( ()) is a male first name, and is Hebrew for
Isaac
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. Yitzhak may refer to:
People
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Yitzhak ha-Sangari, rabbi who converted the Khazars to Judaism
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Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin (; , ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the prime minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–1977, and from 1992 until Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, his ass ...
(1922–1995), Israeli politician and Prime Minister
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Yitzhak Shamir
Yitzhak Shamir (, ; born Yitzhak Yezernitsky; October 22, 1915 – June 30, 2012) was an Israeli politician and the seventh prime minister of Israel, serving two terms (1983–1984, 1986–1992). Before the establishment of the State of Israel, ...
(1915–2012), Israeli politician and Prime Minister
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Yitzhak Aharonovich (born 1950), Israeli politician
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Yitzhak Apeloig (born 1944), Israeli
computational chemistry
Computational chemistry is a branch of chemistry that uses computer simulations to assist in solving chemical problems. It uses methods of theoretical chemistry incorporated into computer programs to calculate the structures and properties of mol ...
professor and President of the
Technion
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Yitzhak Arad
Yitzhak Arad (; né Icchak Rudnicki; November 11, 1926 – May 6, 2021) was an Israeli historian, author, IDF brigadier general and Soviet partisan. He also served as Yad Vashem's director from 1972 to 1993, and specialised in the history of ...
(1926–2021), Israeli historian
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Yitzhak Ben-Aharon (1906–2006), Israeli politician
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Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi ( ''Yitshak Ben-Tsvi''; 24 November 188423 April 1963; born Izaak Shimshelevich) was a historian, ethnologist, Labor Zionism, Labor Zionist leader and the longest-serving president of Israel. He was 1952 Israeli presidential elec ...
(1884–1963), Israeli politician and President
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Yitzhak Danziger
Yitzhak Danziger (; 26 June 1916 – 11 July 1977) was an Israeli sculptor. He was one of the pioneer sculptors of the Canaanite Movement, and later joined the " Ofakim Hadashim" (New Horizons) group.
Early life
Danziger was born in Be ...
(1916–1977), Israeli sculptor
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Yitzhak Hatuel (born 1962), Israeli Olympic foil fencer
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Yitzhak Hofi
Yitzhak Hofi (; 25 January 1927 – 15 September 2014) was a member of the Palmach, IDF General, chief of the Northern Command (Israel), and director of the Mossad.
Life
Hofi was born in Tel Aviv. He joined the Haganah in 1944 and commande ...
(1927–2014), Israeli general
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Yitzhak Laor
Yitzhak Laor (; born in 1948) is an Israeli poet, author and journalist.
Biography
Yitzhak Laor was born in Pardes Hanna.
Literary and journalism career
He is the author of ten volumes of poetry, three novels, three collections of short stories, ...
(born 1948), Israeli poet
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Yitzhak Mastai (born 1966), Israeli professor of chemistry
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Yitzhak Y. Melamed (born 1968), Israeli-American philosophy professor
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Yitzhak Molcho
Yitzhak Molcho (Hebrew: יצחק מולכו, born c. 1945) is an Israeli lawyer and former chief negotiator in the Israeli negotiating team with the Palestinians on behalf of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Legal career
Molcho served ...
(born 1945), Israeli lawyer
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Yitzhak Mordechai
Yitzhak "Itzik" Mordechai (; born 22 November 1944) is an Israeli former general and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset between 1996 and 2001, and as Minister of Defense and Minister of Transport. He retired from political life ...
(born 1944), Israeli general and politician
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Yitzhak Navon (1921–2015), Israel politician and President
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Yitzhak "Vicky" Peretz (1953–2021), Israeli Olympic footballer
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Yitzhak Sadeh
Yitzhak Sadeh (; born Izaak Landoberg, August 10, 1890 – August 20, 1952), was the commander of the Palmach and one of the founders of the Israel Defense Forces at the time of the establishment of the State of Israel.
Biography
Sadeh was bo ...
(1890–1952), Israeli general
*Yitzhak Schwartz, birth name of
Irving Fields (1915–2016), American pianist and composer
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Yitzhak Tshuva
Yitzhak Tshuva (; born July 7, 1948) is an Israeli billionaire businessman. He is the founder of El-Ad Group, a real estate development and holding company, which owned the New York Plaza Hotel. He also owns the Israeli conglomerate Delek Group ...
(born 1948), Israeli businessman
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Yitzhak Yosef
Yitzhak Yosef (; born ) is an Israeli Haredi rabbi. The former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, he also serves as the rosh yeshiva of in Jerusalem's Romema neighborhood. Since the end of his term as Chief Rabbi, he joined the rabbinic leade ...
(born 1952), Israeli chief rabbi
Fiction
* Yitzhak, fictional character in the musical and film ''
Hedwig and the Angry Inch''
See also
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Itzhak
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Yitzhaki, people with this surname
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