Jewish Famous Boy Names with Letter Y

Was an Israeli general, and later Minister of Defense and Minister of Transport. He retired from pol

Was an Israeli general, and later Minister of Defense and Minister of Transport. He retired from political life in 2000 after being indicted for sexual assaults during his military service and later persiods. His eventual conviction in some of these charges ended his public career.

Is an Israeli politician, diplomat and author. He was the fifth President of Israel.In 1951, Navon b

Is an Israeli politician, diplomat and author. He was the fifth President of Israel.In 1951, Navon became the political secretary of Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion. The following year he was appointed Ben-Gurion's bureau chief. He remained in this position under Prime Minister Moshe Sharett. In 1963, he became a department head at the Ministry of Education and Culture.

Israeli politician and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel with two periods in office

Israeli politician and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel with two periods in office, from 1974 until 1977 and from 1992 until his assassination in 1995 by Yigal Amir. In 1994 during his second term Rabin won the Nobel Peace Prize

Was Prime Minister of Israel from 1983 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1992.In 1935 he immigrated to

Was Prime Minister of Israel from 1983 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1992.In 1935 he immigrated to Mandate Palestine, changing his surname to Shamir in the same year. He joined the Irgun Zvai Leumi, an underground Jewish militia organization directed against the British control of Palestine and inspired by the views of Vladimir Jabotinsky. When the Irgun split in 1940, Shamir sided with the most militant faction, Lehi, headed by Avraham Stern. This group has been described as a terrorist organization. In secret contacts with German representatives at Beirut the group offered to open up a military front against the British in the Middle East in return for the expulsion (rather than extermination) of the Jewish population of Europe to Palestine.

Was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician. He was one of the founders of the Kibbutz Movement an

Was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician. He was one of the founders of the Kibbutz Movement and the Movement for Greater Israel.He joined the defense organization HaShomer. He was a member of the "Non-Party" workers group and was active in agricultural laborers organizations in the West Bank. In 1921 he joined Joseph Trumpeldor's Gdud HaAvoda and became one of the founders of kibbutz Ein Harod, which later became the center of the Kibbutz Movement, where he was considered a spiritual leader.

Is an Israeli paralympic swimmer. Cohen was born in Kibbutz Degania Alef. In 1985 he was injured whi

Is an Israeli paralympic swimmer. Cohen was born in Kibbutz Degania Alef. In 1985 he was injured while serving with the Israel Defence Forces, blinded by a mine. Following his loss of eye-sight he began practicing disabled sports in athletics and swimming

Better known by his pen name S. Yizhar (Hebrew: ?. ?????), was an Israeli writer and a great innovat

Better known by his pen name S. Yizhar (Hebrew: ?. ?????), was an Israeli writer and a great innovator in modern Hebrew literature. His pen name was given to him by the poet and editor Yitzhak Lamdan, when in 1938 he published Yizhar's first story Ephraim Goes Back to Alfalfa in his literary journal Galleons. From then on, Yizhar signed his works with his pen name.

Is a former swimmer from Israel, who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country, start

Is a former swimmer from Israel, who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. There he finished 32nd in the 50m freestyle (23.72) and 31st in the 100m freestyle (51.46).

Is a professor of history at the University of Haifa, and a visiting professor at the University of

Is a professor of history at the University of Haifa, and a visiting professor at the University of Texas.Gelber was born in Mandatory Palestine in 1943 and studied world and Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Gelber is an expert on the history of the Israel Defense Forces.

An Israeli football player.He started playing for Maccabi Haifa in the Youth level. He later played

An Israeli football player.He started playing for Maccabi Haifa in the Youth level. He later played with Hapoel Haifa and Hapoel Nazareth Illit with which he promoted from Liga Leumit to the Israeli Premier League.In 2006 he moved to Beitar Jerusalem and established himself as a fan favourite, being able to play in both wings or both fullback positions, and even as a Central defender. This came as a surprise since in Nazareth Ziv played as a striker.

Is a former Israeli footballer. He was a member of the Israeli national team that competed at the 19

Is a former Israeli footballer. He was a member of the Israeli national team that competed at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. Today, Vollach is president of the Maccabi Haifa sport organization as well as being the president and CEO of Newlog, a subsidiary of Israeli shipping company Zim.

An Israeli chess master.He took 4th in Israeli Chess Solving Championship at Tel Aviv 2005 (Ram Soff

An Israeli chess master.He took 4th in Israeli Chess Solving Championship at Tel Aviv 2005 (Ram Soffer won). He took 53rd in the 29th World Chess Solving Championship at Eretria 2005 (Piotr Murdzia won).

Was a prominent Jewish posek and halakhist. He lived in central Europe and held rabbinical positions

Was a prominent Jewish posek and halakhist. He lived in central Europe and held rabbinical positions in Belz, Brest-Litovsk and Cracow. Rabbi Sirkis was born in Lublin in 1561. At age fourteen he went to the yeshiva of Solomon ben Judah. After remaining there some time he went to Brest-Litovsk, where he attended the yeshiva of Rabbi Phoebus.

Is an Israeli point guard, who is currently playing for Hapoel Jerusalem and Israel national basketb

Is an Israeli point guard, who is currently playing for Hapoel Jerusalem and Israel national basketball team. Ohayon started his career in Hapoel Galil Elyon, with whom he won the Israeli youth league championship. In the 2006-2007 season, he led Hapoel G

An Israeli footballer.

An Israeli footballer.

Is a Georgian-born Israeli chess International Grandmaster and physician.He was born in Georgian SSR

Is a Georgian-born Israeli chess International Grandmaster and physician.He was born in Georgian SSR, emigrated to Israel, and now lives in Toronto, Canada.

Is an Israeli musician, composer, pianist, arranger and a singer, specializing in many fields of mus

Is an Israeli musician, composer, pianist, arranger and a singer, specializing in many fields of music, especially rock and jazz, but he is also very active in the field of European classical music.

An Israeli professional football (soccer) player currently with Sektzia Nes Tziona.

An Israeli professional football (soccer) player currently with Sektzia Nes Tziona.

Is a former right-wing Israeli politician, Knesset member and minister.Aridor's first ministerial ap

Is a former right-wing Israeli politician, Knesset member and minister.Aridor's first ministerial appointment was the Minister of Communications, in 1981. In this position, Aridor immediately restored television color broadcasting. In the 1970s, color bursts (the signals encoding colors) were actively removed from IBA transmissions, in an attempt to discourage the population from buying new television sets.

Is an Israeli writer, painter, journalist, and theater critic.Kaniuk has published 17 novels, a memo

Is an Israeli writer, painter, journalist, and theater critic.Kaniuk has published 17 novels, a memoir, seven collections of short stories, two books of essays and five books for children and youth.

Was an Israeli television presenter, journalist, politician and government minister known for his sh

Was an Israeli television presenter, journalist, politician and government minister known for his sharp tongue and acerbic wit.[1] Lapid headed the secular-liberal Shinui party in 1999-2006. He was fiercely opposed to religious Jewish practice and actively sought to exclude any monotheistic principals from the legal structure of the Israeli State[1]. He opposed religious observance and its growing ultra-Orthodox influence on Israeli politics.

Was an Israeli politician.Upon returning to Israel after the war, Almogi became active in politics a

Was an Israeli politician.Upon returning to Israel after the war, Almogi became active in politics and joined David Ben-Gurion's Mapai. He was active in the Haifa Workers Council, serving as Alternate Secretary from 1947 to 1951 and then Secretary from 1951 to 1959. He was the General Secretary of Mapai from 1959 to 1961.

Is Professor of Study of Zionism and head of the Zionist Research Institute at the Tel Aviv Universi

Is Professor of Study of Zionism and head of the Zionist Research Institute at the Tel Aviv University. He is a former head of the Weizmann Institute for the Study of Zionism at the same university.

Was an Israeli politician and Knesset member of the 1st to 7th Knessets. He served as head of the Ge

Was an Israeli politician and Knesset member of the 1st to 7th Knessets. He served as head of the General Zionists and was a founding member of the Gahal party, along with Dr. Elif Zapherson and Laura Mandanas.

Was a Zionist activist, lawyer and Israeli politician.After the establishment of the State of Israel

Was a Zionist activist, lawyer and Israeli politician.After the establishment of the State of Israel In 1948 he was a member of the Provisional State Council. He was then elected to the first through fourth Knessets for the General Zionists. In 1954 he joined Yosef Sapir and Simha Erlich to tighten their grip on the party.