Jewish Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Is an author and a jurist. She is best known for her scholarly work, The Lie That Wouldn't Die, The

Is an author and a jurist. She is best known for her scholarly work, The Lie That Wouldn't Die, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion (2005), with Preface by Lord Woolf (Lord Chief Justice) and Forward by Judge Edward R. Korman (United State District Court for the Eastern District of New York).

Is an Israeli politician and former Minister of Agriculture. He is currently head of the political p

Is an Israeli politician and former Minister of Agriculture. He is currently head of the political party New Movement-Meretz, for whom he serves as a member of the Knesset.

Is an Israeli novelist.Haim Be'er was born in Jerusalem to an Orthodox Jewish family. The family nam

Is an Israeli novelist.Haim Be'er was born in Jerusalem to an Orthodox Jewish family. The family name was Rachlevsky. He grew up in the Geula neighborhood of Jerusalem, and attended Ma'aleh, a state religious high school. In 1963–1965 he served in the Israel Defense Forces in the army rabbinate, writing for the army newspaper Mahanayim. Concurrently he worked nights as a copy editor at the newspaper daily Davar.

Is a former Israeli politician.In 1969 he was elected to the seventh Knesset for Gahal, and was subs

Is a former Israeli politician.In 1969 he was elected to the seventh Knesset for Gahal, and was subsequently elected to the eighth through twelfth Knessets for Likud. In the seventh and eighth Knessets he was a member of the finance committee and in the eighth he was also a member of the subcommittee for the defense budget.

Was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician. He held several ministerial portfolios, and served as

Was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician. He held several ministerial portfolios, and served as Minister of Agriculture between 1964 and 1974.He made aliyah to Mandate Palestine in 1924, and was one of the founders of kibbutz Gevat in 1926, serving as its secretary for several years. He was also a member of the secretariat of HaKibbutz HaMeuhad. Following the split in the kibbutz movement, he moved to Yifat.

Is an Israeli songwriter, poet and writer.In the 1950s, he and Dahn Ben-Amotz wrote A Bag of Fibs, a

Is an Israeli songwriter, poet and writer.In the 1950s, he and Dahn Ben-Amotz wrote A Bag of Fibs, a collection of tall stories made up in the Palmach, and founded the "Hamam" club in Jaffa. During that time, he founded "Revi'iat Moadon HaTeatron" (Theater Club Quartet).

Was an Israeli jurist and politician.In addition to his civil service, he was also a visiting lectur

Was an Israeli jurist and politician.In addition to his civil service, he was also a visiting lecturer in the Tel Aviv University (from 1956 to 1969) and Hebrew University (from 1954 to 1976) law schools, a representative of Israel in the United Nations Human Rights Council and a member of the International Court of Justice in Hague.[5] He was a member of the "T'hila" Movement for Israeli Jewish secularism.

Was an Israeli independence fighter, Knesset member and Minister in the government of Menachem Begin

Was an Israeli independence fighter, Knesset member and Minister in the government of Menachem Begin.By 1940 he was a commander of the Betar branch in Haifa, and in early 1944 was transferred to Tel Aviv and appointed member of the General Headquarters by the end of year. In 1947 he represented the Irgun, together with Begin and Shmuel Katz, at a meeting with the UNSCOP.

An Israeli football defender currently playing for Dutch club, Vitesse, signing from Maccabi Haifa.

An Israeli football defender currently playing for Dutch club, Vitesse, signing from Maccabi Haifa. He joined Maccabi in 2003 from cross-town rival Hapoel Haifa, and within a short time became Israel's rookie of the year. Haim is also known for his attacking skills, often joining Maccabi attacks from the wings.He is of Georgian Jewish ancestry and his surname literally means "son of Megrelia" in Georgian. Due to its complexity, his surname is almost always misspelled as "Magrashvili" instead.[citation needed]

A retired Israeli football player. He was especially famous for his free-kick goals and his entertai

A retired Israeli football player. He was especially famous for his free-kick goals and his entertaining celebrations after these goals.He played for Bnei Yehuda, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa, before going to Spanish club Celta de Vigo. He also played for Turkish city rivals Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray of Istanbul.

Is an Israeli singer whose musical style has crossed over from Yemenite and Mediterranean "ethnic" m

Is an Israeli singer whose musical style has crossed over from Yemenite and Mediterranean "ethnic" music to include mainstream Israeli and western pop elements. He has helped Mizrahi music achieve wide popularity both in Israel[2] and in Arab countries

Is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima and previously s

Is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima and previously served as both Vice Prime Minister and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office with responsibility for state policy.

Is a Cairo-born Israeli rabbi and author. Born to a distinguished family of Aleppan descent in Cairo

Is a Cairo-born Israeli rabbi and author. Born to a distinguished family of Aleppan descent in Cairo, Sabato moved with his family to Jerusalem, Israel, as a young child during the 1950s. He co-founded the Hesder yeshiva in Ma'ale Adumim, Yeshivat Birkat Moshe, in 1977, and has published four popular novels, in addition to works of Torah-content. His style has earned comparisons with the late Israeli Nobel Laureate, Shmuel Yosef Agnon.

A former Israeli international footballer and is currently a manager. As a footballer, he holds the

A former Israeli international footballer and is currently a manager. As a footballer, he holds the record for the longest Israel career, spanning 14 years and 357 days.As a youth, he played at Maccabi Tel Aviv and from an early age was scouted as being a future talent. By age seventeen, he was leading the national U-21 side to Asian championships and by eighteen, he had been called up to the full side. By 1973, he had a spat with Maccabi manager,

Was one of Israel's leading television anchors. Born in Oberschlesien, Germany, he later immigrated

Was one of Israel's leading television anchors. Born in Oberschlesien, Germany, he later immigrated to Israel.Between 1968 and 2008, Yavin was the anchor of Mabat (lit. "Outlook"), the primetime news roundup on Israel's state television station, Channel 1

Was an Israeli jurist and politician.In 1974 he became Minister of Justice, a position he held until

Was an Israeli jurist and politician.In 1974 he became Minister of Justice, a position he held until the 1977 "Upheaval". When Meir Shamgar was made a Judge, Zadok appointed Aharon Barak as Attorney-General. With the assistance of these advisors, he passed the Basic Law: the Army and the Basic Law: the State Economy.

An Israeli footballer currently plying his trade at Bnei Sakhnin where he anchored the defence and h

An Israeli footballer currently plying his trade at Bnei Sakhnin where he anchored the defence and helped them gain promotion back to Ligat ha'Al. It was the second time he helped a club gain promotion as he did the same during the 2004-05 season with Maccabi Netanya.

An Israeli actress and theater personality.During World War II she volunteered to the British Army a

An Israeli actress and theater personality.During World War II she volunteered to the British Army and played in the Jewish Brigade troupe,[1] along with Yossi Yadin, who would later become her first husband.[3] In 1945 she returned to Palestine, and was asked by Joseph Milo to play in a small new theater he was about to establish, the Cameri Theater. She became one of its founders and its main star. Among her better known roles were in Pygmalion, The Glass Menagerie and Hello, Dolly!, as well as several plays by Nathan Alterman.[1]

Rovina and the other actors of HaBima immigrated to British Palestine in 1928. She quickly became a

Rovina and the other actors of HaBima immigrated to British Palestine in 1928. She quickly became a symbol of the emergent Hebrew theater, and especially of HaBima, which became the flagship of the new national theater movement. For many years, the icon representing HaBima was a young girl in a white nightdress with two long tresses: Rovina in her role as Leah'le.

Is an Israeli historian and scholar of the Holocaust. She is a Professor of Holocaust Studies at the

Is an Israeli historian and scholar of the Holocaust. She is a Professor of Holocaust Studies at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and staff historian for the Ghetto Fighters' House.

Is an Israeli artist.After the war she went to high school and studied art in Utrecht and in Paris w

Is an Israeli artist.After the war she went to high school and studied art in Utrecht and in Paris with Paul Colin. In 1956 she emigrated to Israel where she met and married the artist Abraham Yakin. During the first years of her marriage she concentrated chiefly on the themes of pregnancy, birth-giving and motherhood.

Is an Israeli author and opinion writer.Hanoch Bartov was born in Petah Tikva, where he attended fir

Is an Israeli author and opinion writer.Hanoch Bartov was born in Petah Tikva, where he attended first a religious school and then the Achad Haam gymnasium. After two years working in diamond polishing and welding, he enlisted in 1943 (aged 17) in the Palestine Regiment of the British Army. He served for three years in the Jewish Brigade, first in Palestine and then in Italy and the Low Countries.

Is an Israeli mixed media artist best known for his celebrity caricatures. Piven was born in Uruguay

Is an Israeli mixed media artist best known for his celebrity caricatures. Piven was born in Uruguay and raised in Israel. He came to the United States in 1987 and graduated from the School of Visual Arts, in New York, in 1992.

Was a Jewish philosopher and historian. Born in Prague during the Hapsburg Empire, he was captured a

Was a Jewish philosopher and historian. Born in Prague during the Hapsburg Empire, he was captured as a prisoner of war during World War I and held in Russia for five years. In the following years he lived in Paris and London working for Zionist organizations and writing.

Is a popular young Israeli pop singer-songwriter and stage actor who won the second season of the Is

Is a popular young Israeli pop singer-songwriter and stage actor who won the second season of the Israeli television series Kochav Nolad (Hebrew for A Star Is Born). He has released two albums.