Jewish Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Israeli politician, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and the first Likud Prime Minister of Israel. Prior t

Israeli politician, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and the first Likud Prime Minister of Israel. Prior to the organization's dissolution at the founding of the State of Israel, he was also head of the Zionist underground group Irgun.

Is an Israeli politician and a former member of the Knesset for Kadima. He is set to become the next

Is an Israeli politician and a former member of the Knesset for Kadima. He is set to become the next president of Hebrew University of Jerusalem, succeeding Menachem Megidor.

Was the sixth prime minister of the State of Israel. Before the establishment of the state, he was t

Was the sixth prime minister of the State of Israel. Before the establishment of the state, he was the leader of the Irgun, playing a central role in Jewish resistance to the British Mandate of Palestine.Begin’s most significant achievement as prime minister was signing a peace treaty with Egypt in 1979, for which he won the Nobel Prize for Peace together with Anwar Sadat. In the wake of the Camp David Accords, the Israel Defense Forces withdrew from the Sinai Peninsula and returned the Egyptian territories captured in the Six-Day War

Israeli historian, one of the greatest researchers of the period of the Second Temple. He received t

Israeli historian, one of the greatest researchers of the period of the Second Temple. He received the Israel Prize for History of the Jewish people in 1977.Menahem Stern was born in 1925 in Bialystok, Poland. His father was a Lithuanian Jew of the "opposition" (to the Hasidic movement), while his mother came from the south from a Hasidic family. In his childhood he studied Hebrew and theology, while at school he acquired a general education including Latin. I

An Israeli actress and vocalist.Meskie was born in Ethiopia. She studied acting at the Bet Zvi theat

An Israeli actress and vocalist.Meskie was born in Ethiopia. She studied acting at the Bet Zvi theater school in Tel Aviv. She participated in many television shows, films, and concerts. Some of these were related to her Ethiopian roots.Shibru-Sivan acted as Shlomo's mother in the 2005 French-Belgian-Israeli-Italian film "Va, vis et deviens" (English title: Go, Live, and Become).

Is an Israeli figure skater. Shmerkin was born and raised in the Soviet Union and competed for them

Is an Israeli figure skater. Shmerkin was born and raised in the Soviet Union and competed for them internationally, most notably at the 1990 Junior Worlds. As he advanced, he soon discovered that the fact that he is Jewish was being held against him. Con

Is a Hakham, an Israeli politician, and a current member of the Knesset (MK) for the National Union

Is a Hakham, an Israeli politician, and a current member of the Knesset (MK) for the National Union party. He is the first disciple of Rabbi Meir Kahane to be elected to the Knesset.[1]. He has a Ph.d in Land of Israel studies

Is an actor known onstage as Mike Burstyn. He is the son of the late Yiddish-language actors, Pesach

Is an actor known onstage as Mike Burstyn. He is the son of the late Yiddish-language actors, Pesach Burstein and Lillian Lux. He is no relation to Ellen Burstyn (who was born Edna Rae Gilhooley and is of Irish descent).

Writer, essayist, journalist, and human rights activist. Revivalist of the Yiddish culture among the

Writer, essayist, journalist, and human rights activist. Revivalist of the Yiddish culture among the Russian Jews.In 1992 – 1999 - publisher and chief-editor of Russian-Israeli newspapers Negev and Aspects – pioneer of printed journalism for local Russian-speaking communities.

Is an Israeli politician, Minister of Improvement of Government Services and member of the Knesset f

Is an Israeli politician, Minister of Improvement of Government Services and member of the Knesset for Likud. He served as Minister of Science & Technology between July 1997 and July 1998. Alongside Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Eitan is the joint longest-serving MK, and as such was appointed temporary Knesset speaker following the Israeli legislative election, 2009.

Is a former Israeli politician who served as Minister of Industry and Trade between 1992 and 1996.A

Is a former Israeli politician who served as Minister of Industry and Trade between 1992 and 1996.A member of the Labor Party, he was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list in 1973. He was re-elected in 1977 and became chairman of the subcommittee on energy, a role he retained after retaining his seat in the 1981 elections.

Is an Israeli politician and leader of Herut – The National Movement.Michael Kleiner is well known

Is an Israeli politician and leader of Herut – The National Movement.Michael Kleiner is well known in Israel for his uncompromising views on retaining territory reclaimed in the 1967 Six Day War and his attempts at solving Israel's demographic issue. He has earned a reputation as one of Israel's hardest working parliamentarians and was one of the few Knesset members to initiate an open door policy (another was Yossi Sarid) to the public.

Is a Soviet-born, Israeli sprint canoer and former world champion. Competing in three Summer Olympic

Is a Soviet-born, Israeli sprint canoer and former world champion. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the K-1 500 m event at Sydney in 2000.[1] He was the flag bearer for Israel during the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Summer Ol

Is an Israeli computer scientist and a recipient of the Turing Award.Rabin was born as the son of a

Is an Israeli computer scientist and a recipient of the Turing Award.Rabin was born as the son of a rabbi in what was then known as Breslau (it became Wroclaw, and part of Poland, after the Second World War). He received an M.Sc. from Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1953 and a Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1956.

Is an Israeli chess Grandmaster.He learned to play chess at the age of 7. At the age of 9, he finish

Is an Israeli chess Grandmaster.He learned to play chess at the age of 7. At the age of 9, he finished 2nd in the national championship under-10 category. In 1995 he moved to Israel, becoming an IM in 1999 at the age of 16, and a GM in 2003.

Is an Israeli Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual sabre event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Is an Israeli Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual sabre event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

An Israeli football player.He played for Hapoel Petah Tikva until he was 22 years of age. Then he mo

An Israeli football player.He played for Hapoel Petah Tikva until he was 22 years of age. Then he moved to Maccabi Haifa where he played 4 years in 2002-2006 season, and won 3 championships and also in champions league. zandberg is one of the best wingers in Israeli football and is a member of the Israeli national team. Recently Zandberg has received interest from teams in the Dutch Eredivisie, the English Premiership, and from the German Bundesliga.

Is a painter and a poet working in Israel and Russia. He held many exhibitions and published his pai

Is a painter and a poet working in Israel and Russia. He held many exhibitions and published his paintings throughout the world.Michail Grobman most famous solo exhibitions were: 1959 Mukhina Art Institute, Leningrad, 1971 Tel Aviv Museum of Art (cat. text: Haim Gamzu), 1988 Art Museum, Bochum, Germany (cat. text: Peter Spielmann) and 1998 "Picture = Symbol + Concept", Herzliya Museum of Art, Herzliya.

An Israeli singer and dancer.She was married to Assaf Amdurski, another famous Israeli artist. She i

An Israeli singer and dancer.She was married to Assaf Amdurski, another famous Israeli artist. She is one of the pioneers of the Israeli Dance Music genre. Amdurski was dancing at the early age of 6 at the studio of the Bat Dor dance group. At the age of 15 she moved to live in Budapest and studied Classical Dance at the Hungarian State Opera House. Later she returned to Israel to study acting in the Yoram Levinstein Acting Studio.All of the composition to her album Sparkles (Notzetzim) were written by her husband Assaf. The theme song in the album is written in a slightly different style, more Cabaret-like, and the music is not electronic.

Is a prominent Israeli artist.[1] She is an interdisciplinary artist (installation artist, painter,

Is a prominent Israeli artist.[1] She is an interdisciplinary artist (installation artist, painter, photographer and video artist), curator, writer of M.H.T exams and a lecturer at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, Beit Berl College of Art as well as the Tel Aviv University Faculry of Arts.

An Israeli actress.

An Israeli actress.

Is a retired Irish swimmer. She was a triple gold medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta,

Is a retired Irish swimmer. She was a triple gold medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, for the 400 m individual medley, 400 m freestyle and 200 m individual medley. She also won the bronze medal for the 200 m butterfly event.

Is an Israeli ceramics artist. She is still actively creating work, with a catalog of over 30 dresse

Is an Israeli ceramics artist. She is still actively creating work, with a catalog of over 30 dresses and accessories. Her accessory work includes hat, bags, scarves and belts. Her Renaissance-style dresses range from 26 cm to 80 cm in height. Her work is currently displayed at the Jean-Marc Gallery in Los Angeles.

Was an Israeli pop star who achieved fame after moving to France. His most successful hit was "Laiss

Was an Israeli pop star who achieved fame after moving to France. His most successful hit was "Laisse-moi t'aimer" ("Let me love you"). Brant committed suicide at the height of his career by jumping from the window of a Paris apartment.

An Israeli actress.As one of the most highly regarded actresses in her native Israel, Mili Avital ha

An Israeli actress.As one of the most highly regarded actresses in her native Israel, Mili Avital has created international success with her diverse starring roles in film, television and theater. Beginning her Career at the age of 17, in the Cameri Theater in Tel-Aviv, she went on to win the 1992 Israeli Film Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Arriving in New York in 1994, she was immediately cast as the female lead in Stargate, for which she received a Sci-fi Universe award. She then appeared alongside Johnny Depp in Dead Man, starred in Kissing a Fool with Jason Lee and David Schwimmer, as well as Polish Wedding, The Human Stain, When Do We Eat?, and many more.