Famous People with Name Yehuda

Yehuda Gruenfeld            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yehuda Gruenfeld: an Israeli chess Grandmaster. He was born in Dzierzoniów in Poland.In 1978, he tied for 2nd-5th in Skien. In 1978, he won in Gausdal. In 1979, he tied for 1st-2nd in Biel. In 1979, he took 2nd in the Lucerne Zonal). In 1979, he took 12th in the Riga Interzonal, won by Mikhail Tal.

Yehuda Amichai            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yehuda Amichai: was an Israeli poet. Amichai is considered by many to be the greatest modern Israeli poet, and was one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew.

Yehuda Poliker            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yehuda Poliker: is an Israeli pop rock singer-songwriter and a musician, born to Greek-Jewish immigrants in Israel. His music combines rock with Greek and other Mediterranean musical styles. He plays several instruments such as guitar, bouzouki, and baglama and was a member of the popular 1980s Israeli rock band Benzeen (also spelled Benzin).

Yehuda Amital            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yehuda Amital: is the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion and a former member of the Israeli cabinet.Amital was born in Oradea in Romania. When Germany occupied the area in 1944, the Nazis sent his entire family to Auschwitz where they were killed. Amital was sent to a Labor camp, thus surviving the Holocaust. He remained in the Labor camp for eight months, and was liberated on October 4, 1944 by the Soviet Army.

Yehuda Leib Maimon            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yehuda Leib Maimon: was an Israeli politician and leader of the religious Zionism movement.In 1913 Maimon moved to Palestine (then part of the Ottoman Empire), but was expelled during the First World War. He moved to the United States, where he organised the Mizrachi movement.