Famous People with Name Shmuel

Shmuel Barzilai            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Shmuel Barzilai: is the chief cantor of the Viennese Jewish Community (the "Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien", or in its acronym the "IKG"). Barzilai has a lyrical tenor voice, and studied under cantor Moshe Stern in the Tel Aviv Institute for Cantorial Art. He was in the first graduating class of the Institute, which was established under former Tel Aviv mayor Shlomo Lahat. Barzilai has served as the chief cantor in Vienna since 1992, and frequently tours throughout Europe.

Shmuel Avital            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Shmuel Avital: is a former Israeli politician who served as a Minister without Portfolio responsible for Social Co-ordination from March 2001 until February 2002.In 1992 he was elected to the Knesset on the Labor Party's list. However, he lost his seat in the 1996 elections. Despite not being a member of the Knesset, in March 2001 he was appointed Minister without Portfolio responsible for Social Co-ordination in Ariel Sharon's national unity government.

Shmuel M. Tamir            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Shmuel M. Tamir: was a prominent Israeli independence fighter, lawyer, Knesset member from 1965 to 1980, and Minister of Justice in the government of Menachem Begin from 1977 until 1980

Shmuel "Mooki" Katz            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Shmuel "Mooki" Katz: was an Israeli writer, historian and journalist. He was a member of the first Knesset and is also known for his research on Jewish leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky.

Shmuel Trigano            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Shmuel Trigano: is a sociologist, philosopher, professor of religious and political sociology at Paris X University Nanterre and acts as President of l’Observatoire du monde juif[1]. He has published numerous works including La démission de la République: Juifs et musulmans en France (P.U.F., 2003), Qu’est-ce que la religion? (Flammarion, 2001) and Le monothéisme est un humanisme (Odile Jacob, 2000).