Jewish Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is an Israeli singer who won the fourth season of Kochav Nolad, the Israeli version of Pop Idol.Eise

Is an Israeli singer who won the fourth season of Kochav Nolad, the Israeli version of Pop Idol.Eisenberg was born and raised in Natanya, a son to Miriam and Robert Eisenberg. When he was 10 years old, his father died of a heart attack after the Gulf war. At the age of 13, he started performing at school ceremonies.

(also Yaakov Eisenberg) was an Israeli artist and a member of the Bezalel school.Particularly notabl

(also Yaakov Eisenberg) was an Israeli artist and a member of the Bezalel school.Particularly notable was his creation of a series of ceramic plaques and murals for the early buildings of Tel Aviv. These included the cities first street signs, ceramic plaques in deep blue inscribed with the street names in Hebrew, Arabic and English that were affixed to the corners of buildings.

Was a painter and woodcut artist, who worked mainly in woodcuts depicting biblical and other Jewish

Was a painter and woodcut artist, who worked mainly in woodcuts depicting biblical and other Jewish subjects. He was a member of the Bezalel school group. Born in Zerkow, Germany, he immigrated to British Mandate of Palestine in 1933. He studied at the School of Art in Berlin in 1906, then studied painting with Louis Corinth and engraving with Hermann Struck in 1907.

Hooker was a founding band member of the 1970s group The Arrows . The pop group had several hit sing

Hooker was a founding band member of the 1970s group The Arrows . The pop group had several hit singles produced by Mickie Most and a weekly TV series on the Granada ITV network, The Arrows Show.

An Israeli football player who plays for Hapoel Kfar Saba football club.Talker began playing for the

An Israeli football player who plays for Hapoel Kfar Saba football club.Talker began playing for the youth group of Maccabi Ironi Ashdod until 1988, when he moved to the elder team. In 1993 he moved to Hapoel Haifa, where he won the Toto cup and the championship. In the middle of the 2002 season he moved to Beitar Jerusalem, where he played for four years.

A Canadian-American talk show host who hosted The Jenny Jones Show from 1991 to 2003.On an episode c

A Canadian-American talk show host who hosted The Jenny Jones Show from 1991 to 2003.On an episode called "Same-Sex Secret Crushes" taped on March 6, 1995, a gay man named Scott Amedure confessed his love for his friend, Jonathan Schmitz. Schmitz reacted with laughter while on the show, but became disturbed by the incident later. He had a history of mental illness and alcohol/drug abuse. Three days after the show's taping, Schmitz killed Amedure. Schmitz was later convicted of second degree murder and received 25-50 years in prison. The episode was never aired.

Is a Jewish-American jewelry designer who first rose to prominence when her signature piece, an 18-k

Is a Jewish-American jewelry designer who first rose to prominence when her signature piece, an 18-karat gold charm in the shape of a leaf, was worn by Jennifer Aniston in the 2006 film The Break-Up.

British/Israeli glass designer and sculptor.On the connection between his art and spirituality, Lang

British/Israeli glass designer and sculptor.On the connection between his art and spirituality, Langford compares the physical material of glass to the state of seeking a spiritual dimension. “As alchemists symbolically sought to change a base metal into a precious material—gold—so working in glass mirrors this process. Glass starts as sand, a lifeless substance.

Is an American-Israeli professional basketball player playing for Ironi Nahariya from Israel. He was

Is an American-Israeli professional basketball player playing for Ironi Nahariya from Israel. He was recently called up by Israel national basketball team manager, Zvi ("Zvika") Sherf to represent Israel at the European Championships 2007 in Spain.

Since 2001 he has worked as sound designer on a number of installations, films, theatre and dance pr

Since 2001 he has worked as sound designer on a number of installations, films, theatre and dance productions. He collaborated with video artist Julian Ronnefeldt and performance artist Lennie Lee and with members of The Black Poodle at Tate Britain in 2003 to considerable critical acclaim. As an experimental film maker, one of his films "Busbug" was awarded first prize at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 2005 as part of the annual Halloween Film festival as well as best short film at Shortcuts 2005 and has been shown at numerous film festivals throughout Europe. He has also worked as a curator organising a series of experimental art and music events in London since 2002 including 'Evil Art' at the 291 Gallery,

Is an Israeli-American computer scientist and Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of

Is an Israeli-American computer scientist and Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Joel Moses was born in Palestine in 1941 and emigrated to the U.S. in 1954. He received his undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Columbia University and a masters degree in Mathematics, also from Columbia. Under the supervision of Marvin Minsky, Moses received his doctorate in Mathematics at MIT in 1967 with a thesis Symbolic Integration.

A Romanian-Israeli professional football (soccer) player who is currently plying his trade at Hapoel

A Romanian-Israeli professional football (soccer) player who is currently plying his trade at Hapoel Jerusalem

Is a contemporary musician and the founder of J.Viewz and Violet Vision (together with Shay Raviv).

Is a contemporary musician and the founder of J.Viewz and Violet Vision (together with Shay Raviv).

Is a professional right-handed Israeli tennis player. Erlich has reached 24 doubles finals and won 1

Is a professional right-handed Israeli tennis player. Erlich has reached 24 doubles finals and won 13 of them, mostly with partner Andy Ram.Erlich first started playing tennis when he was three years old and he played his first tournament at the age of seven. He was later trained at the Wingate Institute, where he met Andy Ram, his future doubles partner. He turned pro in 1996 at the age of 19.

A former Israeli footballer. He is best known for his years at Maccabi Haifa where he started his fo

A former Israeli footballer. He is best known for his years at Maccabi Haifa where he started his football career as well as his managerial career.

An American-Israeli professional football (soccer) player. He signed a six month contract with OFK B

An American-Israeli professional football (soccer) player. He signed a six month contract with OFK Belgrade straight out of university[1]. He made aliyah in 2007 via the Law of Return and plays in Israel's Liga Artzit (Nationwide League) for Maccabi HaShikma/Ramat Hen.

Was an Israeli author and playwright.Josef Mundy was born in Bucharest to a prosperous family. At th

Was an Israeli author and playwright.Josef Mundy was born in Bucharest to a prosperous family. At the age of 16 he immigrated to Israel. In the 1960s he spent a period in France, and spent significant time abroad throughout his life. Ha-Mashber, published in 1970, was his first play to gain recognition. Initially staged by HaMartef ("the basement") Theatre, it had an eventual run of over 1,000 performances.

Also known as Yosef Klauzner (???? ??????) was a Jewish scholar born in Olkeniki, Lithuania who emig

Also known as Yosef Klauzner (???? ??????) was a Jewish scholar born in Olkeniki, Lithuania who emigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine in 1919, and died in Israel. He was an intellectual and specialist in Jewish religion and history, and a scholar of modern Hebrew literature. He was the chief redacter of The Hebrew Encyclopedia, and taught Hebrew literature at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Influential in the Zionist movement, he attended most of the Zionist Congresses. He published dozens of works and articles and research accounts.

Was an Israeli painter, born in Budapest, Hungary. After studies at the Berlin Academy of Art and ad

Was an Israeli painter, born in Budapest, Hungary. After studies at the Berlin Academy of Art and advanced studies in France, Holland, Italy and Spain, he immigrated to Palestine and settled in Tel-Aviv in 1926. There he formed the collective of young painters known as Massad.

Is a former Israeli political figure and current president and CEO of State of Israel Bonds, a globa

Is a former Israeli political figure and current president and CEO of State of Israel Bonds, a global enterprise that generates more than $1 billion in annual sales. Israel utilizes the funds for economic development projects.

Is a contemporary visual artist living and working in New York and Tel Aviv. He is known primarily f

Is a contemporary visual artist living and working in New York and Tel Aviv. He is known primarily for his environmental installations and Post Minimalist torn paper works, as well as his series of large-scale map paintings. He is considered to be one of the founding fathers of Environmental, Conceptual Art into the Israeli scene. He was a teacher at Bezalel Art Academy.

Was a notable Israeli historian and a scholar of the Crusades and Kingdom of Jerusalem.His work ofte

Was a notable Israeli historian and a scholar of the Crusades and Kingdom of Jerusalem.His work often attempted to portray Crusader society as a forerunner to later European colonialist expansion. He was also an important figure in Israeli higher education, was one of the founders of the University of Haifa and Ben-Gurion University, and was a major reformer of the Israeli education system.

Is a computer scientist and philosopher, best known for developing the probabilistic approach to art

Is a computer scientist and philosopher, best known for developing the probabilistic approach to artificial intelligence, in particular through Bayesian networks (see the article on belief propagation), and for the formalization of causal reasoning (see the article on causality).

An Israeli jazz vocalist, composer and educator. Her singing combines elements of multiple jazz genr

An Israeli jazz vocalist, composer and educator. Her singing combines elements of multiple jazz genres, free improvisation and modern classical music.[1][2][3][4]Feldman was born in Samara, Russia into a family with a large musical background- her grandfather, Solomon Feldman, was an accomplished conductor and a leader of the city philharmonic orchestra[5][6] and her father, Ilya Feldman, while being a jewellery designer, also plays jazz piano[7][3]. She had been classically trained by studying the piano from the age of 5 till the family's immigration to Israel in 1990. The family resided in Jerusalem, where she continued her classical piano studies with Anatoly Tartakovsky alongside with jazz improvisation studies with the composer and a saxophone player Stephen Horenstein in the music department of the High School Of Arts in Jerusalem.[

Is a right-handed Israeli tennis player who resides in Tel Aviv. Her junior ranking as of June 2007

Is a right-handed Israeli tennis player who resides in Tel Aviv. Her junior ranking as of June 2007 was # 10 in the world. Shahar Pe'er beat her in the women's final of the 2006 Israel National Championships. Glushko made her professional debut in March 2