Jewish Famous Names Starting with Letter S

An Israeli footballer who currently plays for Beitar Jerusalem.With the youth team he won the 2005/2

An Israeli footballer who currently plays for Beitar Jerusalem.With the youth team he won the 2005/2006 Israeli youth-teams-cup, and he was brought up to the mature team. He was part of the mature squad, and at the same time played for the youth team, with who he won the 2006-2007 cup and championship, and was chosen youth player of the year[3]. He was also part of the Israel national under-21 football team that reached the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship (thought he didn't play in the tournment itself).

Was a prominent Israeli independence fighter, lawyer, Knesset member from 1965 to 1980, and Minister

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

A former Israeli international footballer who was the first Israeli to sign with a European club whe

A former Israeli international footballer who was the first Israeli to sign with a European club when he joined Borussia VfL 1900 from Hapoel Petah Tikva.

Was a famous Jewish Belarusian poet, prose writer, cultural worker, and political activist in the Be

Was a famous Jewish Belarusian poet, prose writer, cultural worker, and political activist in the Belarusian independence movement.Zmitrok Biadula was born Shmuel Yefimovich Plavnik on April 23, 1886 in the small town of Pasadziec in the Province of Vilna

Is a former Israeli politician who served as Minister of Health between 1986 and 1988.Between 1959 a

Is a former Israeli politician who served as Minister of Health between 1986 and 1988.Between 1959 and 1966 she was a member of the secretariat of workers councils, and chaired its department of training and employment. She was also later a member of the Histadrut council and the council of the Na'amat women's organisation.

Was an Israeli singer and actress.Her alto voice was distinctive, as was her Yemenite pronunciation

Was an Israeli singer and actress.Her alto voice was distinctive, as was her Yemenite pronunciation of certain Hebrew letters. Her first record was released in 1948 and her best known song Kalaniyot (Anemones) dates from that period. She became known as the "Queen of Israeli song" and was especially popular among Israeli soldiers, for whom she frequently performed.In the mid-1980s, Damari teamed up with Boaz Sharabi for a duet that brought her back into the limelight. She was awarded the Israel Prize in 1988 for her contributions to vocal music

Was a Zionist activist, educator and Israeli politician.In 1925 she immigrated to the British Mandat

Was a Zionist activist, educator and Israeli politician.In 1925 she immigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine. From 1926 to 1935 she was a member of the Tel Aviv City Council and head of the Education Department of the Municipality and a member of the education Committee of the Zionist Federation and member of the Education Department of the Vaad Leumi.

Is an Israeli wheelchair tennis player. Weinberg was born in 1966, paralyzed in his upper body. He a

Is an Israeli wheelchair tennis player. Weinberg was born in 1966, paralyzed in his upper body. He also suffers from bone density abnormalities, which caused him to go through many surgeries in his younger years. For his recreation and rehabilitation, he

An Israeli footballer at Hakoah Ramat Gan. Nagar was considered one of the hottest prospects in Isra

An Israeli footballer at Hakoah Ramat Gan. Nagar was considered one of the hottest prospects in Israeli football during his youth at Bnei Yehuda. Injuries and a lack of playing time hampered his ascension to becoming a prominent figure in Israeli football, and now he bounces around between relegation bound clubs in Israel's Ligat ha'Al.

Is an Israeli politician and left-wing activist. She is a prominent member of the Israeli peace camp

Is an Israeli politician and left-wing activist. She is a prominent member of the Israeli peace camp, founded the Ratz party and was leader of the Meretz party and served as Minister of Education from 1992 to 1993.

Was an Israeli author and essayist.At 17 she joined the Haganah, serving as a combat medic in the 19

Was an Israeli author and essayist.At 17 she joined the Haganah, serving as a combat medic in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, in the siege of Jerusalem. She was assigned to establish Israel Army Radio, opening the station's broadcasts in 1950. She was a war correspondent in the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War.

Is a Video and Installation artist. Lives and works in Israel.In her late twenties Nachshon started

Is a Video and Installation artist. Lives and works in Israel.In her late twenties Nachshon started painting and sculpting and quickly moved to installations, video installations and video art. Nachshon lives in Nofit, Israel and teaches video art at Oranim – the Institute of Fine Arts in Israel.

An Israeli singer best known for singing Jerusalem of Gold (Yerushalayim Shel Zahav), written by Nao

An Israeli singer best known for singing Jerusalem of Gold (Yerushalayim Shel Zahav), written by Naomi Shemer. It was immensely popular right after the Six-Day War and made her world famous. It is still very popular in Israel and in Jewish communities world-wide.Her recent albums feature Israeli songs, works of Shlomo Carlebach and songs from Judaism. She gives concerts in Israel and internationally and is in some ways the "Joan Baez" of Israel.Since she first electrified Israel with her heartfelt rendition of the then unknown song, Jerusalem of Gold, Shuly Nathan has sung of the hope and the pain of the nation.

Is an Israeli politician, member of the Knesset for Likud and, as of March 31, 2009, is the Vice Pri

Is an Israeli politician, member of the Knesset for Likud and, as of March 31, 2009, is the Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development in the new Likud-led coalition government. He previously served as the country's Foreign Minister and Finance Minister.

Was an Israeli politician. He was the leader of the Liberal Party and Minister of Finance under Mena

Was an Israeli politician. He was the leader of the Liberal Party and Minister of Finance under Menachem Begin, and is known for his attempt to liberalize the Israeli economy.

Was an Israeli historian and politician, probably best known for his book The Birth of Israel: Myths

Was an Israeli historian and politician, probably best known for his book The Birth of Israel: Myths And Realities, published in the year of his death. The book has been considered crucial in the "demythologizing" of the story of the founding of the modern state of Israel. In this respect, he is generally considered one of the New Historians, although he was a generation older than most of the people identified with that label.

Is an Israeli author and film maker. He has written many books about Avram Blok, a fictional Israeli

Is an Israeli author and film maker. He has written many books about Avram Blok, a fictional Israeli caught up between wars, espionage, prophets, revolutions, loves, and a few near apocalypses.

Was an Austrian-Jewish architectural engineer and Holocaust survivor who became famous after World W

Was an Austrian-Jewish architectural engineer and Holocaust survivor who became famous after World War II for his work as a Nazi hunter who pursued Nazi war criminals in an effort to bring them to justice. Following four and a half years in the German concentration camps of Janowska, Plaszow, and Mauthausen during World War II, Wiesenthal dedicated most of his life to tracking down and gathering information on fugitive Nazis so that they could be brought to justice for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Was a political philosopher and historian of ideas, regarded as one of the leading liberal thinkers

Was a political philosopher and historian of ideas, regarded as one of the leading liberal thinkers of the twentieth century. He excelled as an essayist, lecturer and conversationalist; a brilliant speaker who made rapid and spontaneous delivery of richly referenced material, coherently structured, whether for a lecture series at Oxford University or as a broadcaster on the BBC Third Programme, usually without notes. Many of his lectures were collected later in book form.

An Israeli actor. He is known for his role in the film Va, vis et deviens.Prince Sirak received his

An Israeli actor. He is known for his role in the film Va, vis et deviens.Prince Sirak received his High School diploma in 1999, which was followed by military service. He then studied acting and filmmaking in the University of Haifa, where he became the head of the Ethiopian Students Association. In 2004, Prince Sirak was selected as the ‘best actor’ on an Israeli reality television program. During these years he began writing plays about his experiences of coming to Israel from Ethiopia.

An Israeli footballer currently playing for Maccabi Netanya.

An Israeli footballer currently playing for Maccabi Netanya.

Was a Jewish Galician scholar and editor of Hebrew works. He is especially remembered for his editio

Was a Jewish Galician scholar and editor of Hebrew works. He is especially remembered for his editions of Midrash and other medieval Jewish manuscripts, and for the pioneering research surrounding those texts. Solomon Buber was born at Lemberg (then Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria, now Lviv, Ukraine) on February 2, 1827. His father, Isaiah Abraham Buber, was versed in Talmudic literature and Jewish philosophy, and was Solomon's teacher in the latter subject; but for his son's Biblical and Talmudic studies he carefully selected competent professional teachers.

A Bulgarian actor, known for playing Viktor Krum in the 2005 film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fir

A Bulgarian actor, known for playing Viktor Krum in the 2005 film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.He had only auditioned for Potter after being spotted by Fiona Weir, a casting director who prompted him to attend an acting workshop, which resulted in his casting as Viktor Krum, a Bulgarian character in the Harry Potter series. He was selected from 600 others, most of whom had auditioned in Sofia, Bulgaria.

A former Israeli international footballer.

A former Israeli international footballer.

A Turkish-Israeli singer in ladino.Suzy immigrated to Israel in 1979. After attending high school in

A Turkish-Israeli singer in ladino.Suzy immigrated to Israel in 1979. After attending high school in Jaffa, Suzy completed her post secondary education at the University of Tel Aviv, where she studied English and French Philology. She worked in interior designs for 6 years and she decided to record her family traditional songs after the death of her aunt and her grandmother (Herencia, 1998).