Jewish Famous Names Starting with Letter T

A retired footballer. Banin played as a defensive midfielder. A captain for the Israeli National Tea

A retired footballer. Banin played as a defensive midfielder. A captain for the Israeli National Team for many years, Banin is also the only Israeli player to ever play in the Italian Serie A.Banin joined Hapoel Haifa as a youngster. He trained in Hapoel Haifa's football academy and played in many of Hapoel's youth teams. He made his full debut for the side at 17. Between the years of 1987-89 Banin played a total of 44 games for Hapoel in the second division and scored seven goals.

An Israeli professional football player. Ben-Haim plays both centre back and right back, and is curr

An Israeli professional football player. Ben-Haim plays both centre back and right back, and is currently contracted to Manchester City F.C. in the Barclays Premier League. He is a member of the Israel national football team.Ben-Haim joined Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1998 as a reserve player and it stayed that way, breaking into the first team some time later. From 2000 to 2002, he served in the IDF. Upon completing his term and returning to the team, Ben-Haim played a significant part in Maccabi's Ligat ha'Al win in the 2002–03 season.

Is an Israeli professional basketball player. He can play at the point guard position and also as a

Is an Israeli professional basketball player. He can play at the point guard position and also as a swingman. He is 198 cm (6'6") in height. He has also been named as one of the best Israeli basketball players ever. He currently plays with the pro club Ma

An Israeli comedian, actor and musician.Friedman was born in Kiriat Ata, Israel, in 1963. His father

An Israeli comedian, actor and musician.Friedman was born in Kiriat Ata, Israel, in 1963. His father was a holocaust survivor. He served in the Israeli Sea Corps on a missile boat during the 1982 Lebanon War.[1] He studied acting at Tel Aviv University, where he met Moshe Furster, with whom he put on his first act, Alilot Moshe Ba'ir Hagdola ("Moshe's adventures in the city"). During that time he also performed in several plays. His film appearances include Driks' Brother (1994), Right Back (1997), Riki Riki (2005), Joy (2005) and Schwartz Dynasty (2005).

An Israeli football player playing for Hapoel Tel Aviv.During the 2003/2004 season he transferred to

An Israeli football player playing for Hapoel Tel Aviv.During the 2003/2004 season he transferred to Hapoel Tel Aviv. On his debut Tal scored the first goal of three that led the team to a victory against Beitar Jerusalem. That performance secured his place in the first team squad. Throughout the 2004/2005 season he was one of the most prominent players in the team as he was one of the players that helped Hapoel Tel Aviv avoid relegation from the Israeli Premier League. Due to his sterling performances Hen was called up to the Israel national football team.

An Israeli footballer currently playing his trade at Maccabi Netanya.

An Israeli footballer currently playing his trade at Maccabi Netanya.

Is a former basketball player. Brody spent most of his career with the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball c

Is a former basketball player. Brody spent most of his career with the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball club as a shooting guard. In Israel he is widely recognized as a national hero and a symbol of the young country's achievements, not only in basketball. His

Was an Israeli writer, poet, playwright, and screenwriter. Adar has written screenplays for several

Was an Israeli writer, poet, playwright, and screenwriter. Adar has written screenplays for several popular Israeli television series and has published tens of popular children's books, as well as various other works.

Is an Israeli writer,novelist and pedagogue.Tamar Fish Nachshon wrote hundred learning vacation maga

Is an Israeli writer,novelist and pedagogue.Tamar Fish Nachshon wrote hundred learning vacation magazines for children, that were sold in hundreds of thousand of copies, and published in many editions, she was named: "The Great Leader of the working magazines".

Is an Israeli politician.Gozansky joined Maki (the Israeli Communist Party), the major part of the H

Is an Israeli politician.Gozansky joined Maki (the Israeli Communist Party), the major part of the Hadash alliance. She entered the Knesset in July 1990 as a replacement for veteran Hadash MK Tawfik Toubi and retained her seat in the 1992 elections, after which she chaired the Knesset's joint committee on early childhood.

An Israeli football midfielder who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers. He is the son of former Mac

An Israeli football midfielder who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers. He is the son of former Maccabi Tel Aviv and Liverpool FC player Avi Cohen.Cohen started his career in Maccabi Tel Aviv's youth team where in 2001-02 he won the double. His first game in Ligat ha'Al was in November of 2002 during Maccabi's 1-0 win over Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, when he came on as a substitute. He scored his first goal against Maccabi Petah Tikva in a 2-1 in the Toto Cup, where he scored the winning goal.Cohen made 7 appearances for the Israel national under-21 football team. His first appearance on the U-21 team was on the losing side to Cyprus.

Is a prominent retired Orthodox Jewish basketball player. Goodman went on to serve in the Israeli De

Is a prominent retired Orthodox Jewish basketball player. Goodman went on to serve in the Israeli Defense Force, a requirement for all Israeli citizens. He suffered a knee injury that required surgery. After nine months of physical therapy, he went back

Was an Israeli linguist who wrote frequently on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She contributed co

Was an Israeli linguist who wrote frequently on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She contributed columns to the Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot and longer articles to the CounterPunch, Znet, and Israeli Indymedia websites.Reinhart studied philosophy and Hebrew literature at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem as an undergraduate, where she later received an M.A. in comparative literature and philosophy. In 1976 she obtained a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her thesis supervisor was Noam Chomsky.Reinhart was a former professor of linguistics and literary theory at Tel-Aviv University. She was also a guest lecturer at Duke University [1] and at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, and ended her international career as Global Distinguished Professor at New York University (NYU).

Is a Jewish Soviet, Russian, and Israeli chess player, Woman Grandmaster, and the 1993 Senior Women'

Is a Jewish Soviet, Russian, and Israeli chess player, Woman Grandmaster, and the 1993 Senior Women's World Chess Champion. Her last name may also be spelled as Zatulovskaia or Zatulovskaja.

Was mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993, as well as founder of the Jerusalem Foundation.Kollek was

Was mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993, as well as founder of the Jerusalem Foundation.Kollek was re-elected five times, in 1969, 1973, 1978, 1983 and 1989. After reluctantly running for a seventh term in 1993 at the age of 82, he lost to Likud candidate Ehud Olmert (now the Israeli prime minister). During his tenure Jerusalem developed into a modern city, especially after its reunification in 1967. He was once called “the greatest builder of Jerusalem since Herod.”

Is an American actor. He has appeared in the films The Princess Diaries (2001), American Girl (2002)

Is an American actor. He has appeared in the films The Princess Diaries (2001), American Girl (2002) and National Lampoon's Barely Legal (2003), which was released on DVD in early 2006.

An American-Israeli footballer.He plays for Maccabi Haifa and is goalkeeper for the Israel national

An American-Israeli footballer.He plays for Maccabi Haifa and is goalkeeper for the Israel national under-21 football team. A product of the club's youth department, he has been reserve goalkeeper (covering Nir Davidovich) for the senior team for the past three years and appeared once in the UEFA Champions League. He was loaned to Hapoel Nazareth Illit for the 2007/08 season.

Is an Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He currently attends UC Be

Is an Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He currently attends UC Berkeley.

Is an Israeli historian, author and journalist.He is associated with Israel's New Historians, a grou

Is an Israeli historian, author and journalist.He is associated with Israel's New Historians, a group of historians who have challenged many of the country's traditional narratives. In the 1970s, Segev was a correspondent for Maariv in Bonn. [2] He was a visiting professor at Rutgers University (2001-2002),[3] the University of California at Berkeley (2007)[4] and Northeastern University, where he taught a course on Holocaust denial.

An Israeli football player who plays as a Central defender.He started playing for Maccabi Petah Tikv

An Israeli football player who plays as a Central defender.He started playing for Maccabi Petah Tikva in the Youth level. He played there alongside team-mates Gal Alberman and Omer Golan.In his 10 years in Petah Tikva, Tomer won the Toto Cup , reached 2nd place in the league and also the State Cup Final.

A Canadian/Israeli soccer goalkeeper currently playing for Newark Ironbound Express in the USL Premi

A Canadian/Israeli soccer goalkeeper currently playing for Newark Ironbound Express in the USL Premier Development League.He has previously played for Major Indoor Soccer League side Detroit Ignition, and in Major League Soccer with Toronto FC

An Israeli football player playing for FC Ashdod.Haliva began his career as a defender for Hapoel Be

An Israeli football player playing for FC Ashdod.Haliva began his career as a defender for Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. youth team, and in 1997/1998 seaon he went to the first team of the club. He played in Be'er Sheva until 2004/2005 (included short paragraphs of his career in the lower leagues).

An Israeli footballer currently playing for Maccabi Haifa.With Maccabi Haifa already clinching first

An Israeli footballer currently playing for Maccabi Haifa.With Maccabi Haifa already clinching first place in Israel's Ligat ha'Al (Premier League), Tomer Hemed was called up to the first team and made his debut in a league match, as a substitute, against Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv in March 2006. Though officially called up to the first team squad and figuring in some matches, Hemed remained a part of the youth team as well. In 2007, he traveled with the Under-21 side to the Torneo de Viareggio in Italy. Haifa were knocked out in the group stage, Hemed scoring once.

Is an Israeli travel-book writer, journalist and novelist.Shezaf is currently a journalist for Ynet

Is an Israeli travel-book writer, journalist and novelist.Shezaf is currently a journalist for Ynet and was previously an editor for Masa Aher an Israeli geographical magazine between 1990 and 1999. As a journalist, Shezaf has been on special assignments throughout Asia and North Africa with Masa Aher, Yedioth Ahronoth, Channel 10 and Channel 1 television. Some of his recent work has also been in photojournalism.

Is a senior researcher at the Ben Gurion Research Institute and teaches at the Israel Studies Progra

Is a senior researcher at the Ben Gurion Research Institute and teaches at the Israel Studies Program and the Jewish history Department at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.