Jewish Famous Names Starting with Letter Y

Was an influential Israeli writer, screenwriter, journalist, and film critic. He has also hosted and

Was an influential Israeli writer, screenwriter, journalist, and film critic. He has also hosted and edited radio and TV programs.He attended Tel Aviv University where he studied literature and drama. He started publishing as a boy, and published his first book for adults in 1967. Several books of his have been adapted for theatrical or cinematic productions.

Was a left-wing Israeli politician. He was a Knesset member from the first to the fifth Knessets and

Was a left-wing Israeli politician. He was a Knesset member from the first to the fifth Knessets and in the seventh and eighth, and a former Minister of Transport and General secretary of the Histadrut. The philosopher Yeshayahu Ben-Aharon is his son.

Was a historian, Labor Zionist leader, and the second and longest-serving President of Israel.He was

Was a historian, Labor Zionist leader, and the second and longest-serving President of Israel.He was active in the Jewish self-defense units organized in Ukraine to defend Jews during the pogroms of 1905, and joined the Poale Zion Zionist political party. He was a representative in the Zionist Congress of 1907, and it was there that he first met Israel Shochat.

Is a former Israeli politician who served as Minister of Energy and Infrastructure from August 1981

Is a former Israeli politician who served as Minister of Energy and Infrastructure from August 1981 until September 1982. He was also Speaker of the Knesset from 1977 until 1981.

Was an important Israeli painter, born in 1899 in Odessa, Ukraine. He was a great-grandson of the fa

Was an important Israeli painter, born in 1899 in Odessa, Ukraine. He was a great-grandson of the famed Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev. In 1917, he studied under Aleksandra Ekster at the Art Academy in Odessa. Frenkel immigrated to Palestine in 1919 as part of the first wave of settlers of the Third Aliyah (see Aliyah).

Was a noted leader of the Zionist movement among Polish Jewry between the two world wars and of the

Was a noted leader of the Zionist movement among Polish Jewry between the two world wars and of the Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine, and the first Interior Minister of Israel.

Is a former Israeli politician who held several ministerial portfolios during the 1980s and early 19

Is a former Israeli politician who held several ministerial portfolios during the 1980s and early 1990s.In 1984 Peretz became the leader of the new Sephardic ultra-orthodox Shas party,[1] and in the elections that year he won a seat in the Knesset. The party joined the national unity government, and Peretz was appointed Minister without Portfolio.

Is an Israeli rabbi and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the National Religious

Is an Israeli rabbi and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the National Religious Party and the Ahi faction of the National Union between 1988 and 2009.

Was an Israeli politician, who served five terms in the Knesset for Likud and then the New Liberal P

Was an Israeli politician, who served five terms in the Knesset for Likud and then the New Liberal Party over the course of a 20-year career.

Was an Israeli general, and later Minister of Defense and Minister of Transport. He retired from pol

Was an Israeli general, and later Minister of Defense and Minister of Transport. He retired from political life in 2000 after being indicted for sexual assaults during his military service and later persiods. His eventual conviction in some of these charges ended his public career.

Is an Israeli politician, diplomat and author. He was the fifth President of Israel.In 1951, Navon b

Is an Israeli politician, diplomat and author. He was the fifth President of Israel.In 1951, Navon became the political secretary of Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion. The following year he was appointed Ben-Gurion's bureau chief. He remained in this position under Prime Minister Moshe Sharett. In 1963, he became a department head at the Ministry of Education and Culture.

Israeli politician and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel with two periods in office

Israeli politician and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel with two periods in office, from 1974 until 1977 and from 1992 until his assassination in 1995 by Yigal Amir. In 1994 during his second term Rabin won the Nobel Peace Prize

Was Prime Minister of Israel from 1983 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1992.In 1935 he immigrated to

Was Prime Minister of Israel from 1983 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1992.In 1935 he immigrated to Mandate Palestine, changing his surname to Shamir in the same year. He joined the Irgun Zvai Leumi, an underground Jewish militia organization directed against the British control of Palestine and inspired by the views of Vladimir Jabotinsky. When the Irgun split in 1940, Shamir sided with the most militant faction, Lehi, headed by Avraham Stern. This group has been described as a terrorist organization. In secret contacts with German representatives at Beirut the group offered to open up a military front against the British in the Middle East in return for the expulsion (rather than extermination) of the Jewish population of Europe to Palestine.

Was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician. He was one of the founders of the Kibbutz Movement an

Was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician. He was one of the founders of the Kibbutz Movement and the Movement for Greater Israel.He joined the defense organization HaShomer. He was a member of the "Non-Party" workers group and was active in agricultural laborers organizations in the West Bank. In 1921 he joined Joseph Trumpeldor's Gdud HaAvoda and became one of the founders of kibbutz Ein Harod, which later became the center of the Kibbutz Movement, where he was considered a spiritual leader.

Is an Israeli paralympic swimmer. Cohen was born in Kibbutz Degania Alef. In 1985 he was injured whi

Is an Israeli paralympic swimmer. Cohen was born in Kibbutz Degania Alef. In 1985 he was injured while serving with the Israel Defence Forces, blinded by a mine. Following his loss of eye-sight he began practicing disabled sports in athletics and swimming

Better known by his pen name S. Yizhar (Hebrew: ?. ?????), was an Israeli writer and a great innovat

Better known by his pen name S. Yizhar (Hebrew: ?. ?????), was an Israeli writer and a great innovator in modern Hebrew literature. His pen name was given to him by the poet and editor Yitzhak Lamdan, when in 1938 he published Yizhar's first story Ephraim Goes Back to Alfalfa in his literary journal Galleons. From then on, Yizhar signed his works with his pen name.

Is a former swimmer from Israel, who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country, start

Is a former swimmer from Israel, who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. There he finished 32nd in the 50m freestyle (23.72) and 31st in the 100m freestyle (51.46).

Is a professor of history at the University of Haifa, and a visiting professor at the University of

Is a professor of history at the University of Haifa, and a visiting professor at the University of Texas.Gelber was born in Mandatory Palestine in 1943 and studied world and Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Gelber is an expert on the history of the Israel Defense Forces.

An Israeli football player.He started playing for Maccabi Haifa in the Youth level. He later played

An Israeli football player.He started playing for Maccabi Haifa in the Youth level. He later played with Hapoel Haifa and Hapoel Nazareth Illit with which he promoted from Liga Leumit to the Israeli Premier League.In 2006 he moved to Beitar Jerusalem and established himself as a fan favourite, being able to play in both wings or both fullback positions, and even as a Central defender. This came as a surprise since in Nazareth Ziv played as a striker.

Is a former Israeli footballer. He was a member of the Israeli national team that competed at the 19

Is a former Israeli footballer. He was a member of the Israeli national team that competed at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. Today, Vollach is president of the Maccabi Haifa sport organization as well as being the president and CEO of Newlog, a subsidiary of Israeli shipping company Zim.

An Israeli chess master.He took 4th in Israeli Chess Solving Championship at Tel Aviv 2005 (Ram Soff

An Israeli chess master.He took 4th in Israeli Chess Solving Championship at Tel Aviv 2005 (Ram Soffer won). He took 53rd in the 29th World Chess Solving Championship at Eretria 2005 (Piotr Murdzia won).

Was a prominent Jewish posek and halakhist. He lived in central Europe and held rabbinical positions

Was a prominent Jewish posek and halakhist. He lived in central Europe and held rabbinical positions in Belz, Brest-Litovsk and Cracow. Rabbi Sirkis was born in Lublin in 1561. At age fourteen he went to the yeshiva of Solomon ben Judah. After remaining there some time he went to Brest-Litovsk, where he attended the yeshiva of Rabbi Phoebus.

Is an Israeli point guard, who is currently playing for Hapoel Jerusalem and Israel national basketb

Is an Israeli point guard, who is currently playing for Hapoel Jerusalem and Israel national basketball team. Ohayon started his career in Hapoel Galil Elyon, with whom he won the Israeli youth league championship. In the 2006-2007 season, he led Hapoel G

An Israeli footballer.

An Israeli footballer.

Is a Georgian-born Israeli chess International Grandmaster and physician.He was born in Georgian SSR

Is a Georgian-born Israeli chess International Grandmaster and physician.He was born in Georgian SSR, emigrated to Israel, and now lives in Toronto, Canada.