Jacob Talmon

Jacob Talmon

male, deceased (1980)
polish, Jewish person, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israeli, historian, Political scientist…IsraelPrizerecipient
Jacob Leib Talmon (1916-1980) was Professor of Modern History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has been categorised as a 'Cold War...
Nathan Zach

Nathan Zach

male, 79 years old
Israeli, IsraelPrizerecipient, The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself, Israel Defense Forces, From Berlin, university of haifa…land of Israel
Nathan Zach, an Israeli poet, was born 1930 in Berlin, Germany, to a German father and an Italian mother. He immigrated to the Land of Israel in...
S. Yizhar

S. Yizhar

male, deceased (2006)
death from cardiovascular disease, Former Member of the Knesset, hebrew, writer, pen name, Israeli…IsraelPrizerecipient
Yizhar Smilansky (born 27 September 1916, died 21 August 2006), better known by his pen name S. Yizhar, was an Israeli writer and a great innovator...
Giulio Racah

Giulio Racah

male, deceased (1965)
from the Province of Florence, From florence, Israeli, mathematician, Italian, quantum physics…IsraelPrizerecipient
Giulio (Yoel) Racah (1909 - August 28, 1965) was an Israeli physicist and mathematician. Born in Florence, Italy, he took his PhD from the...
Amalia Kahana-Carmon

Amalia Kahana-Carmon

female, 83 years old
Israeli, Palmach, IsraelPrizerecipient, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, israeli war of independence, eilat
Amalia Kahana-Carmon (born 1926) is an Israeli author, educator, and recipient of the Israel Prize for literature (2000). Amalia was born at...

Menachem Elon

male
Harvard University, Israeli Supreme Court, Supreme Court of Israel, halakha, IsraelPrizerecipient, Yeshivat HaKotel
Menachem Elon (born 1923), an Israeli jurist, who served as a justice on the Israeli Supreme Court (1977-1993) and its Deputy President...
Aharon Appelfeld

Aharon Appelfeld

male, 77 years old
Displaced persons camp, red army, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, chernivtsi, Jewish person, romanian…IsraelPrizerecipient
Aharon Appelfeld (born February 16, 1932 in Czernowitz, Romania) is an Israeli novelist. In 1940, the Nazis invaded his hometown. His mother was...
Yossi Banai

Yossi Banai

male, deceased (2006)
Ehud, Gavri, ORNA, singer, French, dramatist…Israel Defense Force, IsraelPrizerecipient
Yossi Banai (circa 1932 - May 11 2006) was an Israeli performer, singer and dramatist. Banai was born in Jerusalem, and grew up in the neighborhood...
Mordecai Ardon

Mordecai Ardon

male, deceased (1992)
Jewish National and University Library, kabbalah, polish, painter, galicia, Israeli…IsraelPrizerecipient, Israel Museum, director of the Israel Museum
Mordecai Ardon (July 13, 1896 - June 18, 1992), considered one of Israel's greatest painters. Ardon was born in Tuchow, Galicia (then...
Moshe Shamir

Moshe Shamir

male, deceased (2004)
Israeli, writer, tel aviv, kibbutz, zionist, 1948 Arab-Israeli War…Israel Defense Forces, IsraelPrizerecipient
Moshe Shamir (September 15, 1921 - August 20, 2004) was an Israeli author, playwright, opinion writer, and public figure. He was one of the most...