Personalities

Anna TALISMAN

April 21, 2022 Юрий Матвеев 0

(was born in 1974 in Odesa) – Israeli human rights defender. Worked with Israeli public LGBT organizations, counseled immigrant children, patients and victims of natural disasters. One of the founders and leading figures of the Russian-speaking LGBT movement in Israel, aimed at combating prejudices and stereotypes of immigrants from the former USSR (since 2008). Currently, the head of the project for Russian-speaking LGBT immigrants, adviser and teacher of "LIGA" (Russian-speaking women's feminist group).

Natan (Anatoliy) SHARANSKY

April 21, 2022 Юрий Матвеев 0

(was born in 1948 in Donetsk) – Israeli statesman and politician. Soviet human rights defender, dissident. An activist of the Jewish movement in the USSR, a member of the refusal movement in the 1970s and 1980s. One of the initiators of the creation of the Moscow Group for Monitoring Compliance with the Helsinki Agreements in the Field of Human Rights ("Helsinki Group") (mid-1970s), assistant and translator of Academician Andriy Sakharov. Created the Zionist Forum in Israel (a public organization dealing with the absorption of repatriates from the USSR), which was transformed into the political party "Israel for Aliyah". Knesset deputy and party leader (1996–2003). Minister of Industry and Trade (1996–1999). Minister of Internal Affairs (1999–2000). Minister of Construction (2001–2003). Deputy Prime Minister(2001–2003). Minister for Jerusalem Affairs (2003–2005). Head of the Jewish Agency("Sochnut") in Israel (2009–2018). Laureate of numerous awards, including the USA: Congress Gold Medal (1986), Presidential Medal of Freedom (2006), Ronald Reagan Freedom Award (2008).

Levi ESHKOL (Shkolnik)

April 21, 2022 Юрий Матвеев 0

(1895–1969, was born in Orativ in Vinnytsia region) – Israeli statesman. During World War II, was the Mapai general secretary and representative of the Haganah in the leadership of the Jewish resistance movement (Resistance?). Prime Minister of Israel (1963–1969). Minister of Defense of Israel (1963–1967).

Mordechai NAMIR

April 21, 2022 Юрий Матвеев 0

(1897–1975, was born in Nemyriv, Vinnytsia region) – Israeli politician, member of the Knesset of several convocations. Studied at Odesa University. representative of Israel in the Soviet Union (1949–1950). Histadrut leader (1950–1956). Minister of Labor (1956–1959). Mayor of Tel Aviv(1960–1969).

Moshe SHARETT (Chertok)

April 21, 2022 Юрий Матвеев 0

(1894–1965,was born in Kherson) – Israeli statesman, diplomat. During the War of Independence 1948 - Minister of foreign affairs in the Provisional government of Israel; after the establishment of the State of Israel – continued to hold this position (1949–1956). Prime Minister of Israel (1954–1955).

YuliI (Yoel) EDELSTEIN

April 21, 2022 Юрий Матвеев 0

(was born in 1958 in Chernivtsi) –Israeli political, state and public figure, teacher. Was in the category of "rejecters" in 1980. Minister of Absorption of Israel (1996–1999). Minister of Information and Diaspora of Israel (2009–2013). Speaker of the Knesset (since 2013).

Ze'ev ELKIN

April 21, 2022 Юрий Матвеев 0

(was born in 1971, in Kharkiv) – Israeli politician, journalist, historian. Graduate of Kharkiv State University (now – V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University). Deputy head of the Kharkiv Jewish community and general secretary of the Bnei Akiva movement (1990). Member of the Knesset, head of the Likud faction in the Knesset. Minister of absorption and strategic planning (2015). Minister for Jerusalem affairs and national heritage (2015). Minister of environmental protection (2016 – till now).

Volodymyr (Zeev) JABOTINSKY

April 21, 2022 Юрий Матвеев 0

(1880–1940, was born in Odesa) – activist of right-wing Zionism, founder and ideologist of the Zionist-revisionist movement, writer, poet, journalist, translatorч. One of the creators of the Jewish Legion (together with J. Trumpeldor) and the organizations "Irgun" and "Beitar".

Yaakov DORI

April 21, 2022 Юрий Матвеев 0

(1899–1973, was born in Odesa) – Israeli military figure. Chief of the Haganah staff (1939–1946). First Chief of the General Staff of the IDF (1948–1949). President of the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) (1951–1965).

Hillel YAFFE (Ioffe)

April 21, 2022 Юрий Матвеев 0

(1864–1936, may have been born in Dnipropetrovsk region) – Jewish, Israeli scientist-physician, Zionist activist. A well-known authority in the field of malaria treatment and prevention. At the same time, he worked to establish and improve the public health system and studied other diseases common in Eretz Israel, paying great attention to the prevention and minimization of the spread of infectious diseases. Made a significant contribution to the creation of modern medical terminology in Hebrew.

Jacob LEVITZKI

April 21, 2022 Юрий Матвеев 0

(1904–1956, was born in Kherson; according to other data, in Sevastopol) – Israeli mathematician. Received the Israel Prize in the field of exact sciences for his work on the laws of non-commutative rings (1953).

Mark AZBEL

April 21, 2022 Юрий Матвеев 0

(was born in 1932, in Kharkiv) – Israeli, Soviet physicist. Studied at Kharkiv State University (now - V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University), worked at the Kharkiv Physical and Technical Institute. Participant of the "refusal" movement in the USSR in the 1970s. Editor of the political and literary magazine "Jews in the USSR".

Michael (Mykhailo) PLIKH

April 21, 2022 Юрий Матвеев 0

(1940–2017, was born near Kamianets-Podilskyi) – a famous Israeli cardiologist. Worked at the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) (since 1980). Developed new methods of heart catheterization, which are currently used all over the world. In the year of his death, the Israel Heart Association awarded him a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Zvi SLITERNIK

April 21, 2022 Юрий Матвеев 0

(1897–1996, was born in Khmelnytskyi) – Israeli scientist-entomologist. Organizer and head of the Malaria Department at the Ministry of Health of Israel (1949–1962). Laureate of the Israel Prize in Medicine for his contribution to the fight against malaria (1962).

Petro (Pinhas) RUTENBERG

April 21, 2022 Юрий Матвеев 0

(1878–1942, was born in Romny) – engineer, politician, entrepreneur, participant in the revolutionary movement, one of the leaders of the Zionist movement, organizers of the Jewish Legion and the American Jewish Congress (1914–1915). He created and headed the Electric Company, which is still operating in Israel. The Vaad Leumi (National Committee, executive body of the Yishuv Assembly of Deputies 1920-1948) was headed for a time. One of the creators of Haganah (together with V. Zhabotynskyi).

Hayim Nahman BIALIK

April 21, 2022 Юрий Матвеев 0

(1873–1934, was born in Ivnytsia, near Zhytomyr) – Jewish poet, essayist, translator and editor, one of the founders of modern literature in the Hebrew language (also wrote in Yiddish), national poet of Israel. Founder of "Dvir" publishing house in Odesa(1919), which soon moved to Israel (1924) and currently continues to operate under the name «Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir».

Maryna-Maximilian BLUMINN/ Blumina

April 21, 2022 Юрий Матвеев 0

(was born in 1987 in Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipro)) – Israeli actress, model, singer. The winner of the 5th season of the Israeli reality show "Kohav Nolad".Israeli singer of the year (2014). She is called "Israel's vocal powerhouse" for her diverse styles, unique voice and abilities. She received the title of "Woman of the Year" from one of the leading and popular radio stations in Israel, GLGLZ (2014).

Zvi-Gersh PREIGERZON

April 21, 2022 Юрий Матвеев 0

(1900–1969, was born in Shepetivka, Khmelnytskyi region) –Jewish writer, wrote in Hebrew. Known as a great specialist in the field of coal enrichment, the author of a number of textbooks, monographs and inventions. In 1949 he was arrested and sent to the Gulag, where he taught Hebrew and Jewish literature to Jewish youth. In the early 1960s, his works became known in Israel under the pseudonym "A. Tsefoni".

Kira Radynski

April 21, 2022 Юрий Матвеев 0

(born 1986 in Kyiv) is an Israeli researcher, a well-known specialist in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). At the age of 27 she was included in the annual list of "35 innovators under 35" (2013). She is the Head of Scientific Data, Chief Research Fellow at the Israeli division of eBay (since 2016). Member of the Management Board of the Securities Market Control Department.