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Isaac Stern
Isaac Stern 1920-2001, American violinist, b. Kremenets, in what is now Ukraine. Brought to the United States as an infant, Stern began piano lessons at the age of six and violin lessons at eight. He studied at the San Francisco Conservatory and made his debut at 11 with the San Francisco Symphony... Read more |
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Chaim Soutine
Chaim Soutine Chaim Soutine (1894-1943), a Russian painter of the School of Paris, was the main representative in France of a dynamic expressionism. Chaim Soutine was born in Smilovitch near Minsk, the tenth of 11 children of a poor village tailor. Life in Smilovitch was typical of the... Read more |
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem
HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM Israeli university. The creation of a Jewish university in Jerusalem that would teach subjects in Hebrew was a major cultural goal of Zionism. In 1914 land was purchased on Mount Scopus, and the cornerstone for the university was laid in 1918 by Chaim... Read more |
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Rehovot
Rehovot or Rehoboth , town (1994 pop. 84,900), central Israel. It is the trade center for a large citrus-growing area, and its industries include fruit packing and the production of citrus concentrates. Plastic products, imitation leather, cereals, and pharmaceuticals are also manufactured.... Read more |
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Yizhak Ben-Zvi
Yizhak Ben-Zvi , 1884-1963, president of Israel (1952-63), b. Russia, originally named Issac Shimshelevitz. A Zionist, he fled Russia in 1905 because of his activities in the Jewish self-defense movement and settled (1907) in Palestine. With David Ben-Gurion and other Zionist leaders he helped... Read more |
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Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University in New York City; mainly coeducational; begun 1886 as Yeshiva Eitz Chaim, a Jewish theological seminary, chartered 1928 as Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and Yeshiva College; renamed 1945. Yeshiva, the oldest and largest university under Jewish auspices in the United... Read more |
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Ezer Weizman
Ezer Weizman Ezer Weizman (born 1924) was an Israeli air force commander and statesman who became president of Israel in 1993. Weizman changed from a hard-liner to a leading advocate of peacemaking with the Arab nations. Ezer Weizman's career was a stormy one, with a number of sharp personal... Read more |
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Chaim Weizmann
Chaim Weizmann , 1874-1952, scientist and Zionist leader, first president (1948-52) of Israel, b. Russia, grad. Univ. of Freiburg, 1899. He lectured in chemistry at the Univ. of Geneva (1901-3) and later taught at the Univ. of Manchester. Active in Zionism from his youth, Weizmann first visited... Read more |
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Jacques Lipchitz
Jacques Lipchitz , 1891-1973, French sculptor, b. Lithuania as Chaim Jacob Lipchitz. From 1909, Lipchitz studied in Paris, where he became a member of the Esprit Nouveau group. From about 1915 to 1930 he was widely recognized as one of the major cubist (see cubism ) sculptors. Among his... Read more |
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Chaim Potok, 73; rabbi who turned to writing
00-00-0000 Chaim Potok, 73; rabbi who turned to writing -- 'The Chosen' among...Two Star B. Two Star P. One Star B Biographical: CHAIM POTOK PHILADELPHIA - Chaim Potok, the rabbi-turned-author whose Orthodox upbringing... |
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Author Chaim Potok dead at 73
...00-00-0000 Headline: Author Chaim Potok dead at 73 Byline: JOANN LOVIGLIO...2002 -- PHILADELPHIA - Author Chaim Potok, whose Orthodox Jewish upbringing...nonfiction book, Wanderings: Chaim Potok's Story of the Jews, which ... |
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'Chosen' Author Chaim Potok Dies
...omitted] PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ Chaim Potok's literary aspirations weren...his wife, Adena. He was 73. Chaim Potok's Orthodox upbringing and religious...nonfiction book, "Wanderings: Chaim Potok's History of the Jews," which... |
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Potok Interviews Limn an Imperfect Deity: Conversations With Chaim Potok
...Imperfect Deity: Conversations With Chaim Potok`Ask me questions about my book!" Chaim Potok boomed to his American-Jewishliterature...his nonfictional "Wanderings: Chaim Potok's History of the Jews"(Random... |
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A House Divided: Chaim Potok tries to understand the fall of the
...11-22-1996 A House Divided: Chaim Potok tries to understand the fall of...dreams for them people many of Chaim Potok's novels. It's this theme...him if he might know the writer Chaim Potok - and was quite stunned to learn... |
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Author Chaim Potok, whose novels such as `The Chosen' focused on spiritual...
...0000 Dateline: PHILADELPHIA Author Chaim Potok, whose Orthodox Jewish upbringing...story "Moon." After five novels, Potok researched and wrote his first nonfiction book, "Wanderings: Chaim Potok's Story of the Jews," which... |
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Chaim Potok dead at age of 73, was literary pioneer and scholar
...2002 NEW YORK, July 23 (JTA) -- Chaim Potok was a novelist who paved the wayfor...Jews and Judaism closertogether. Potok, who was raised in an Orthodox home...atthe age of 73. The best-known of Potok's more than 15 works, including... |
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Writer Chaim Potok struggles to reconcile religion, modern world.(Originated...
...Texas _ Confrontation has shaped writer Chaim Potok's world. When, as a 16-year-old Orthodox Jew, Potok discovered secular fiction, the intellectual...My Name Is Asher Lev.'' So when Potok inaugurated the Jewish Studies Program... |
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Chaim Potok Remembered at Funeral
...omitted] WYNNEWOOD, Pa. (AP) _ Chaim Potok, the rabbi-turned-author of...discouraged him from becoming a writer. Potok graduated from Yeshiva University...in Philadelphia. Image Caption: Chaim Potok's casket is carried to the hearse... |
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Penn Libraries Receive the Chaim Potok Papers.
...professor, and Penn alumnus, Chaim Potok. Spanning the second half of the...for us to curate the papers of Chaim Potok," says Carton Rogers, Vice Provost...works, including Wanderings: Chaim Potok's History of the Jews, ... |
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