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unusual facts about Israeli Jews


Menachem Lorberbaum

Menachem Lorberbaum is an Israeli professor and the chair of the department of Jewish Philosophy, Talmud and Kabbala at Tel Aviv University and is co-director of the Center for Jewish Political Thought.


Alon De Loco

Alon Cohen (in Hebrew אלון כהן) better known by his stage name Alon de Loco (in Hebrew אלון דה לוקו) (born in Beersheba, Israel on 15 November 1974) is a leading Israeli hip hop artist with styles in R&B, dancehall and reggaeton.

Aron Brand

Aron Brand-Auraban (21 February 1910 - 22 April 1977), born in Ozorków, Poland, was an Israeli pediatric cardiologist.

Avi Korein

The Israeli bouncer-turned-bodyguard has provided security services for Bruce Willis and, since about 1996, Mel Gibson.

Avishai Margalit

Avishai Margalit (hebr. ‏אבישי מרגלית, b. 1939 in Afula, British Mandate for Palestine, today Israel), is an Israeli George F. Kennan Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and Professor Emeritus in Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Dan Kiesel

Dan Kiesel (born 1938) is an Israeli-born sports physiotherapist and osteopath who has worked as a trainer and physiotherapist for the national cricket teams of many countries, most notably Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

Ephraim Kholmyansky

Ephraim (Alexander) Kholmyansky (born 1950, in Moscow) is an Israeli refusenik, activist in the Jewish revival movement in Russia, and teacher of Hebrew.

Nili Abramski

Nili Abramski (born January 14, 1970, Rehovot, Israel) is an Israeli female long-distance runner.

Vered Buskila

Vered "Vardush" Buskila (born May 23, 1983) is an Israeli Olympic sailor, and competes in the 470 Class double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centerboard, Bermuda rig, and center sheeting.


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