Jewish Famous Names Starting with Letter R

An Argentinian-Israeli football striker who currently plays for the German side Borussia Mönchengla

An Argentinian-Israeli football striker who currently plays for the German side Borussia Mönchengladbach, which will play the 2008-2009 season in the Bundesliga. He joined Mönchengladbach in 2007 and dealt with injuries for most of the season, although he did score 3 goals in his 8 appearances.

A former Israeli international footballer, and captain of Hapoel Haifa.Because of his terrific play

A former Israeli international footballer, and captain of Hapoel Haifa.Because of his terrific play he was promoted to the senior side where he played an entire decade and won two National Cups. Young was the first captain of the Israeli national team that came from Haifa. He also played for the only Israeli National Soccer Team to qualify for the World Cup (held in Mexico City in 1970), and he participated as a member of the Israeli soccer team in the 1968 Olympic Games.

Is an Israeli sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics

Is an Israeli sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of ninth in the K-1 1000 m event at Athens in 2004.

Wrote "The Cap: The Price of a Life", an autobiographical account of his life living in Nazi occupie

Wrote "The Cap: The Price of a Life", an autobiographical account of his life living in Nazi occupied Poland and then Poland under the communists.After immigrating to Israel, Frister became a prominent columnist and editor in the Israeli daily newspaper "Ha'aretz". In 1990 he helped found a school for journalism in Tel-Aviv named "Coteret". In 2006 the school was incorporated into Tel-Aviv University. Many of the school's graduates work in Israeli media today.

Is an British-based Israeli heavyweight boxer, currently International Boxing Organization's (IBO's)

Is an British-based Israeli heavyweight boxer, currently International Boxing Organization's (IBO's) Intercontinental heavyweight champion, with a 27–1 record.[1] Greenberg has been nicknamed the "Lion from Zion." Roman Greenberg was born on May 18, 1982

Is an Israeli ice dancer. He competes with his sister Alexandra Zaretsky. Together, they are three-t

Is an Israeli ice dancer. He competes with his sister Alexandra Zaretsky. Together, they are three-time Israeli National Champions and two-time Olympic competitors. Originally from Minsk, the Zaretsky family made aliyah in 1992. Roman Zaretsky was seven y

An Israeli professional football (soccer) player currently contracted to Maccabi Petah Tikva. Glick

An Israeli professional football (soccer) player currently contracted to Maccabi Petah Tikva. Glick is also a male model formerly with the Roberto Modeling Agency in Israel, he recently signed with Ford Models in the USA.

Is an Israeli writer and media professional, and author of the novel Beaufort (2005, original Hebrew

Is an Israeli writer and media professional, and author of the novel Beaufort (2005, original Hebrew If There is a Paradise) for which he won the 2006 Sapir Prize for Literature and the Yitzhak Sadeh Prize for Military Literature. The novel was adapted in 2007 into the successful, Academy Award-nominated Israeli film Beaufort.

Is an Israeli writer and poet.The topics of his academic and artistic writing include science fictio

Is an Israeli writer and poet.The topics of his academic and artistic writing include science fiction, sexual identity, philosophy of science, history of science and more. After his marriage in 2003, he had added the surname "Kaydar".

A former Israeli footballer.During his time at Beitar, Harazi attracted interest from English side S

A former Israeli footballer.During his time at Beitar, Harazi attracted interest from English side Sunderland. The club was ready to place a £400,000 bid for Harazi, but the player failed a medical examination and the deal was terminated[1].

A pop singer, children's television show host, and fashion model. She is best known for her music an

A pop singer, children's television show host, and fashion model. She is best known for her music and evolution towards maturity during her career. She started as a shy young girl and became a huge sex bomb with very sexual video-clips (such as Sukariya) and texts (like Sukariya and Adoni).

A former Israeli international footballer.

A former Israeli international footballer.

Is an Israeli politician, lawyer and journalist, and a former Knesset member who held several minist

Is an Israeli politician, lawyer and journalist, and a former Knesset member who held several ministerial positions. He was also mayor of Tel Aviv from 1993 to 1998.

An Israeli actress and filmmaker.Elkabetz was born in Beersheba in 1964 to a religious Sephardic fam

An Israeli actress and filmmaker.Elkabetz was born in Beersheba in 1964 to a religious Sephardic family and grew up in Kiryat Yam.[1] Her mother was a hairdresser and her father was a postal employee.[2] Her mother spoke French and Arabic, but her father insisted on speaking only Hebrew.[1][3] She never studied acting and started her career as a model.[2]

Is an Israeli fiction writer.Matalon studied literature and philosophy at Tel Aviv University and wo

Is an Israeli fiction writer.Matalon studied literature and philosophy at Tel Aviv University and worked as a journalist for Haaretz newspaper, where she covered Gaza and the West Bank in 1987-1993 [1]. She is a resident of Tel Aviv and teaches literature at Haifa University.

An American-Israeli footballer who plays for Maccabi Haifa. He is a new addition at Kiryat Eliezer.

An American-Israeli footballer who plays for Maccabi Haifa. He is a new addition at Kiryat Eliezer. Last season he joined Beitar Jerusalem from Bnei Yehuda where he served as captain and led the team to the Israel State Cup final.Though born in the United States, his family moved back to Israel in 1988 where he started to play organized football. His developmental years were spent at Maccabi Tel Aviv, where he made his professional debut during the 1998–99 season in a match against Hapoel Tzafririm Holon.

A former Israeli international football player and is former manager of Israeli top-flight side Macc

A former Israeli international football player and is former manager of Israeli top-flight side Maccabi Haifa F.C.. Levy was one of the best defensive midfielders in Israeli football while playing, and won championships with both Bnei Yehuda and Maccabi Haifa F.C.. He has fifteen international caps with the Israeli national team.

An Israeli former footballer.Rosenthal was born and raised in Haifa, Israel. He joined the youth tea

An Israeli former footballer.Rosenthal was born and raised in Haifa, Israel. He joined the youth team of local club, Maccabi Haifa when he was 11. At the age of 16, he was promoted to the senior squad and scored twice after coming on as a substitute.In 1982 English coach Jack Mansell tried release Rosenthal on a free transfer. He assumed that "he will never be a player" and that he was the weakest link of the team.[citation needed] However club president Yochanan Vollach believed in Rosenthal's potential and intervened, stating he would not let him go for any price.[citation needed]

Is an Israeli poet, singer, script-writer and artist.Chicky has publishd three books. In his first b

Is an Israeli poet, singer, script-writer and artist.Chicky has publishd three books. In his first book, “The Nigger”, he formed a style that he called "Kimo" and defined as "a Hebrew adaptation of the Japanese Haiku": it consists of three lines of 10, 7, and 6 syllables. It usually describes one frozen scene that has no movement in it, and in practice the content of the poems is close to Senryu.

An Israeli professional football (soccer) player contracted to Hapoel Tel Aviv.A product of the Macc

An Israeli professional football (soccer) player contracted to Hapoel Tel Aviv.A product of the Maccabi Tel Aviv youth system, Dayan played his first match in the full team when he came on as a substitute in a Toto Cup match.

A former Israeli football player and currently a coach at the Colorado Rapids U-23s.Fink started his

A former Israeli football player and currently a coach at the Colorado Rapids U-23s.Fink started his career playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv where he played for the U9-U12 Boys teams. He then transferred to Hapoel Kfar Saba, where he played all the way from U12-U16, and also played for the Israeli under-16 team.At the age of 16 Fink was purchased by Bnei Yehuda and led the team to a second place in the under-18 league and the youth cup final, and was capped by the under-18 team.

Is an Israeli politician. A member of the Knesset for Kadima, she has previously served as Minister

Is an Israeli politician. A member of the Knesset for Kadima, she has previously served as Minister of Tourism and Minister without Portfolio responsible for liaison with the Knesset.