Jewish Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Is an Arab Israeli writer and lawyer, a graduate of the Hebrew University law faculty, and prominent

Is an Arab Israeli writer and lawyer, a graduate of the Hebrew University law faculty, and prominent Palestinian activist. In 1966 the first edition of his book The Arabs in Israel was published in Hebrew.

Is an Israeli fitness model, bodybuilding title-holder, and nutritionist and resident of Dallas, Tex

Is an Israeli fitness model, bodybuilding title-holder, and nutritionist and resident of Dallas, Texas. Kalev immigrated to the United States in 1993 to pursue bodybuilding and modeling.Sagi, who has appeared in numerous fitness and bodybuilding photo sho

An Israeli football (soccer) player who recently signed with for Lokeren and is a member of the Isra

An Israeli football (soccer) player who recently signed with for Lokeren and is a member of the Israel national football team player pool.Strool grew up in the youth system of Maccabi Tel Aviv of Ligat ha'Al and has spent 7 years there. During the summer of 2006 he transferred to Maccabi Netanya. After 2 successful years in Maccabi Netanya Strool moved to Lokeren for a 3 years contract worth $750,000.

An Israeli professional football (soccer) player who is currently plying his trade at Hapoel Petah T

An Israeli professional football (soccer) player who is currently plying his trade at Hapoel Petah Tikva.Cohen had a breakout year during the 2006-07 season, but was unable to prevent Hapoel from being relegated to the Liga Leumit (National League). He was rumored to be on his way out to a club in Europe, thanks in large part to his German passport, but in the end was retained to help Hapoel return to Ligat ha'Al (the Premier League).

Is an Israeli mathematician. He is a professor of mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Is an Israeli mathematician. He is a professor of mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and also at Rutgers University in New Jersey, U.S.. Shelah's main interest lies in mathematical logic, in particular in model theory and set theory.

Is an Israeli former Knesset member. A Druze Arab, Tarif is notable for being Israel's first non-Jew

Is an Israeli former Knesset member. A Druze Arab, Tarif is notable for being Israel's first non-Jewish government minister.A member of the Alignment, he first joined the Knesset in February 1992, towards the end of the 12th Knesset Assembly as a replacement for Efraim Gur. He retained his seat in the June 1992 elections as the Alignment became the Labour Party, and in November 1995 was appointed Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs in Shimon Peres' government. He was re-elected in the 1996, after which he was appointed Deputy Speaker of the Knesset.

An Arab Israeli and former Under-21 international.Salem was part of the youth side at Maccabi Tel Av

An Arab Israeli and former Under-21 international.Salem was part of the youth side at Maccabi Tel Aviv that won two straight championship titles as well as a cup title. It was inevitable that he would be promoted to the first side where he eventually received a starting role.

A former Israeli international football (soccer) player. He led Ligat ha'Al in goals during the 1999

A former Israeli international football (soccer) player. He led Ligat ha'Al in goals during the 1999-00 season, when he scored 27 goals.

Is a poet, writer, essayist and translator. He is Druze citizen of Israel. Masalha is a bilingual wr

Is a poet, writer, essayist and translator. He is Druze citizen of Israel. Masalha is a bilingual writer who writes in Arabic and Hebrew, and publishes in both languages.[1] His poetry has also appeared in other languages

Is an Israeli author and the president of The Association for Civil Rights in Israel. He was born as

Is an Israeli author and the president of The Association for Civil Rights in Israel. He was born as Sallah Menasse in Baghdad, Iraq.In some books, Michael draws on the excitement of his own formative experiences. Sufa ben ha-D'kalim (meaning "Storm Among the Palms") is a book for young readers about the life of a young Jew in the alleys of Baghdad. It is a world of magic and hazard, of pranks, streetfights, gloomy love, and standing up to hooligans.

An Israeli footballer at Royal Antwerp F.C. in Belgium.Samuel Lavan was born in Israel, but left for

An Israeli footballer at Royal Antwerp F.C. in Belgium.Samuel Lavan was born in Israel, but left for Belgium when he was fourteen years old. He began playing youth football at Lierse S.K. and soon after moved to the K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst youth team where he reached the quarter-finals of the European youth championship.

Is a House music (mainly) DJ, record producer, writer, composer, arranger and remixer. Samuel is a r

Is a House music (mainly) DJ, record producer, writer, composer, arranger and remixer. Samuel is a rising name in the Dance music industry, and his productions receive global exposure on many radio stations & clubs, included in House compilations & etc.

A Israeli-Dutch football player who currently plays for FC Den Bosch. He formerly played for NAC Bre

A Israeli-Dutch football player who currently plays for FC Den Bosch. He formerly played for NAC Breda.

A Jewish French-American pianist. She was a child prodigy who could play Bach and read music before

A Jewish French-American pianist. She was a child prodigy who could play Bach and read music before knowing how to read a book.Sandrine Erdely-Sayo began studying piano at the age of four at the Perpignan Conservatory in France, with Michèle Puig (Pablo Casals' goddaughter). At ten, she was awarded first prize at the Bellan Competition in Paris. Three years later she won gold medals in piano and chamber music and the following year, the "prix d'excellence à l'unanimité". She continued her musical studies with Denyse Rivière and with Christian Manen (First Grand Prize of Rome)

Is a former Israeli politician who served as a Minister without Portfolio from July 1983 until Septe

Is a former Israeli politician who served as a Minister without Portfolio from July 1983 until September 1984.A chairwoman of Liberal Women's Organization, she was elected to the Knesset in 1977 on Likud's list. Re-elected in 1981, she was appointed Minister without Portfolio by Menachem Begin on 5 July 1983. She remained a cabinet member when Yitzhak Shamir formed a new government in October 1983.

Is a popular Israeli singer. She comes from a musical family and was recognized as a child prodigy.S

Is a popular Israeli singer. She comes from a musical family and was recognized as a child prodigy.Sarit Hadad (born Sara Hodedtov) Hebrew: ??? ????????) was born to Mountain Jews from Azerbaijan. She began performing at the age of eight. She played the piano at a local club without telling her parents.[citation needed] Apart from classical piano, she taught herself to play other instruments, among them organ, guitar, accordion and a Middle Eastern drum called the darbuka. At the age of 15, she joined the Hadera Youth Band.Her career as a pop singer has been highly successful, with many of her songs topping the Israeli charts. Israeli Television selected her to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. The song, Nadlik Beyakhad Ner (Light A Candle) in Hebrew: ????? ???? ??), came in 12th place.

Is an Israeli Arab author and journalist from Tira, Israel.Kashua writes satiric columns in Hebrew f

Is an Israeli Arab author and journalist from Tira, Israel.Kashua writes satiric columns in Hebrew for Haaretz newspaper and a local Jerusalem weekly, HaIr. In a humorous, tongue-in-cheek style, Kashua addresses the problems faced by Arabs in Israel, caught between two worlds.

Is an Israeli bassist. known for playing several bass guitars for Israeli rock star Aviv Geffen. Bef

Is an Israeli bassist. known for playing several bass guitars for Israeli rock star Aviv Geffen. Before that, he joined the Israeli-British Art rock band Blackfield with his friend Aviv Geffen. Efrati plays a Spector Bass.

Was an Israeli politician.She was elected to the Knesset in the 1955 election as a member of Mapai,

Was an Israeli politician.She was elected to the Knesset in the 1955 election as a member of Mapai, but gave up her seat after 14 months. She also appeared in the eighth Knesset as a member of the Alignment, replacing Zvi Guershoni after his death, but did not retain her seat in the 1977 election.

Is an Israeli ice dancer with partner Galit Chait. They have been competing internationally for Isra

Is an Israeli ice dancer with partner Galit Chait. They have been competing internationally for Israel since 1996.

An Israeli Arab footballer.

An Israeli Arab footballer.

A 1.71 m (5' 7") right-handed professional female tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking of

A 1.71 m (5' 7") right-handed professional female tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking of World #15 on January 29, 2007 makes her the joint highest-ranked Israeli singles player (together with Anna Smashnova). Her best Grand Slam singles result has been reaching the quarter-finals (at both the Australian and US Opens); she has also reached the women's doubles final (at the Australian Open).

Is an Israeli right-handed 6' 4" former professional tennis player. A year after first picking up a

Is an Israeli right-handed 6' 4" former professional tennis player. A year after first picking up a tennis racket, Perkiss ranked # 1 in Israel in the age 10 and under ranks. He reached his highest singles ATP ranking on March 4, 1985, when he became the

Is an Israeli windsurfer and Olympic bronze medalist, surfing in the "Neil Pryde" RS:X discipline. H

Is an Israeli windsurfer and Olympic bronze medalist, surfing in the "Neil Pryde" RS:X discipline. He was born in Eilat, Israel. Zubari, an Eilat native, began surfing at the young age of 7 with the encouragement of his father. Success soon followed, and

Is an Israeli singer. He rose to fame, as 2nd runner up of the first season of Kokhav Nolad ("A Star

Is an Israeli singer. He rose to fame, as 2nd runner up of the first season of Kokhav Nolad ("A Star is Born", an Idol-like series show). He released Arim Roshi (Raise my head). The single "Arim Roshi" is often used as a poster song for the IDF and the war against Hezbollah.