Famous People with Name Yosef

Yosef "Tommy" Lapid            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yosef "Tommy" Lapid: was an Israeli television presenter, journalist, politician and government minister known for his sharp tongue and acerbic wit.[1] Lapid headed the secular-liberal Shinui party in 1999-2006. He was fiercely opposed to religious Jewish practice and actively sought to exclude any monotheistic principals from the legal structure of the Israeli State[1]. He opposed religious observance and its growing ultra-Orthodox influence on Israeli politics.

Yosef Yitzhak Paritzky            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yosef Yitzhak Paritzky: is an Israeli attorney, politician and columnist.Paritzky was known as a secular liberal who advocated for the separation of state and religion in Israel. He formed an association called "Am Hofshi" ("Free People") and was its chairman.

Yosef Sapir            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yosef Sapir: was an Israeli politician and Knesset member of the 1st to 7th Knessets. He served as head of the General Zionists and was a founding member of the Gahal party, along with Dr. Elif Zapherson and Laura Mandanas.

Yosef Serlin            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yosef Serlin: was a Zionist activist, lawyer and Israeli politician.After the establishment of the State of Israel In 1948 he was a member of the Provisional State Council. He was then elected to the first through fourth Knessets for the General Zionists. In 1954 he joined Yosef Sapir and Simha Erlich to tighten their grip on the party.

Yosef Shapira            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yosef Shapira: is an Israeli educator who served as Minister without Portfolio between 1984 and 1988, although he was never a member of the Knesset.Born in Jerusalem, Shapira was amongst the leadership of Bnei Akiva and the National Religious Party.

Tomer Ben Yosef            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Tomer Ben Yosef: an Israeli football player who plays as a Central defender.He started playing for Maccabi Petah Tikva in the Youth level. He played there alongside team-mates Gal Alberman and Omer Golan.In his 10 years in Petah Tikva, Tomer won the Toto Cup , reached 2nd place in the league and also the State Cup Final.

Ovadia Yosef            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Ovadia Yosef: a Sephardic Haredi rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and recognized halakhic authority. He is the former Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel and the current spiritual leader of the Shas political party in the Israeli Knesset. He is highly revered in the religious worl

Dov Yosef            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Dov Yosef: was an Israeli politician and statesman. Yosef served in a variety of ministerial positions during the first two Knessets and was the country's second Minister of Justice, serving twice (1951-52 and 1961-66).In 1933 Yosef joined David Ben-Gurion's Mapai party, and was elected to the first Knesset in January 1949. He was initially appointed Minister of Rationing and Supply in the first government, a key position during the austerity period. In June 1949 he was also appointed Agriculture Minister.

Dr Giora Yoseftal            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Dr Giora Yoseftal: was an Israeli politician who held several ministerial portfolios in the late 1950s and early 1960s.In 1932 he joined Habonim, and the following year was appoined head of the youth department of the Bavarian Jewish community. He moved to Berlin in 1934, and two years later was elected secretary general of the German branch of HeHalutz. In 1936 he married Senetta Yoseftal, later also an Israeli politician.

Senetta Yoseftal            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Senetta Yoseftal: 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.