Ben-Zion
Ben-Zion, also spelled Ben Zion and Benzion (Hebrew: בן ציון, "Son of Zion") is a Hebrew given name. It may refer to the following people:
Given name
- Ben Zion Abba Shaul (1924–1998), rosh yeshiva, Porat Yosef Yeshiva
- Ben-Zion Ben-Yehuda, birth name of Itamar Ben-Avi (1882–1943), first native speaker of Modern Hebrew as the son of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda; journalist and Zionist activist
- Ben-Zion Bokser (1907–1984), major Conservative rabbi of the United States
- Ben-Zion Dinur (1884–1973), Israeli politician
- Benzion Freshwater (born 1948), British billionaire property investor
- Ben-Zion Gold (1923–2016), American rabbi
- Ben-Zion Gopstein (born 1969), Israeli radical right-wing activist
- Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam (born 1955), fifth Bobover Rebbe
- Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941), second Bobover Rebbe
- Ben-Zion Halfon (1930–1977), Israeli politician
- Ben-Zion Harel (1892–1972), Israeli doctor and politician
- Ben Zion Hyman (1891–1984), Canadian Jewish bookseller
- Ben-Zion Israeli or Yisraeli (1887-1954), one of the founders of the Kinneret Farm and of Kvutzat Kinneret. Played a major part in reintroducing high-quality date palms to the Land of Israel.
- Ben-Zion Keshet (1914–1984), Israeli politician
- Benzion Klatzko (born 1968), American rabbi, university professor, founder of the largest Jewish social network
- Ben-Zion Leitner (c. 1927–2012), Israeli soldier, received highest military decoration during Israel's War of Independence
- Benzion Miller (born 1947), Jewish cantor of world renown
- Benzion Netanyahu (1910–2012), Israeli historian, father of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
- Ben-Zion Orgad, born Ben-Zion Büschel (1926–2006), Israeli composer
- Ben-Zion Rubin (born 1939), Israeli politician
- Ben Zion Solomon, American-born Israeli musician
- Ben-Zion Solomon (1913–2016), soldier; wounded in the October Revolution, fought for Beitar, the Haganah, British police and army, Israel Defence Forces[1]
- Ben-Zion Sternberg (1894–1962), Zionist leader
- Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1880–1953), Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Mandatory Palestine and of Israel
- Ben-Zion Witler ( 1907–1961), Jewish singer, actor, coupletist, comedian and composer
Surname
- Yehoshua Ben-Zion (1924–2004), Israeli banker
Pseudonym
- Ben-Zion (1897-1987), Ukrainian-American painter, sculptor, poet and a dramatist. Member of "The Ten" group of expressionist artists.[2][3][4]
- S. Ben Zion (1870-1932), pen name of Simha Alter Guttman, Hebrew writer, educator, newspaper editor (Ha-Omer, Haaretz literary supplement), publisher, co-founder of Tel Aviv, father of artist Nachum Gutman; Bessarabia - Odessa - Jaffa & Tel Aviv, Palestine
See also
- Ben (Hebrew)
- Zion (disambiguation)
- All pages beginning with "Ben-Zion"
- All pages beginning with "Ben Zion"
- All pages beginning with "Benzion"
References
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