Ephraim Kishon - Ephraim Kishon Ephraim Kishon (born August 23, 1924) is an Israeli satirist, dramatist, screenwriter, and film director. Born in Budapest, Hungary, as Ferenc Hoffmann, he studied sculpture and painting, and then began publishing humourous essays and writing for the stage. He emigrated to Israel in 1949, where an immigration officer gave him the name Ephraim Kishon. Acquiring a mastery of Hebrew with remarkable speed, he started a regular satirical column in the easy-Hebrew daily, Omer, after only two years in the country. From 1952, he wrote the column "Had Gadya" in the daily Ma'ariv. Devoted largely to political and social satire but including essays of pure humour, it became one of the most popular columns in the country. His extraordinary inventiveness, both in the use of.
Friedrich Torberg - York. In 1951 he returned to Vienna, where he remained for the rest of his life. Torberg is known best for his satyrical writings in fiction and nonfiction, as well as his translations into German of the stories of Ephraim Kishon, which remain the standard German language version of Kishon's work. Selected works Der Schüler Gerber hat absolviert (1930) (this semi-autobiographical novel tells the story of a high school student under the oppression of a tyrannical teacher) Die Tante Jolesch oder der Untergang des Abendlandes in Anekdoten (1975) (a collection of amusing yet bittersweet anecdotes about Jewish life and personalities in pre-Nazi Vienna and Prague) Die Erben der Tante Jolesch (1978) (the sequel to the above).
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film - Film, JN Film - Michael Cacoyannis producer and director The Keeper of Promises a.k.a. The Given Word (O pagador de promessas) (Brazil) - Cinedistri, Produções Francisco de Castro - Francisco de Castro, Anselmo Duarte, Oswaldo Massaini producers - Anselmo Duarte director The Four Days of Naples (Le quattro giornate di Napoli) (Italy) - Metro, Titanus - Goffredo Lombardo producer - Nanni Loy director The Pearl of Tlayucan (Tlayucan) (Mexico) - production Co. and producer - Luis Alcoriza director 1963 8 1/2 (Otto e mezzo) (Italy) - Cineriz, Francinez - Angelo Rizzoli producer - Federico Fellini director Knife in the Water (Nôz w wodzie) (Poland) - ZRF "Kamera" - Stanislaw Zylewicz - Roman Polanski director La Tarantos (Spain) - Films Rovira Beleta, Tecisa, Teresa - José Gutiérrez Mendoza, Francisco Rovira Beleta producers.
August 23 - Gulf War) 1990 - Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union 1990 - West Germany and East Germany announce that they will unite on October 3 2000 - A Gulf Air Airbus A320 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain killing 143 Births 1754 - King Louis XVI of France (†1792) 1769 - Georges Cuvier, biologist, statesman 1783 - William Tierney Clark, civil engineer (†1852) 1785 - Oliver Hazard Perry, US naval officer (Battle of Lake Erie) 1829 - Moritz Cantor, mathematician 1852 - Arnold Toynbee, economist, social reformer 1864 - Eleftherios Venizalos, prime minister of Greece (1910-1915, 1928-1932) 1869 - Edgar Lee Masters, author (†1950) 1875 - William Eccles, radio pioneer 1883 - US General Jonathan Wainwright, Medal of Honor recipient 1900 - Ernst Krenek,.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (January 22, 1729 - February 15, 1781), writer, philosopher, publicist and art thinker, is the most outstanding German representative of the Enlightenment era. With his plays and his theoretical writings he substantially influenced the development of German literature. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Life 2 Work 3 Select bibliography 4.
Ephraim the Syrian - Ephraim the Syrian Ephraim the Syrian (also spelled "Ephrem" or "Ephraem", and sometimes suffixed "of Edessa") (c.306 - 373) was a Christian deacon, monk and hymn writer. He was born in Nisibis, a town in Mesopotamia. It is said that he accompanied his bishop to the First Council of Nicaea in 325. Throughout his life, he fought against Gnosticism and Arianism. To counter the Gnostic heresies being spread through their songs, he wrote many hymns and poems proclaiming the Christian faith. One of his prayers is still extensively used today by Eastern Orthodox churches during the season of Great Lent leading up to Easter: O Lord and Master of my life, do not give me the spirit of laziness, meddling, self-importance and idle talk. Instead, grace.
Ephraim, Utah - Ephraim, Utah Ephraim is a city located in Sanpete County, Utah. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 4,505. Geography \nEphraim is located at 39°21'29" North, 111°35'2" West (39.358095, -111.584014)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.2 km² (3.6 mi²). 9.2 km² (3.6 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water. Demographics \nAs of the census of 2000, there are 4,505 people, 1,128 households, and 753 families residing in the city. The population density is 487.2/km² (1,262.4/mi²). There are 1,275 housing units at an average density of 137.9/km² (357.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 89.23% White, 0.38% African American, 0.38% Native American, 1.29% Asian, 0.53%.
Ephraim, Wisconsin - Ephraim, Wisconsin Ephraim is a village located in Door County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 353. Geography \nEphraim is located at 45°9'23" North, 87°10'16" West (45.156509, -87.171047)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 10.1 km² (3.9 mi²). 10.1 km² (3.9 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water. Demographics \nAs of the census of 2000, there are 353 people, 161 households, and 112 families residing in the village. The population density is 34.9/km² (90.6/mi²). There are 771 housing units at an average density of 76.3/km² (197.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 99.15% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00%.
Tribe of Ephraim - Tribe of Ephraim The Tribe of Ephraim is one of the Hebrew tribes, founded by Ephraim son of Joseph, noted in the Jewish and Christian Bible. This tribe took precedence over that of Manasseh by virtue of Jacob's blessing (Gen. 41:52; 48:1). The descendants of Joseph formed two of the tribes of Israel, whereas each of the other sons of Jacob was the founder of only one tribe. Thus there were in reality thirteen tribes; but the number twelve was preserved by excluding that of Levi when Ephraim and Manasseh are mentioned separately (Num. 1:32-34; Josh. 17:14, 17; 1 Chr. 7:20). At the time of the first census while the tribes were in the wilderness this tribe numbered 40,500 (Num. 1:32, 33); forty years later, when about.
Mount Ephraim - Mount Ephraim This is an article from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.\nThis article is written from a nineteenth century Christian viewpoint, and may not reflect modern opinions or recent discoveries in Biblical scholarship.\nPlease help the Wikipedia by bringing this article up to date. Mount Ephraim - the central mountainous district of Palestine occupied by the\ntribe of Ephraim (Josh. 17:15; 19:50; 20:7), extending from\nBethel to the plain of Jezreel. In Joshua's time (Josh. 17:18)\nthese hills were densely wooded. They were intersected by\nwell-watered, fertile valleys, referred to in Jer. 50:19. Joshua\nwas buried at Timnath-heres among the mountains of Ephraim, on\nthe north side of the hill of Gaash (Judg. 2:9). This region is\nalso called the "mountains of Israel" (Josh. 11:21) and the\n"mountains of Samaria" (Jer..
Mount Ephraim, New Jersey - Mount Ephraim, New Jersey Mount Ephraim is a borough located in Camden County, New Jersey. As of the 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 4,495. Geography \nMount Ephraim is located at 39°52'52" North, 75°5'29" West (39.881113, -75.091345)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 2.3 km² (0.9 mi²). 2.3 km² (0.9 mi²) of it is land and 1.11% is water. Demographics \nAs of the census of 2000, there are 4,495 people, 1,818 households, and 1,174 families residing in the borough. The population density is 1,972.2/km² (5,100.1/mi²). There are 1,881 housing units at an average density of 825.3/km² (2,134.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough is 97.51% White, 0.40% African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.62% Asian, 0.02% Pacific.
Kingdom of Israel - was scarcely seated on his throne when the old jealousies between Judah and the other tribes broke out anew, and Jeroboam was sent for from Egypt by the malcontents (12:2,3). Rehoboam insolently refused to lighten the burdensome taxation and services which his father had imposed on his subjects (12:4), and the rebellion became complete. Ephraim and all Israel raised the old cry, "Every man to his tents, O Israel" (2 Samuel 20:1). Rehoboam fled to Jerusalem (1 Kings 12:1-18; 2 Chronicles 10), and Jeroboam was proclaimed king over all Israel at Shechem, Judah and Benjamin remaining faithful to Solomon's son. War, with varying success, was carried on between the two kingdoms for about sixty years, till Jehoshaphat entered into an alliance with the house of Ahab. Extent of the Kingdom The.
January 22 - would have been bombed the previous day, January 21, and this day if Project Bojinka, an Al Qaeda plot, was not discovered in a Manila apartment on the night of January 5 and the morning of January 6 1997 - Madeleine Albright becomes the first female secretary of state after confirmation by the United States Senate. 1998 - Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski pleads guilty and accepts a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. 2001 - Four of the "Texas 7" are caught at a convenience store in Woodland Park, Colorado and a fifth killed himself inside a motor home. 2002 - AOL Time Warner brings a federal suit against Microsoft seeking damages. The suit alleges that the market for AOL's Netscape Navigator Internet browser was harmed when Microsoft started.
Jacob - on the dying bed of his father Isaac. The complete reconciliation between Esau and Jacob was shown by their uniting in the burial of the patriarch (35:27-29). Jacob was soon after this deeply grieved by the loss of his beloved son Joseph through the jealousy of his brothers (37:33). Then follows the story of the famine, and the successive goings down into Egypt to buy corn (Gen. 42), which led to the discovery of the long-lost Joseph, and the patriarch's going down with all his household, numbering about seventy souls (Ex. 1:5; Deut. 10:22; Acts 7:14), to sojourn in the land of Goshen. Here Jacob, "after being strangely tossed about on a very rough ocean, found at last a tranquil harbour, where all the best affections of his nature were gently.
James Lovelock - James Lovelock James Ephraim Lovelock (born July 26, 1919) is an independent scientist, author, researcher and environmentalist who lives in Cornwall, in the west of England. He is most famous for proposing and popularizing the Gaia hypothesis, in which he postulates that the Earth functions as a kind of superorganism (term coined by Lynn Margulis). Life History Lovelock was born in Letchworth Garden City. He studied chemistry at Manchester University before taking up a Medical Research Council post at the Institute for Medical Research in London. In 1948 he received a Ph.D in medicine at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Within the United States he has taught at Yale, Baylor University College of Medicine, and Harvard University. Professional Career A lifelong inventor, some of his inventions.
James Gillespie Blaine - Scottish-Irish stock on the side of his father. He was the great-grandson of Colonel Ephraim Blaine (1741-1804), who during the War of Independence served in the American army, from 1778 to 1782 as commissary-general of the Northern Department. With many early evidences of literary capacity and political aptitude, JG Blaine graduated at Washington College in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1847, and subsequently taught successively in the Military Institute, Georgetown, Kentucky, and in the Institution for the Blind at Philadelphia. During this period, also, he studied law. Settling in Augusta, Maine, in 1854, he became editor of the Kennebec Journal, and subsequently on the Portland Advertiser. But his editorial work was soon abandoned for a more active public career. He was elected to the lower house of the state legislature in 1858, and.
Japan Prize - and Ernest John Christopher Polge 1991 Jacques - Louis Lions and John Julian Wild 1990 Marvin Minsky, William Jason Morgan, Dan Peter Mckenzie, and Xavier Le Pichon 1989 Frank Sherwood Rowland and Elias James Corey 1988 Georges Vendryes, Donald A. Henderson, Isao Arita, Frank Fenner, Luc Montagnier, and Robert C. Gallo 1987 Henry M. Beachell, Gurdev S. Khush, and Theodore H. Maiman 1986 David Turnbull and Willem J. Kolff 1985 John R. Pierce and Ephraim Katchalski - Katzir.
Joseph - and interpreted dreams Joseph the Betrothed was the foster-father of Jesus Christ Joseph of Arimathea acquired the body of Jesus from Pontius Pilate The tribe of Joseph consists of the tribe of Ephraim and the tribe of Manasseh Chief Joseph was a Nez Perce Chief Joseph is also the name of some places: Joseph, Utah Joseph, Oregon There are also some places called Saint Joseph. This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page..
Joshua - Hebrew name Joshua means God is his help, or God the Saviour. Joshua was the son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim and the successor of Moses as the leader of Israel. See also History of ancient Israel and Judah. He is called Jehoshua in Num. 13:16 (A.V.), and Jesus in Acts 7:45 and Heb. 4:8 (R.V., Joshua). He was born in Egypt, and was probably of the age of Caleb, with whom he is generally associated. He shared in all the events of the Exodus, and held the place of commander of the host of the Israelites at their great battle against the Amalekites in Rephidim (Ex. 17:8-16). He became Moses' minister, and accompanied him part of the way when he ascended Mount Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments.
Joseph Soloveitchik - out of respect for this, many leaders and politicians from Israel sought his advice and blessings in state affairs. He was reputedly offered the position of Chief Rabbi of Israel , such as by Prime Minister Menachem Begin , but he quietly and consistently refused this offer. Ironically, despite his open and passionate love for the modern State of Israel ,yet, he never visited the land.Perhaps because the name Soloveitchik meant something entirely different in Israel than it does in America. The Rav He unfailinglingly captured the adoration of his students. He was known as the "Rav", he became the greatest leader of Modern Orthodoxy in the twentieth century, often espousing relatively very liberal positions on educational, political, and social issues within the Orthodox world. His ordination of over 2000 Orthodox.
