31.7792° N, 35.2250° E

WEST JERUSALEM

Most Famous People Born in West Jerusalem, Israel

Notable people
916
Peak decade
1940s
Median birth year
1946
Most distinctive
Rabbi 79.1×

The most religiously over-indexed city on earth — the Rabbi bench runs at nearly eighty times the global baseline, an unbroken line from the ancient yeshivot through the Old Yishuv to today's seminaries. The thick Scholar and Computer Scientist depth belongs to the Hebrew University and the Givat Ram campus, where ancient textual study and modern cryptography share the same hilltop.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in West Jerusalem during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1940s with 153 notable births.

What West Jerusalem Is Known For

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Politician is West Jerusalem's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (92).

West Jerusalem over-indexes on rabbi79.1× the global rate.

West Jerusalem under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Politician92
  2. Rabbi81
  3. Football50
  4. Writer40
  5. Singer33
  6. Film28
  7. Actor27
  8. Journalist25
  1. Rabbi8179.1×
  2. Educator912.4×
  3. Scholar1110.9×
  4. Computer Scientist118.6×
  5. Activist94.5×
  6. Mathematician163.5×
  7. Diplomat183.4×
  8. Photographer143.2×
  1. Football500.5×
  2. Actor270.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of West Jerusalem's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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916 notable people

0301 FILM

Renen Schorr

Born 1952

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0302 LINGUIST

Uzzi Ornan

Born 1923

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0303 POLITICIAN

Moshe Nissim

Born 1935

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0304 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Ya'akov Meshorer

1935 - 2004

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0305 RABBI

Chaim Hezekiah Medini

1832 - 1904

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0306 WRITER

Ibrahim Souss

Born 1945

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0307 RABBI

Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach

1886 - 1954

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0308 CONSPIRACY

Yousef Beidas

1912 - 1968

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0309 SURVIVOR

Hind al-Husseini

1916 - 1994

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0310 WRITER

Nurith Gertz

Born 1940

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0311 SINGER

Bracha Tzfira

1910 - 1990

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0312 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Oded Lipschits

Born 1963

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0313 GOVERNMENT

Anwar Nusseibeh

1913 - 1986

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0314 WRITER

Yosef Rivlin

1838 - 1897

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0315 RABBI

Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron

1941 - 2020

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0316 FOOTBALL

Yechiel Hameiri

Born 1949

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0317 ACTIVIST

Chaïm Nissim

1949 - 2017

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0318 ACTIVIST

Rachel Azaria

Born 1977

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0319 FOOTBALL

Elisha Levy

Born 1957

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0320 LAWYER

Michael Sfard

Born 1972

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0321 ECONOMIST

Eli Noam

Born 1946

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0322 PAINTER

Michael Sgan-Cohen

1944 - 1999

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0323 MARTYR

Avner Shalev

Born 1939

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0324 ACTOR

Rivka Michaeli

Born 1938

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0325 KING

Ahaziah of Judah

Died -842

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0326 KING

Menelik I

-

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0327 POET

Israel Eliraz

1936 - 2016

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0328 POLITICIAN

Mossi Raz

Born 1965

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0329 CONDUCTOR

Asher Fisch

Born 1958

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0330 SINGER

Asher Mizrahi

1890 - 1967

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0331 COMPOSER

Amnon Wolman

Born 1955

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0332 RABBI

Yehuda Tzadka

1910 - 1991

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0333 POLITICIAN

Haim Corfu

1921 - 2015

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0334 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Gad Horowitz

Born 1936

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0335 MUHADDITH

Ibn Tahir of Caesarea

1056 - 1113

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0336 POLITICAL

Yehoshua Matza

Born 1931

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0337 SWIMMER

Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or

Born 1989

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0338 RABBI

Yaakov Meir

1856 - 1939

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0339 POLITICIAN

Hazem Nuseibeh

Born 1922

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0340 JOURNALIST

Adam Baruch

1945 - 2008

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0341 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Ran Raz

Born 1966

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0342 MUSIC

Yair Kless

Born 1940

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0343 BASKET

Rafi Menco

Born 1994

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0344 ACTOR

Godfrey Quigley

1923 - 1994

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0345 RABBI

Amram Blau

1894 - 1974

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0346 DIPLOMAT

Samir Shihabi

1925 - 2010

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0347 CHEMIST

Arieh Ben-Naim

Born 1934

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0348 FILM

Haim Bouzaglo

Born 1952

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0349 ECONOMIST

David Zilberman (economist)

Born 1947

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0350 RABBI

Mordechai Elon

Born 1959

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0351 POLITICIAN

Eliyahu Elyashar

1899 - 1981

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0352 PIANIST

Elisha Abas

Born 1971

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0353 SINGER

Victoria Hanna

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0354 PHILOSOPHER

Eddy Zemach

Born 1935

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0355 MATHEMATICIAN

Asher Kravitz

Born 1969

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0356 WRITER

Faris Glubb

1939 - 2004

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0357 FILM

Anat Zuria

Born 1961

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0358 ARCHITECT

Rasem Badran

Born 1945

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0359 WRITER

Nissim Amon

Born 1963

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0360 POLITICIAN

Mounir Chafiq

Born 1936

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0361 PHOTOGRAPHER

Steve Sabella

Born 1975

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0362 PHYSICIST

Daniel Lidar

Born 1968

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0363 CHOREOGRAPHER

Hofesh Shechter

Born 1975

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0364 JOURNALIST

Yoav Kutner

Born 1954

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0365 DIPLOMAT

Uri Savir

Born 1953

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0366 ECONOMIST

Menahem E. Yaari

Born 1935

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0367 RABBI

David Stav

Born 1960

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0368 ARTIST

Einat Arif-Galanti

Born 1975

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0369 RABBI

Yaakov Shaul Elyashar

1817 - 1906

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0370 FILM

Michal Aviad

Born 1955

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0371 SINGER

Hila Plitmann

Born 1973

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0372 ARTIST

Dan Chamizer

Born 1947

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0373 SINGER

Yehuda Saado

Born 1983

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0374 ACTIVIST

Ezra Nawi

Born 1952

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0375 THEOLOGIAN

Abba Saul

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0376 SCREENWRITER

Ra'anan Alexandrowicz

Born 1969

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0377 MANAGER

Eli Hurvitz

1932 - 2011

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0378 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Orna Berry

Born 1949

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0379 JOURNALIST

Yonit Levi

Born 1977

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0380 POLITICIAN

Yosef Ba-Gad

Born 1932

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0381 WRITER

Henry Cattan

1906 - 1992

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0382 WRITER

Oded Burla

1915 - 2009

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0383 RABBI

Yaakov Ades

1898 - 1963

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0384 FILM

Yossi Madmoni

Born 1967

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0385 MUSIC

Meir Nakar

1926 - 1947

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0386 MARTYR

Procopius of Scythopolis

Died 303

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0387 PHYSICIAN

Eli Schwartz

Born 1950

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0388 MATHEMATICIAN

Micha Perles

Born 1936

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0389 ACTOR

Shmil Ben Ari

Born 1952

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0390 BUSINESS

Gil Shwed

Born 1968

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0391 BRIGADIER

Ido Nehoshtan

Born 1957

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0392 MILITAR

Yisrael Galil

1923 - 1995

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0393 SCULPTOR

Raphael Maklouf

Born 1937

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0394 PSYCHIATRIST

Ruchama Marton

Born 1937

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0395 PHYSICIST

Zvi Ben-Avraham

Born 1941

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0396 SINGER

Toni Qattan

Born 1985

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0397 ENGINEER

Ibrahim Dakkak

1929 - 2016

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0398 JOURNALIST

Anat Kamm–Uri Blau affair

Born 1987

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0399 ARTIST

Oreet Ashery

Born 1966

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0400 LAWYER

Uriel Lynn

Born 1935

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0401 POLITICIAN

Ofer Berkovitch

Born 1983

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0402 POET

Pinchas Hacohen Peli

1930 - 1989

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0403 PAINTER

Zahara Schatz

1916 - 1999

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0404 JUDGE

Eliezer Goldberg

Born 1931

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0405 MODEL

Sivan Klein

Born 1984

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0406 SOVEREIGN

Tigranes V of Armenia

-16 - 36

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0407 FILM

Yehonatan Indursky

Born 1984

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0408 RABBI

Eliezer Shlomo Schick

1940 - 2015

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0409 LIBRARIAN

Yitzchak Sheilat

Born 1946

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0410 BASKET

Shalom Turgeman

Born 1970

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0411 ARTIST

Kamal Boullata

1942 - 2019

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0412 POLITICIAN

Meir Yitzhak Halevi

Born 1953

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0413 ENTREPRENEUR

Efi Arazi

1937 - 2013

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0414 HISTORIAN

Emile Touma

1919 - 1985

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0415 LITERARY

Dana Olmert

Born 1972

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0416 SINGER

Tamar Eisenman

Born 1980

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0417 ACTOR

Hili Yalon

Born 1985

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0418 RABBI

Yaaqov Medan

Born 1950

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0419 POLITICIAN

Yitzhak Aharonovich

Born 1950

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0420 POLITICIAN

Yehezkel Flomin

1935 - 2019

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0421 SINGER

Yosi Piamenta

1951 - 2015

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0422 WRITER

Yael Hedaya

Born 1964

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0423 SCHOLAR

Eliezer Schweid

Born 1929

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0424 POLITICIAN

Meshulam Nahari

Born 1951

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0425 ARTIST

Danny Rozin

Born 1961

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0426 ARTIST

Dani Gal

Born 1975

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0427 COLLECTOR

Jose Mugrabi

Born 1939

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0428 RABBI

Hayim David HaLevi

1924 - 1998

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0429 HISTORIAN

Esther Farbstein

Born 1946

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0430 POLITICIAN

Jamal al-Husayni

1893 - 1982

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0431 RABBI

Pinchas David Horowitz

1876 - 1941

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0432 PAINTER

Mosh Kashi

Born 1966

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0433 LAWYER

Meir Shmuel Gabay

1933 - 2010

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0434 POLITICIAN

Yahya Hammuda

1908 - 2006

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0435 PIANIST

Bob Sedergreen

Born 1943

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0436 RABBI

Rafi Peretz

Born 1956

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0437 SUNNI

Kamil al-Husayni

1867 - 1921

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0438 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Avi Nir

Born 1961

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0439 DIPLOMAT

Sallai Meridor

Born 1955

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0440 JOURNALIST

Yosef Ahimeir

Born 1943

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0441 ACTOR

Maya Eshet

Born 1990

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0442 ACTOR

Taim Hasan

Born 1976

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0443 POLITICIAN

Meir Avizohar

1923 - 2008

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0444 ACTOR

Ori Pfeffer

Born 1975

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0445 HISTORIAN

Yaron Tsur

Born 1948

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0446 AIR FORCE

Yael Rom

1932 - 2006

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0447 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Joseph Ginat

1936 - 2009

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0448 SINGER

Aderet (singer)

Born 1976

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0449 PRINTER

Abraham Frumkin

1872 - 1946

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0450 THEATRE

Micah Lewensohn

1952 - 2017

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0451 ARCHITECT

Ja'afar Tuqan

1938 - 2014

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0452 RABBI

Rabbi Bana'ah

-

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0453 POLITICIAN

Ze'ev Bielski

Born 1949

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0454 BASKET

Doron Shefa

Born 1961

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0455 SPORT

Guy Starik

Born 1965

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0456 RABBI

Shlomo Helbrans

1962 - 2017

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0457 JOURNALIST

Boaz Evron

1927 - 2018

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0458 BASKET

Yuval Naimy

Born 1985

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0459 POLITICIAN

Elazar Granot

1927 - 2013

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0460 JOURNALIST

Israel Segal

1944 - 2007

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0461 JOURNALIST

Haim Hanegbi

1933 - 2018

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0462 WRITER

Emuna Elon

Born 1955

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0463 SCHOLAR

Amos Hakham

1921 - 2012

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0464 ACADEMIC

Boaz Huss

Born 1959

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0465 POLITICIAN

Dudi Amsalem

Born 1960

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0466 PAINTER

Avraham Diskin

Born 1947

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0467 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Ron Shamir

Born 1953

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0468 POET

Nahid al-Rayyis

1937 - 2010

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0469 FILM

Vania Heymann

Born 1986

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0470 FOOTBALL

Dan Roman (footballer, born 1982)

Born 1982

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0471 WRITER

Yehuda Berg

-

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0472 RABBI

Yaakov Moshe Charlap

1882 - 1951

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0473 CIVIL SERVANT

Alexander Charles Ewald

1842 - 1891

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0474 OFFICER

Eitan Ben Eliyahu

Born 1944

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0475 RABBI

Yaakov Shapira

Born 1950

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0476 SCHOLAR

Nahum Rakover

Born 1932

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0477 RABBI

Zamir Cohen

Born 1965

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0478 ENTREPRENEUR

Avner Halperin

Born 1968

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0479 JUDGE

Eliezer Rivlin

Born 1942

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0480 JOURNALIST

Danny Rubinstein

Born 1937

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0481 POLITICIAN

Nissim Ze'ev

Born 1951

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0482 WRITER

Dror Green

Born 1954

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0483 ART HISTORIAN

Gannit Ankori

Born 1958

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0484 RABBI

Shimon Gershon Rosenberg

1949 - 2007

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0485 POLITICIAN

Hussein al-Husayni

Died 1918

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0486 REPRESENTATIVE

Dan Gillerman

Born 1944

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0487 EDUCATOR

Elad Peled

Born 1927

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0488 SCIENTIST

Amnon Marinov

1930 - 2011

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0489 POLITICIAN

David Coren

1917 - 2011

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0490 ACTOR

Adi Bielski

Born 1982

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0491 PSYCHOLOGIST

Mubarak Awad

Born 1943

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0492 POLITICIAN

Otniel Schneller

Born 1952

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0493 RELIGIOUS

Admon (tanna)

-

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0494 TEACHER

Yaakov Meir Shechter

Born 1932

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0495 WRITER

Ehud Havazelet

1955 - 2015

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0496 RABBI

Yitshak Ehrenberg

Born 1950

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0497 REBBE

Batsheva Kanievsky

1932 - 2011

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0498 RABBI

Levi ben Japheth

900 - 950

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0499 JOURNALIST

Joel Moses Salomon

1838 - 1912

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0500 MISSING

Alexander Rubowitz

1929 - 1947

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0501 WRITER

Nir Yaniv

Born 1972

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0502 RABBI

Avigdor Nebenzahl

Born 1935

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0503 LAWYER

Yishai Beer

Born 1956

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0504 COMPOSER

Ayal Adler

Born 1968

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0505 JOURNALIST

Nitzan Chen

Born 1963

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0506 RABBI

Yisroel Yaakov Fisher

1928 - 2003

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0507 ACTOR

Kamel El Basha

Born 1962

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0508 GUITAR

Amos Hoffman

Born 1970

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0509 FOOTBALL

Matan Barashi

Born 1988

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0510 DESIGNER

Raphie Etgar

Born 1947

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0511 POLITICIAN

Adi Koll

Born 1976

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0512 ART HISTORIAN

Bezalel Narkiss

1926 - 2008

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0513 RABBI

Shem Tob Gaguine

1884 - 1953

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0514 CHEF

Raphi Cohen

Born 1975

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0515 PHILOSOPHER

Rachel Albeck-Gidron

Born 1960

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0516 BASKET

Liron Cohen

Born 1982

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0517 PRODUCER

Yoad Nevo

-

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0518 WRITER

Efrat Ungar

1971 - 1996

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0519 PSYCHOLOGIST

Sara Smilansky

1922 - 2006

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0520 ARTIST

Ariel Schlesinger

Born 1980

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0521 FOOTBALL

Shlomi Edri

Born 1982

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0522 POLITICIAN

Orit Noked

Born 1952

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0523 RABBI

Benzion Yadler

1871 - 1962

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0524 POLITICIAN

Binyamin Avniel

1906 - 1993

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0525 JUDO

Timna Nelson-Levy

Born 1994

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0526 FOOTBALL

Tal Kachila

Born 1992

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0527 POLITICIAN

Esterina Tartman

Born 1957

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0528 DIPLOMAT

Yoram Ben-Zeev

Born 1944

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0529 POLITICIAN

Zuhdi Labib Terzi

1924 - 2006

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0530 PHOTOGRAPHER

Shimon Lev

Born 1962

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0531 AUTHOR

Asher Reich

Born 1937

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0532 POLITICIAN

Aref al-Dajani

1856 - 1930

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0533 PAINTER

Abraham Yakin

1924 - 2020

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0534 EDUCATOR

Noga Hareuveni

1924 - 2007

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0535 MISSING

Dr. Dahesh

1909 - 1984

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0536 SONGWRITER

Kenny Young

1950 - 2020

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0537 HISTORIAN

Gabriel Motzkin

Born 1945

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0538 BIOCHEMIST

Yehuda Lapidot

Born 1928

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0539 FOOTBALL

Itzik Kornfein

Born 1971

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0540 FOOTBALL

Itzik Cohen (footballer, born 1990)

Born 1990

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0541 WRITER

Hannah Bat Shahar

Born 1944

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0542 ECOLOGIST

Mordechai Halperin

Born 1946

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0543 MARTYR

Peter Apselamus

Died 311

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0544 RABBI

Zundel Kroizer

1924 - 2014

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0545 COMPOSER

Elias Davidsson

Born 1941

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0546 RABBI

Shmuel Auerbach

1931 - 2018

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0547 RABBI

Re'em Ha'Cohen

Born 1957

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0548 CONDUCTOR

Selim Sahab

Born 1941

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0549 ACTOR

Reuven Adiv

1930 - 2004

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0550 FOOTBALL

Avi Cohen (footballer, born 1962)

Born 1962

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0551 CHOREOGRAPHER

Moshe Efrati

1934 - 2020

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0552 DANCER

Yasmeen Godder

Born 1973

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0553 FILM

Elly Kenner

Born 1948

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0554 THÉÂTRE

Richard Douieb

Born 1956

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0555 PHYSICIAN

Aaron Valero

1913 - 2000

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0556 MUSIC

Abi Wallenstein

Born 1945

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0557 ASTROPHYSICIST

Smadar Naoz

Born 1978

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0558 ARTIST

Eliezer Weishoff

Born 1938

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0559 RABBI

Abba Saul ben Batnit

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0560 FOOTBALL

Yossi Mizrahi

Born 1953

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0561 SINGER

Uri Kabiri

Born 1970

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0562 JOURNALIST

Tamar Ish-Shalom

Born 1981

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0563 SCULPTOR

Ran Morin

Born 1958

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0564 GOVERNMENT

Yoav Mordechai

Born 1964

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0565 DEACON

Prochorus (deacon)

-

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0566 FOOTBALL

Murad Alyan

Born 1977

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0567 MUSIC

Jonathan Bar Giora

Born 1962

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0568 PHOTOGRAPHER

Dalia Amotz

1938 - 1994

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0569 PAINTER

Jumana El Husseini

1932 - 2018

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0570 SCHOLAR

Yehuda Liebes

Born 1947

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0571 LITERARY

Miriam Gross

Born 1939

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0572 AUTHOR

Sara Shilo

Born 1958

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0573 SINGER

Shefi Yishai

Born 1954

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0574 ACADEMIC

Gavriel Cohen

Born 1928

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0575 PHILOSOPHER

Sahl ben Matzliah

910 - 990

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0576 FILM

Jamal Dajani

Born 1957

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0577 RABBI

Gedaliah Aharon Koenig

1921 - 1980

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0578 ACTOR

Ruth Herz

Born 1944

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0579 ECONOMIST

Refael (Rafi) Benvenisti

Born 1937

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0580 RABBI

Yitzhak Arieli

1896 - 1974

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0581 PIANIST

Oded Zehavi

Born 1961

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0582 PSYCHOLOGIST

Elchanan Meir

1936 - 2014

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0583 MILITAR

Gadi Shamni

Born 1959

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0584 JUDGE

Yosef Harish

1923 - 2013

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0585 POLITICIAN

Yehoshua Sagi

Born 1933

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0586 MILITAR

Amos Horev

Born 1924

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0587 JUDO

Maher Abu Remeleh

Born 1983

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0588 SINGER

Ilana Eliya

Born 1955

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0589 BUSINESS

Hanna Siniora

Born 1937

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0590 POET

Dan Armon

Born 1948

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0591 LINGUIST

Irit Meir

1957 - 2018

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0592 SINGER

Yoni (chanteur)

Born 1951

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0593 SCHOLAR

Shulamit Elizur

Born 1955

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0594 BASKET

Adam Ariel

Born 1994

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0595 REBBE

Ezriel Auerbach

Born 1938

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0596 PSYCHOLOGIST

Avshalom Caspi

Born 1960

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0597 POLITICIAN

Orit Strook

Born 1960

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0598 MATHEMATICIAN

Shiri Artstein

Born 1978

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0599 PHOTOGRAPHER

Dor Guez

Born 1980

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0600 RABBI

Eliyahu Boruch Finkel

1947 - 2008

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