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 Avivi (born 1954), artist, Jerusalem–Manhattan–Santa Fe; Israel and US[1][2]
  • 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 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 the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
  • 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 October Revolution, fought for Betar, Haganah, British police & army, Israel Defence Forces[3]
  • 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

Pseudonym

  • Ben-Zion (1897–1987), Ukrainian-American painter, sculptor, poet and a dramatist. Member of "The Ten" group of expressionist artists.[4][5][6]
  • 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 with titles beginning with Ben-Zion
  • All pages with titles beginning with Ben Zion
  • All pages with titles beginning with Benzion

References

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