David Ben-Gurion was the first Prime
Minister of Israel. He is considered the
"father" of modern Israel. Ben-Gurion was
also named one of Time Magazine's 100
Most Important People of the Century.
In 1969 Golda Meir became Israel's first and the world's
third woman to hold the Prime Minister office .She
was described as the "Iron Lady" of Israeli politics.
“Optimists and pessimists die the same way. They just live differently. I prefer to live as an
optimist.”
Shimon Peres, 2005
Shimon Peres is the ninth and current President of the State of Israel.
He served twice as the Prime Minister of Israel and once as Interim Prime Minister, and has
been a member of 12 cabinets in a political career spanning over 66 years.
At the age of 90, Peres is the world's oldest head of state.
Shimon Peres is the author of 11 books
He won the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize together with Yitzhak Rabin for the peace talks that he
participated in as Israeli Foreign Minister, producing the Oslo Accords.
Marcel Iancu was a Romanian and Israeli
visual artist and architect who contributed to
the early development of the Israeli art.
He is also well - known as the co-inventor of
Dadaism. (new ways of experimenting with
abstract sight and thought).
After 1953 his work centered on the
establishment of Ein Hod, an art colony.
Yaacov Agam is a sculptor.
His work is usually abstract, kinetic art, with movement, viewer participation and frequent use
of light and sound. His works are placed in many public places. The fountain is in Tel Aviv.
Ilana Goor is an international artist known for her uniquely styled sculptures, furniture, lighting, jewelry,
and accessories.
She works and lives in a restored 18th-century house located in the very heart of ancient Jaffa and
overlooking the Mediterranean. She's turned part of it into a museum of her sculptures in wood, stone, and
metal ,alongside works of art from her private collection.In the 18th century the house was used as the
first khan for Jewish pilgrims en route to Jerusalem.
Amos Oz was in recent years a serious candidate to receive Nobel Prize in Literature. He has published 35 books
since 1965, including 13 novels, four volumes of short stories and novels, children’s books and nine books
containing essays and articles.
Amos Oz is known for books like ‘A Perfect Peace’ (1982), ‘Black Box’ (1987), ‘How to Cure a Fanatic’ (2006),
‘A Tale of Love and Darkness’ (2003), ‘Scenes from Village Life’ (2009).
In 2007, his book "A Tale of Love and Darkness" was nominated one of the ten most important books since the
creation of the State of Israel.
Colonel Ilan Ramon was the first Israeli astronaut.
In 2003, he died as a member of the crew on the
Space Shuttle Columbia.
Shmuel Yosef Agnon,
Nobel prize for Literature, 1966
His works deal with the conflict between the traditional Jewish life and language and the modern
world. They also attempt to revive the fading traditions of the European shtetl (village).
Avram Hershko, Nobel
Prize for Chemistry,
2004
Daniel Kahneman,
Nobel Prize for
Economics, 2002
Aaron Ciechanover,
Chemistry, 2004
Robert Aumann,
Nobel Prize for Economics,
2005
Daniel Oren has conducted at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Metropolitan in New York, the
Arena in Verona, the Vienna Staatsoper, the Bastille in Paris and the opera houses of Rome, Trieste, Genoa,
Florence, Parma, Turin, Venice, Buenos Aires, San Francisco, Tokyo, Huston,
Washington and many others.
At Masada : Nabuco,Aida,Carmen
Itzhak Perlman is a violinist, conductor, and instructor of master classes. He is regarded as one of the
preeminent violinists of the 20th and early-21st centuries . Perlman has also played jazz and klezmer.
He has been a soloist for a number of movie scores, such as the 1993 film Schindler's List and Memoirs
of a Geisha, along with cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
Shlomo Mintz and Pinchas
Zukerman are violin virtuosos,
violists and conductors. They
regularly appear with orchestras
and conductors on the
international scene and are heard
in recitals and concerts around the
world.
Guy Braunstein ,violonist, developed a solo
and chamber music career. He
performed as a soloist with leading
orchestras around the world.
In 2000 Braunstein was appointed as the
concertmaster of the Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra.
Yoav Talmi,
conductor and composer.
Music Director, San Diego Symphony
1987–1996.
Chief Conductor, Hamburg Symphony
Orchestra
2000-2004.
Talmi's compositions include an Elegy for
Strings, Timpani and Accordion ("Dachau
Reflections").
Ivry Gitlis - violinist. He has performed with the
world's top orchestras (New York Philharmonic,
Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic,
Philadelphia Orchestra, and Israel Philharmonic),
and many of his recordings are considered classics.
Violinist Gil Shaham is
internationally recognized by
audiences and critics alike as
one of today’s most virtuosic
and engaging classical artists.
Haim Topol came to greatest
prominence in the role of Tevye the
milkman in the long-running
musical show Fiddler on the Roof. He
later starred in the 1971 film version.
In 1972, Topol won a Golden Globe
Award and was nominated for a Best
Actor Oscar for his performance in
the film.
Natalie Portman is a very talented Israeli
American actress
Academy Award for Best Actress – 2011 in the
film Black Swan.
Ofra Haza , a very popular singer, was invited to sing in front of the Pope, as well as on other major and
important occasions such as the Nobel Prize ceremonies and the peace deal signing in Israel.
Her music fused elements of Eastern and Western instrumentation, orchestration and dance-beat. She became
successful in Europe and the Americas; during her singing career, she earned many platinum and gold discs.
Achinoam Nini ,also known by her professional name Noa, is a leading Israeli
international concert and recording artist.
Noa has performed in Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall in New York City,
Olympia in Paris, Rome's Colosseum. In 2000, Noa recorded the theme song of "Life
Is Beautiful", Roberto Benigni's Oscar award-winning film.
The popular ICQ instant-messaging program was created by four Israeli computer geeks: Yair Goldfinger, Arik
Vardi, Sefi Vigiser and Amnon Amir – four men who have really changed the world. For the first time it
was possible for people to communicate with their friends and know when their friends are online.
In 1999, Dov Moran, an Israeli engineer and
entrepreneur, along with his colleagues at msystems,
invented an innovative device that could be connected
to a computer quickly and easily. The device did not
require a preliminary installation process and it
operated using a standard connection that exists in any
modern computer. It was small, reliable and enabled
unlimited expansion of the scope of memory.
VoIP technology enables telephone calls to be
transmitted via the internet.
The internet was originally designed to transfer
computer data, thus a special application that
would allow the transfer of telephone calls via
internet had to be developed.
This type of innovative software was first
developed in 1995 by Alon Cohen, Lior
Haramati, Ofer Shem-Tov, Elad Sion, Opher
Kahane and Dror Tirosh - Israeli software
developers at VocalTec.
In 1995, Israeli entrepreneur
Amnon Ovadia identified the
need for an online English–
Hebrew dictionary that did not
interrupt the reading process.
As a result, Babylon Ltd. was
founded in 1997 and launched
the first version of Babylon, a
computer dictionary and
translation program.
Drip irrigation - the system that is based on using plastic pipes that release small amounts of water next to roots of
plants - was developed by the Israeli engineer Simcha Blas .
The invention caused a revolution in agriculture and has been adopted by farmers in many countries .
Blass and his son Yeshayahu and the desert-based Kibbutz Hatzerim (near Beer Sheva ) established Netafim
Irrigation Company. Production began in 1966. Netafim engineers working with Blass, developed the online
dripper - indeed allowing the desert to bloom.
Aleksandr Averbukh won three gold
medals in the pole vault at European
championships (2000 — indoor, 2002
and 2006) as well as two medals at the
World championships (1999 and
2001).
Shahar Pe'er - ranked #11 at her best
the doubles team of Andy Ram and Joni
Erlich (world #7 team ) ,in 2006 and 2008
Australian Open champions.
Dudi Sela ranked # 29 at his best
Athens Olympic Games in Greece, August 25, 2004.
Gal Fridman became the first Israeli competitor to
win an Olympic Games gold medal.
Photo:People's Daily Online
In 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic games,judoca
Yael Arad won a silver medal and became the
first Israeli to win an Olympic medal.
Tal Brody – a former basketball player. In 1979 he was awarded the country's highest civilian honor,
the Israel Prize. In 1977, he led tiny Israel's basketball team to the European Cup Basketball
Championship. Along the way, his team defeated the heavily favored CSKA Moscow.
Brody's famous remark upon beating the Soviets – "We are on the map! And we are staying on the
map – not only in sports, but in everything." – became a part of Israeli culture
Dear Israel,
We wish you a happy, long, long life.
We wish you
Peace !
Love and
understanding !
We wish you to flourish !
We wish you all the best
in the world .
“In Israel, in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles”
David Ben-Gurion
Photos – Noemi.Ervin,Adi,Liviu
Negev desert , Dead Sea ,Ein Gedi , Ein Hod,
Jerusalem,Masada,Ashdod, Beer Sheva,Omer
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Music : Hora mamtera
15 April 2013