Finkelstein — (פֿינק(ע)לשׁטײַן, פינקלשׁט(י)ין, Финкельштейн) is a German and Yiddish surname (originated from German Karfunkelstein , a carbuncle stone ) shared by a number of notable individuals:* Arthur Fields ( Abe Finkelstein ) * Arthur J. Finkelstein, a… … Wikipedia
Finkelstein — Fréquemment porté par des Juifs askhénazes (variante : Finkielstein), le nom peut être interprété de deux façons : on peut lui donner le sens de diamant, pierre brillante, également pyrite (forme yiddish de l allemand Funkelstein, en allemand… … Noms de famille
Finkelstein — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie des personnes (réelles ou fictives) partageant un même patronyme. Israël Finkelstein est archéologue israélien, directeur de l Institut d Archéologie de l Université de Tel Aviv et co responsable des… … Wikipédia en Français
Finkelstein — Fịnkelstein, Heinrich, Kinderarzt, * Leipzig 31. 7. 1865, ✝ Santiago 7. 1. 1942; ab 1908 Professor in Berlin und ab 1918 Direktor des dortigen städtischen Kinderkrankenhauses. Im Zuge der Judenverfolgung wurde ihm 1935 die Lehrerlaubnis… … Universal-Lexikon
FINKELSTEIN, LOUIS — (1895–1991), U.S. Conservative rabbi, scholar, and educator. Finkelstein was born in Cincinnati. His father, an Orthodox rabbi, supervised his early Jewish education. He graduated from the College of the City of New York (1915) and took his… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
FINKELSTEIN, ISRAEL — (1949– ). Israeli archaeologist, specializing in the Bronze and Iron Ages. Born in Tel Aviv, Finkelstein received his high school education in Petaḥ Tikva, before serving in the army. He undertook his graduate studies at Tel Aviv University in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
FINKELSTEIN, CHAIM — (1911–2000), educator and Zionist leader in Argentina. Born in Brest Litovsk (Brisk), Poland, he studied in a secular Jewish school of CYSHO and in a secondary Tarbut school. Member of the Borochov youth movement, at 17 he became its local… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
FINKELSTEIN, ARTHUR — (1945– ), U.S. political consultant and campaign director. Born in Brookyn to East European immigrant parents, Finkelstein was a graduate of Queens College. He served as a demographic analyst in Richard Nixon s 1972 reelection campaign and worked … Encyclopedia of Judaism
FINKELSTEIN, NOAH — (1871–1946), Zionist leader and Yiddish newspaper publisher, born in Brest Litovsk. An active Zionist from the time of the first Zionist Congresses, at first in Brest Litovsk and later in Warsaw, Finkelstein was among the supporters of the uganda … Encyclopedia of Judaism
FINKELSTEIN, JACOB JOEL — (1922–1974), U.S. Assyriologist, specializing in cuneiform law. Born in New York to Orthodox Jewish parents his early education included yeshivah training, but Finkelstein himself later moved far away from Orthodoxy. Though he graduated with… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
