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
  1. Ben Zion Avivi, information center for israeli art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, accessed 10 Aug. 2020
  2. Artist's homepage, accessed 10 Aug. 2020
  3. Ofer Aderet, One of Israel's Most Decorated Soldiers Fades Into History, Haaretz, 21.8.2016
  4. Matthew Baigell, American Artists, Jewish Images, p. 45-62, Syracuse University Press, 2006
  5. Archives of American Art, Oral history interview with Ben-Zion, 1982
  6. POBA file on Ben-Zion
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