List of Israeli Americans

List of Israeli Americans

This is a list of notable Israeli Americans.

The list is ordered by category of human endavour. Persons with significant contributions in two fields are listed in each of the pertinent categories, to facilitate easy lookup.

List

Actors

*Natalie Portman Israeli-born American film star ("Léon, Star Wars prequel trilogy") [http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/25140/edition_id/491/format/html/displaystory.html]
*Chaim Topol one of the most famous Israeli theatrical and film performers ("Fiddler on the Roof")cite encyclopedia | title =Motion Pictures| encyclopedia =Encyclopaedia Judaica| volume=| pages =| publisher =Keter Publishing House| date =1971-1972| id =| accessdate =2006-11-17 ]
*Oded Fehr Israeli/American actor ("The Mummy", "") [http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=11743]
*Mili Avital Israeli-born actress ("Stargate") [http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=139] [http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=7793]
*Ricky Ullman Israeli-born American actor, teen idol ("Phil of the Future") [http://starrymag.com/content.asp?ID=392&CATEGORY=Interviews&PAGE=8]
*Tami Stronach Israeli/American actress ("The Neverending Story")
*Omri Katz Israeli/American actor ("Eerie, Indiana")
*Shiri Appleby Israeli/American actress ("Roswell")
*Steve Bond Israeli-born television actor and model
*Daphne Rosen Israeli/American porn star

Arts and entertainment

* Shuki Levy, Israeli-born American music composer whose best known work is soundtrack compositions for children's television programs of the 1980s.
* Ralph Bakshi, Israeli-born animation film director
* Rod Lurie, Israeli-born American director, screenwriter and former film critic.
*Ariel Vromen, Israeli/American producer and director.

Academics

* Yossef Bodansky, Israeli-born American political scientist
* Yaron Brook
* Idit Harel Caperton

Musicians

* Gene Simmons from KISS, Israeli-born
* Hillel Slovak the original guitarist for the band Red Hot Chili Peppers, Israeli-born.
* Elliott Yamin an American singer who is best known for being the third place finalist on the fifth season of "American Idol".
* Carmit Bachar member of the pop group, The Pussycat Dolls
* Miri Ben-Ari The hip-hop violinist playing in songs with Twista and Alicia Keys, Formerly a part of the Israeli military.

Business and commerce

*Haim Saban, a television and media proprietor. notable for his adaptations of "Power Rangers". ranked by "Forbes" as the 98th richest person in America.
* Raanan Katz, Israel/U.S., part owner of the Miami Heat
* Avi Arad, an Israeli-American businessman.
* Guy Oseary, an Israeli-American businessman.

Literature, journalism

* Michael Dorfman Russian-Israeli essayist and human rights activist

Fashion

*Sharon Genish, an Israeli/American model.
*Nony Tochterman, an Israeli-born fashion designer.
*Bar Refaeli, Israeli-born model

Other

* Eli Elezra
* Donna Feldman
* Brian George
* Emmanuel Banks
* Arison family

ee also

*Israelis
*List of notable Israelis
*Lists of American Jews
*Israeli diaspora

References


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