Navon

Navon

Navon (Hebrew: נָבוֹן‎‎, lit. Intelligent) may refer to one of the following:

People

  • Yitzhak Navon (1921–), former President of Israel
  • Gad Navon (1922–2006), former chief rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces
  • Joseph Navon (1858–1934), a Jerusalem businessman
  • Ofira Navon (1936–1993), former First Lady of Israel

Concepts


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  • Navon — oder Nawon ist der Name folgender Personen: Benjamin Navon, israelischer Diplomat Jitzchak Nawon (Jitzhak Navon; * 1921), israelischer Politiker Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit dems …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Navon — n. family name (Hebrew); Itzhak Navon (born 1921), 5th president of the State of Israel …   English contemporary dictionary

  • NAVON, YITZHAK — (1921– ), Israeli politician, writer, and the fifth president of the state of Israel; member of the Sixth to Twelfth Knessets. Navon was born in Jerusalem to an old Sephardi family of well known rabbis that had settled in Ereẓ Israel in the 17th… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • NAVON, JONAH MOSES BEN BENJAMIN — (d. 1841), rabbi and Jerusalem emissary. Navon, together with his cousin, Joseph Saadiah Navon, was sent to Gibraltar and to various Moroccan communities by the rabbis of Jerusalem in 1802–03 in order to mobilize financial aid for the Jerusalem… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • NAVON, BENJAMIN MORDECAI BEN EPHRAIM — (1788–1851), kabbalist and halakhist, one of the outstanding Jerusalem sages of his time, son of Ephraim b. Jonah Navon. Navon was called Jilibin (Çelebi, a Turkish title of honor). He was head of the kabbalists of the Midrash Ḥasidim Kehillah… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • NAVON, ISAAC ELIYAHU — (1859–1952), Israeli composer and poet. Born in Adrianople (Edirne), Turkey, he taught in a Hebrew school established by his father in Constantinople and wrote for Jewish newspapers. He also helped to reorganize the Maftirim fraternity of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • NAVON, JOSEPH — (1858–1934), pioneer of Ereẓ Israel development. Navon was born into a prominent Sephardi family in jerusalem . His father, Eliahu Navon, was the Jewish representative in the Jerusalem regional council. Joseph was educated in France, and on his… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • NAVON, EPHRAIM BEN AARON — (1677–1735), rabbi and halakhist. Navon was born in Constantinople, and emigrated to Jerusalem about 1700, together with his father in law, Judah Ergas. He returned to Turkey in 1721 as an emissary of Jerusalem. On the termination of his mission… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • NAVON, JONAH BEN HANUN — (1713?–1760), rabbi and author. Navon was born in Jerusalem where his father was a rabbi. He studied in the bet ha midrash Bet Ya akov Pereira under Israel Meir Mizraḥi. In 1746 he headed the bet ha midrash Keneset Yisrael, founded by Ḥayyim ibn… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • NAVON, DAVID — (1943– ), Israeli psychologist. Born in Tel Aviv, he studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and received his doctorate in psychology from San Diego University in California. He taught at Haifa University where he became a professor in 1984 …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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