Halberstam
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Halberstam — ( he. הלברשטאם) is a surname, and may refer to:* David Halberstam (1934 2007), American journalist and author. * David J. Halberstam, an executive with Westwood One, author of sports books, and former play by play announcer for the Miami Heat and … Wikipedia
Halberstam — ist der Name von Chaim Halberstam (1793–1876), chassidischer Rabbiner und Begründer der nach ihm genannten Halberstam Dynastie David Halberstam (1934–2007), US amerikanischer Journalist und Schriftsteller Heini Halberstam (* 1927), britischer… … Deutsch Wikipedia
HALBERSTAM — HALBERSTAM, ḥasidic dynasty, originating in western Galicia in the mid 19th century. The most important personality in the dynasty was its founder, ḤAYYIM BEN LEIBUSH (1793–1876). Born in Tarnogrod, on his mother s side Ḥayyim was a descendant of … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HALBERSTAM, DAVID — (1934– ), U.S. writer. Halberstam was the younger of two sons born in the Bronx to Charles, a military surgeon whose parents had immigrated from Poland, and Blanche (Levy), a schoolteacher whose parents had come from Lithuania. His father s work… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HALBERSTAM, SOLOMON (Zalman) ḤAYYIM — (known from his acronym as ShaZHaH; 1832–1900), Polish scholar and bibliophile. Halberstam was born in Cracow and studied with his father, Isaac Halberstam, an eminent talmudist. During his years as a successful merchant in Bielsko (Bielitz),… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HALBERSTAM, ISAAC BEN ḤAYYIM — (1810–1880), talmudist and author. Halberstam was born in Brody and belonged to a distinguished rabbinical family. He was a brother in law of dov berush meisels , rabbi in Cracow and Warsaw, in partnership with whom he directed a banking… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Halberstam, David — ▪ 2008 American journalist and author born April 10, 1934 , New York, N.Y. died April 23, 2007 , Menlo Park, Calif. received a Pulitzer Prize in 1964 for his penetrating coverage of the Vietnam War as a staff reporter (1960–67) for the New… … Universalium
Halberstam, Solomon — ▪ 2001 “Shlomo” Polish born American religious leader (b. 1907, Bobowa, Pol. d. Aug. 2, 2000, New York, N.Y.), emigrated in the late 1940s to New York, where in Borough Park, a section of Brooklyn, he became the leader of the Bobov sect, a … Universalium
Halberstam — Hal•ber•stam [[t]ˈhæl bərˌstæm[/t]] n. big David, born 1934, U.S. writer … From formal English to slang
Halberstam — /hal beuhr stam /, n. David, born 1934, U.S. writer … Useful english dictionary
