Eliezer2.jpg caption term 1913 1937 full name ChaimElazarSpira main work Minchas Elozor predecessor Tzvi Hirsch Spira successor Baruch Yehoshua Yerachmiel Rabinovich spouse1 Rochel Perl, daughter of Yakov Moshe Safrin of Komarno issue1 Frime Chaye Rifka Spira spouse2 issue2 spouse3 issue3 dynasty Munkacz Hasidic dynasty Munkacz father Tzvi Hirsch Spira of Munkacz mother Esther, daughter of Rabbi ... , Czechoslovakia Rabbi ChaimElazarSpira December 17, 1868 &ndash May 13, 1937 was one of the rebbe s of the Hasidic movement Munkacz Hasidic dynasty Munkacz or Munkatsh . Family background Spira ... his grandfather, Shlomo Spira served as Rabbi. ChaimElazar s father, Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Spira was a scion of the illustrious Spira family which had held rabbinical positions in Munk cs dating back to the founder of the Munk cs hasidic dynasty, Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech Spira who served as Chief Rabbi between the years 1828 and 1832. Rabbi ChaimElazar assumed the position as Chief Justice of the Rabbinical ...&pr goog sl Video of the wedding of Chaya Frima Rivka Spira daughter of Rabbi ChaimElazar to Rabbi Baruch Rabinovich Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Spira, ChaimElazar ALTERNATIVE ... OF DEATH May 12, 1937 PLACE OF DEATH Mukachevo DEFAULTSORT Spira, ChaimElazar Category 1871 births ... s passing in 1913. Rabbi ChaimElazar then succeeded his father as Chief Rabbi of Munk cs and the surrounding communities. Biography From a very young age Rabbi ChaimElazar proved to have a prodigious ... of his life, Rabbi ChaimElazar wrote and published over twenty books on the Jewish Law, Torah, Hasidism ... 170 year 1970 isbn 87677 005 7 publisher Hartmore House ref Rabbi ChaimElazar led his community ... event. Accomplishments Rabbi ChaimElazar championed the causes of his needy brethren in Munk cs ... shapira.asp?WT.mc id wiki Rabbi ChaimElazar Shapira the Munkaczer Rebbe A Jewish Community in the Carpathian ... work Minchas Elazar which contains six volumes. He was a great opponent of both political ... more details
Spira may refer to People ChaimElazarSpira , Munkacs Rebbe Elijah Spira Fred Spira 1924 2007 , Innovator and Executive in the Photographic Industry Harry Spira Jonathan Spira Nathan Nata Spira Phyllis Spira , South African prima ballerina assoluta Thomas Spira 1923 2005 , Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Prince Edward Island Tzvi Hirsch Spira , Munkacs Rebbe Shlomo Spira , Munkacs Rebbe Joel Spira , actor Other uses The medieval and Yiddish Hebrew name of Speyer , Germany Spira Final Fantasy Spira Final Fantasy , the world in which the role playing video games Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X 2 are based Spira mirabilis , the mathematical logarithmic spiral Spira Footwear , a controversial brand of running shoe Cadbury Spira , a Cadbury chocolate bar in a spiral shape Spira bryozoan , an extinct genus of Cryptostomida cryptostome Bryozoan Spira car disambig surname de Spira Begriffskl rung fr Spira it Spira sv Spira ... more details
Infobox Kibbutz name Talmei Elazar hebname Hebrew meaning Elazar Furrows foundation 1952 founded by Zikhron Ya akov residents and Eastern European and Iranian Jews region Sharon plain council Menashe Regional Council Menashe industry affiliation Agricultural Union pushpin map Israel haifa pushpin mapsize 250 pushpin label position bottom latd 32 latm 26 lats 43.08 longd 34 longm 58 longs 40.8 website http www.talmei elazar.com Talmei Elazar lang he n , lit. Elazar Furrows is a moshav in northern Israel . Located in the eastern Sharon plain to the north east of Hadera , it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council . In 2006 it had a population of 693. The village was established in 1952 by residents of Zikhron Ya akov and aliyah immigrants from Eastern Europe and Iran on land bought by the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association . It was named after Elazar Warmassar, one of the head of the PJCA. Menashe Regional Council Category Moshavim Category Agricultural Union Category Populated places established in 1952 cs Talmej El azar he pl Talmei Elazar ... more details
2001 11 2 1899 1 1 death place date of burial place of burial Elazar Menachem Man Shach lang he ... Rabbis . Elazar was a child prodigy, and was sent to study in the Ponevezh yeshiva at age seven ... from Meltzer, ref name Elazar Menachem Man Shach 1953 pg. 262 Path to Greatness The Life of Maran Harav Elazar Menachem Man Shach, Vol I Vaboilnik to Bnei Brak 1899 1953 pg. 262 ref and from 1927 ... Lublin Yeshiva , Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski sent the yeshivah s administrators a letter, recommending ... Elazar Menachem Man Shach 1953 pg. 262 Shach then taught Talmud at the Novardok yeshiva . In 1936 ... first went to Vilna , where he stayed with Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski . Later that year both Shach ... as Rosh Yeshiva at Etz Chaim Yeshiva in Jerusalem, Shach would later serve as the Rosh Yeshiva there as well .... ref Path to Greatness The Life of Maran Harav Elazar Menachem Man Shach, Vol I Vaboilnik to Bnei ... one time ally, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef . File PikiWiki Israel 9440 harav shach.jpg thumb 230px Elazar ... of Rabbi Elazar Shach.JPG thumb Grave of Rabbi Elazar Shach in Bnei Brak Shach launched a number ... Shach about his father, Rabbi Elazar Shach http www.shofar.net site ARDetile.asp?id 4453 Tzava a of Rabbi ... Chaim Shmuelevitz3 zt l.asp A Rosh Hashana Message from Rav Shach, the Steipler, and Rav Chaim Shmuelevitz, zt l Ponevezh Yeshiva Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Shach, Elazar ALTERNATIVE ... DEFAULTSORT Shach, Elazar Category Haredi rabbis in Israel Category Ponevezh Rosh yeshivas Category ... Brak Category Rabbis in Ottoman and British Palestine de Elasar Menachem Schach es Elazar Shach it Elazar ... more details
Infobox military person name David Elazar birth date Birth date 1925 8 27 death date Death date and age ... , Israel image caption David Dado Elazar nickname allegiance Palmach br Israel Defence Forces ... Crisis br Six Day War br Yom Kippur War awards laterwork David Dado Elazar August 27, 1925 April ... in Sarajevo , and of Sephardi c heritage, Elazar immigrated to Palestine in 1940 with the Youth ... of the famous HaPortzim Battalion of the Harel Brigade . Elazar remained in the army after ...&itemId 6316&itemType 0&fighter 85470 title David Dado Elazar publisher Palmach.org.il language Hebrew ... of the war. After the war, Elazar served as the chief operations officer on the general staff ... Commanders past david elazar.htm title David Elazar, The IDF s 9th Chief of Staff publisher IDF Official ... became known as the Munich Massacre . In response to these attacks, Elazar ordered what was, until ... key Palestinian leaders were assassinated in Beirut by the IDF. One of the decisions made by Elazar ... down by the Israeli Air Force over the Sinai Peninsula under direct orders from Elazar, killing over ... of the Jewish holiday s , Elazar finally became convinced that war would indeed break out ... had two major consequences Dayan refused to approve Elazar s request for a general call up of the reserves ... Elazar publisher Jewish Virtual Library ref Elazar nevertheless eventually decided independently on a limited call up, beginning on October 5 . Dayan refused to approve Elazar s recommendation that the IDF ... Sharon . In the early days of the fighting, Elazar was one of very few Israeli commanders who managed ... have yet to be resolved. At one point in the fighting, Elazar was forced to replace the Chief ... its interim report on April 1, 1974, calling for Elazar to be removed as Chief of Staff. The report stated that Elazar bears personal responsibility for the assessment of the situation and the preparedness ... from their posts. Elazar immediately submitted his resignation to the government, claiming that he ... more details
notability date April 2008 Elazar Meisels is an American Orthodox Judaism Orthodox rabbi and a graduate of the Telshe Rabbinical College, Chicago , Illinois , Mir Institute for Rabbinical Studies Jerusalem , Israel , and the Lakewood Kollel, Detroit, Michigan Detroit , Michigan . Meisels founded the Lidrosh Institute for Jewish Education in 1999 which operates throughout the State of Michigan , primarily focusing on Southeast Michigan. As Founding Director of Lidrosh Institute he teaches weekly Torah study groups to Jews in private homes, businesses, and universities. Although much of his teaching focuses on reaching out to Jews with minimal Jewish education, Meisels also teaches advanced level subjects to groups of all ages and backgrounds. His expertise is wide ranging, with a particular emphasis on clarifying obscure and difficult sentiments expressed in the Torah and Talmud . His explanations of these passages are designed to shed deeper insight into Jewish philosophy and expose his students to Orthodox interpretations of Torah. Meisels also serves as the Rabbi of the Michigan State University Hillel and as Educational Director of the Partners In Torah Telepartners Division. Orthodox Judaism Although Meisels identifies as an Orthodox rabbi, much of his educational efforts focus on affiliates of the Reform , Conservative Judaism Conservative , and Reconstructionist branches of Judaism. He maintains friendly and cooperative ties with clergy of all branches of Judaism and insists that much can be accomplished in the field of Jewish Outreach when common respect is accorded to all. External links http lidrosh.com Default.aspx?tabid 63 About Rabbi Meisels http www.lidrosh.com www.Lidrosh.com http study42.com Partners in Torah http www.torahmedia.com author Rabbi Elazar 2C ... Meisels, Elazar ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Meisels, Elazar Category American Orthodox rabbis Category Michigan State University ... more details
Infobox military person name Elazar Stern image Image AlazarShteren.jpg 150px caption birth date 1956 death date birth place Tel Aviv , Israel death place nickname allegiance flagicon Israel Israel branch Human Resources Directorate Israel Human Resources Directorate serviceyears 1974 2008 rank Aluf unit commands 226th Brigade , Bahad 1 , Education and Youth Corps battles First Lebanon War , Second Lebanon War awards relations laterwork Elazar Stern lang he , born 1956 is a former general in the Israel Defense Forces and former head of the Israeli Human Resources Directorate . Born in Tel Aviv , Stern attended Bar Ilan University , where he received a B.A. in Economics and Land of Israel Studies. He also received a Master s degree in Business Administration from Tel Aviv University and Northwestern University . Stern enlisted the IDF in 1974 as a paratrooper, eventually becoming the reserve commander of the Paratroopers Brigade in 1991. In the 1990s Stern became involved in officer training, and succeeded Gil Regev as head of the Manpower Directorate a name he changed to Human Resources in July 2004. As head of Human Resources Stern has overseen a program to convert non Jewish IDF troops to Judaism . He has also led the integration of hesder units, homogeneous units of Orthodox male soldiers combining yeshiva studies with military service, into mainstream units. While criticised by some religious Israelis that the action was meant only to prevent insubordination of religious troops during the Israel s unilateral disengagement plan Gaza pullout , Stern maintains that it is better for the troops. ref http www.jafi.org.il papers 2005 feb feb11jw.htm General Defends ... farewell party on the grounds that she had not served in the military. Elazar Stern completed ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Stern, Elazar ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1956 PLACE OF BIRTH Tel Aviv , Israel DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Stern, Elazar ... more details
Cadbury Spira was a milk chocolate product in the form of a hollow twisted spiral produced by Cadbury plc Cadbury , hence the name. need dates It was discontinued in late May 2005 for unknown reasons. External links http www.cadbury.co.uk ourproducts yesterday Pages Yesterday.aspx Cadbury discontinued products page confectionery stub Category Candy bars Category Cadbury brands Spira ... more details
Infobox Jewish leader honorific prefix Rabbi name Elazar Abuhatzeira honorific suffix title image caption synagogueposition synagogue yeshivaposition yeshiva organisationposition organisation began ended predecessor successor rabbi birth name birth date 9 August 1948 birth place Rissani , Morocco death date 29 July 2011 death place Be er Sheva , Israel buried nationality Israeli residence Be er Sheva , Israel parents Meir and Simcha Abuhatzeira spouse1 issue1 Elazar Abuhatzeira 9 August 1948 29 July 2011 was an Orthodox Judaism Orthodox Sephardi Jews Sefardi rabbi and kabbalist, known among his followers as the Baba Elazar. He was born in Rissani , Morocco to Meir and Simcha Abuhatzeira, was the grandson of the Baba Sali , Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira, and the brother of Rabbi David Chai Abuhatzeira of Nahariya . He made aliyah to Israel in 1966, remaining in Beersheba , where he ran a yeshiva . Abuhatzeira was known for his work and influence with business and political leaders, as well as his study of Kabbalah . Abuhatzeira, who had studied at Porat Yosef Yeshiva , had a following as a spiritual leader . He was one of Israel s leading kabbalists, and appeared in a list of the country s wealthiest people, with estimated assets of 80 million in 2011. ref name ettinger Abuhatzeira was known for wearing a cloak whose long hood covered most of his face, reportedly so he would not see ... that Elazar Abuhatzeira is a charlatan, con man and impostor who takes advantage of people s innocence ..., New York, Abuhatzeira stopped traveling to the United States. ref name ettinger Death Elazar ... accessdate 4 August 2011 ref ref name haaretz cite news title Popular kabbalah rabbi Elazar Abuhatzeira ... elazar abuhatzeira stabbed to death in be er sheva 1.375855 work Haaretz date 29 July 2011 accessdate ... see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Abuhatzeira, Elazar ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Rabbi ... OF DEATH Be er Sheva , Israel DEFAULTSORT Abuhatzeira, Elazar Category 1948 births Category 2011 ... more details
Elazar Hurvitz is an academic scholar in the field of Talmud ic studies. Biography He teaches at Yeshiva College Yeshiva University Yeshiva College and the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies , both schools of Yeshiva University . Hurvitz is Professor of Biblical and Talmudic Literature, and holds the Dr. Samuel Belkin Chair in Judaic Studies. He is also an ordained rabbi . fact date September 2009 In addition, Prof. Hurvitz is the creator and curator of the Eli Michael Microfilm Center for Genizah Studies on the fourth floor of Yeshiva University s library. ref http www2.jewishculture.org jewish scholarship jewish scholarship grants in aid.html ref Hurvitz s sub areas of specialty are halakha halakhic and midrash ic literature, Geonim Geonic literature, and Genizah research. He earned a doctorate from Yeshiva University s Bernard Revel Graduate School in 1965. His dissertation was Nature and sources of Yalkut Talmud Torah by Rabbi Jacob Sikili . Publications Hurvitz is the editor of many collections of scholarly articles in the field of Jewish studies. Some of Hurvitz s important publications include An edition of Sefer Ha Menu a , the commentary of Manoa of Narvonne on Maimonides s Mishneh Torah . Mosad Ha Rav Kook Jerusalem. 1970 An edition of the commentary of R. Isaac of Saragosa a student of Nahmanides on tractates Makkoth and Shevu oth and part of Yevamoth of the Babylonian Talmud. Mechon Genizat Qahir Yeshiva University, New York. 1987. The commentary of the Rid Rabbi Isaiah of Trani the Elder on the Book of Jeremiah. Yeshiva University New York. 1986 An edition of Geonic Responsa , Teshuvot Ha Ge onim with rulings from the medieval scholars of Provence. New York, 1995. Hurvitz co edited, with Jay Braverman, the volume The Prophet Amos ... faculty.asp Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hurvitz, Elazar ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Hurvitz, Elazar ... more details
Infobox member of the Knesset image birth date 12 March 1927 birth place Jerusalem , British Mandate of Palestine Mandate Palestine Year of Aliyah death date death place Knesset s Israeli legislative election, 1981 10th , Israeli legislative election, 1984 11th Party Mapam Former parties Alignment political party Alignment Gov t roles Elazar Granot lang he , born 12 March 1927 is an Israel i politician and a writer . He currently resides in Kibbutz Shoval . Biography Born in Jerusalem during the British Mandate of Palestine Mandate Palestine , Granot was educated at Pardes Hanna Agricultural High School , before moving onto the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he studied philosophy, sociology, literature, Hebrew and Bible. During World War II he volunteered for the Jewish Brigade , in which he served between 1944 and 1946. He also fought in the 1948 Arab Israeli War . In 1951 he became a member of kibbutz Sasa kibbutz Sasa , where he lived until 1958 when he moved to kibbutz Shoval . Between 1962 and 1964 he served as director of the Young Leadership of Mapam , becoming the party s organisational secretary in 1975, and political secretary in 1979. In 1981 he was Israeli legislative election, 1981 elected to the Knesset on the Alignment political party Alignment s list Mapam was a faction within the Alignment at the time . He was re elected in 1984, and was a member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee . Although he became Mapam s secretary general in 1985, Granot lost his seat in the Israeli legislative election, 1988 1988 elections . External links MKlink id 353 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Granot, Elazar ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 12 March 1927 PLACE OF BIRTH Jerusalem , British Mandate of Palestine Mandate Palestine DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Granot, Elazar Category 1927 births Category Members of the Knesset Category Jews in Ottoman and British Palestine Category People from Jeru ... more details
Harold R. Spira , BVSc MRCVS MACVSc HDA, most commonly referenced as Dr. Harry Spira , was an Australia n veterinarian , geneticist and Animal fancy dog fancier who was instrumental in the development of dog breeding programs which used artificial insemination and frozen semen. An author and respected dog show judge , he was active in the ANKC Australian National Kennel Club and proposed an alternative system of dog breed grouping. Among his myriad activities, Harry Spira participated in the promotion of the Afghan Hound in Australia and was an outspoken opponent of breed specific legislation against the German Shepherd dog. His book Canine Terminology , which has come to be considered a standard text on the subject, was reprinted in 2006. ref http www.dogsnsw.org.au bookshop Spira, Harold R. 2006, reprint Canine Terminology ref Dr Spira was the first Australian appointed to judge the coveted Best In Show award at Crufts Dog Show in England. ref Dr. Harry Spira died at the end of the decade of the 2000s. http www.sydneyroyalshows.com.au sydneyroyalcomps dog documents 2009DogSpecialPrizesandTrophies.pdf Page 4 of programme for 2009 Purina Sydney Royal Easter Show Sydney Royal Dog Show , under heading BEST IN SHOW PRIZES lists H R Spira Perpetual Trophy, donated by friends and admirers of the Late Dr Harry Spira ref References reflist 2 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Spira, Harry ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Spira, Harry Category Australian medical doctors Category Australian veterinarians Category Year of birth missing Category Year of death missing Category Place of birth missing Category Place of death missing Australia bio stub ... more details
Infobox person image imagesize name Camilla Spira birth date birth date 1906 3 1 df yes birth place Hamburg , Germany death date death date and age 1997 8 25 1906 3 1 df yes death place Berlin , Germany othername occupation Actress yearsactive 1924 1986 Camilla Spira 1 March 1906 &ndash 25 August 1997 was a Germany German film actress. She appeared in 68 films between 1924 in film 1924 and 1986 in film 1986 . She was born in Hamburg , Germany and died in Berlin , Germany . Selected filmography Morgenrot film Morgenrot 1933 in film 1933 The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 1933 in film 1933 Die Buntkarierten 1949 in film 1949 Pension Sch ller 1952 film Pension Sch ller 1952 Piccadilly Zero Hour 12 1963 in film 1963 External links IMDb name 0819017 Camilla Spira http film.virtual history.com person.php?personid 1191 Photographs and literature Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata Persondata NAME Spira, Camilla ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Actor DATE OF BIRTH 1906 3 1 PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg , Germany DATE OF DEATH 1997 8 25 PLACE OF DEATH Berlin , Germany DEFAULTSORT Spira, Camilla Category 1906 births Category 1997 deaths Category German film actors Category German silent film actors Germany film actor stub de Camilla Spira ... more details
Fred Spira 1924 2007 was an inventor and innovator in photography as well as a collector of photographic ... Early years Siegfried Franz Spira was born in Vienna, Austria to Hans and Paula n e Back Spira. His ... Spira Ritz. ref http www.spira.com Spira Home.nsf HansSpira?OpenPage The Hans Spira Gallery ref Spira attended the http www.amerlinggymnasium.at Amerlinggymnasium until after the Anschlu , when ... to North America on the SS Antonia , where the two were reunited with Spira s mother, who had arrived ... started Spiratone Fine Grain Laboratories, a photo processing business, in their apartment. Spira ... high school and graduating as the class valedictorian. His father died unexpectedly in 1945 and Spira ... In 1946, Spira opened a store on West 27th Street and started to sell a variety of photographic equipment ... that came out of these partnerships were sold under the Spiratone brand and Spira established rigorous ... 1722 The Way It Is Siegfried Franz Who? ref Spira merged Spiratone with a public company, Interphoto ... fc&articleID 1722 The Way It Is Siegfried Franz Who? ref Spira was also at the forefront ...&scp CAMERA VIEW Lens Attachments ref Spira left the company in 1987. Interphoto had been ... them near financial ruin. Spiratone ceased operation in the early 1990s. The Spira Collection Spira ... War Pictures Daguerreotype Nudes EXHIBITIONS SUMMER SESSION FREE FILMSTRIP ref The Spira Collection ... Eastman House held an exhibit of unique pieces from The Spira Collection in 1981, the first ... In the late 1990s, Spira, with the encouragement of Aperture Foundation executive director http www.nytimes.com ... Hoffman , began writing a book on the history of photography, using pieces from The Spira Collection as illustrations. As the book got underway, Spira started to show signs of Alzheimer s and his son, Jonathan Spira , helped finish the book. ref http www.photoreporter.com article.asp?issueID 89&num ... www.spira.com The History of Photography As Seen Through The Spira Collection was named a best book ... more details
Spira footwear manufactures running shoes with Coil spring springs embedded under the heel and toe . Controversy Spira claimed that their shoes were banned from races because they purportly did not conform to International Association of Athletics Federations and USA Track and Field Technical standard standards . The company has offered a million USD US Dollar bounty reward bounty to two Kenya ns if they win the 2006 Boston marathon wearing Spira s product. In spite of this, USATF confirmed in 2007 that the shoes aren t banned Because of pending litigation, USATF cannot comment on Spira shoes beyond confirming that USATF has not examined or banned the shoe, as we have publicly stated multiple times over the last year plus. ref David Monti http www.letsrun.com 2007 sprianotban4187.php Boston Publicity Stunt is Ultimately Hollow Shoes Are Not Banned . In Race Results Weekly. April 17, 2007 ref ref Weldon Johnson http www.letsrun.com 2008 spiraarticle0306.php Spira Shoes Update The Unbanned Banned Shoe . In LetsRun.com. March 6, 2008 ref External links http www.spirafootwear.com www.spirafootwear.com References references Category Shoe companies Category Companies based in El Paso, Texas manufacturing company stub ... more details
Infobox person name Thomas Spira image caption image size 111px birth place Bratislava , Czechoslovakia birth date Birth date 1923 12 28 death date Death date and age 2005 9 26 1923 12 28 death place Charlottetown , Canada education Bachelor of Arts B.A. , City College of New York Master of Arts postgraduate M.A. , Ph.D. , McGill University occupation Historian title Professor Emeritus employer University of Prince Edward Island Thomas Spira 1923 2005 was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Prince Edward Island and managing editor editor of the Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism , the first academic journal devoted to the study of nationalism . Born in Bratislava , Czechoslovakia , Spira moved to the United States just before the outbreak of World War II . He enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts program at the City College of New York in 1964, and later completed his Master of Arts postgraduate M.A. and Ph.D. in History at McGill University in Montreal . Spira began teaching at the University of Prince Edward Island in 1980, and was named Professor Emeritus by its Board of Governors in 1998. Selected publications Citation last Spira first Thomas title German Hungarian Relations and the Swabian Problem from K rolyi to G mb s publisher East European Monographs location Boulder, Colorado year 1977 url http books.google.com ?id QSMcAgAACAAJ isbn 0914710184 Citation publication date 1999 last Spira first Thomas title Nationalism and Ethnicity Terminologies An Encyclopedic ... last Spira first Thomas title Ethnonationalism in the Contemporary World Walker Connor and the Study ... 2004 References cite web url http www.peibooks.ca Authors ThomasSpira.html title Dr. Thomas Spira publisher P.E.I. Books and Publications accessdate 2008 08 01 Citation contribution Thomas Spira publication ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Spira, Thomas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE ... Charlottetown , Canada DEFAULTSORT Spira, Thomas Category Historians of Canada Category Historians ... more details
Rupert Spira is an England English studio potter . Born in 1960 he first studied pottery with Henry Hammond and later with Michael Cardew at Wenford Bridge Pottery from 1980 to 1982. ref http www.sculpture.uk.com artists rupert spira NewArtCentre. Rupert Spira Bot generated title ref His early work was reminiscent of these early influences being in a very traditional Bernard Leach style. This work is mostly practical in nature taking the form of teapot s, functional vases and other culinary ware. He later moved to set up his own pottery in Shropshire where his style changed from a functional to a more minimalistic style. While he continues to make and sell functional pottery he is now known for his more recent studio pottery . His best and most recognizable work contains poems, both self written and by Kathleen Raine the celebrated British poet. The poems are either scratched into the glaze in the sgraffito style or written as embossed letters either in a square block or in a single line across the surface of the vessel. ref name scva.org.uk http www.scva.org.uk exhibitions archive ?exhibition 32 Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts Exhibitions Archive Bot generated title ref These works vary in size from prayer bowls only a few centimetres across through to huge open bowls 50 cm or more in diameter. He is also known for his cylinders which are often made as part of a series and while ... worldwide. Image Spira left.JPG thumb 300px Medium size open poem bowl 43cm x 38cm x 12 cm Spira ... for Visual Arts ref name scva.org.uk Image Spira left white.JPG thumb 300px Medium white glaze bowl 35cm x 26cm x 14cm References references External links http www.rupertspira.com Rupert Spira s website http non duality.rupertspira.com Rupert Spira s non duality website Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Spira, Rupert ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1960 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Spira, Rupert Category 1960 births Category Living ... more details
Jonathan B. Spira born 1961 is a researcher and industry analyst known for his work in the area of collaboration and knowledge sharing and the problem of information overload . Early life Spira was born and grew up in New York City , the son of photographic pioneer de Fred Spira Fred Spira and his wife Marilyn n e Hacker . He studied Central European History at the University of Pennsylvania where he was a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity ref 2011 Pi Lambda Phi Membership Guide ref and the University of Munich Ludwig Maximilians Universit t Career Spira began his career in business and technology while still in high school when he became involved in the management of office systems at Spiratone , a company founded and run by de Fred Spira Fred Spira . After completing his studies in 1983, he founded a research and IT advisory firm, Basex originally called The Basex Group in 1983, that focused on helping organizations understand how knowledge workers work and what they can do to manage them more effectively. He has been associated with the firm ever since. Research Spira s research ... Sector, ref http books.google.com books?id WSc102GMZ9cC&pg PA50&dq 22jonathan spira 22&hl en Knowledge Management in the Public Sector ref the main thrust of Spira s arguments is that software ... that facilitate people working together. Spira started researching the problem of information overload ... and Publications Spira is the author of http www.amazon.com exec obidos ASIN 0470879602 vbbooks Overload ... the co author of http spiracollection.com spira home.nsf Home?Open The History of Photography Aperture ... Web site http www.spira.com spira home.nsf home?open The History of Photography http query.nytimes.com ...&pg PA53&dq jonathan spira Strategic Intelligence http www.kmworld.com Articles News News Analysis ... economy Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Spira, Jonathan ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Spira ... more details
Infobox person name honorific prefix honorific suffix image image size alt caption birth name Henri Spira ... active home town spouse partner children parents Maurice Spira and Margit Spitzer relations awards website Url www.example.com Henry Spira born Henri Spira, June 19, 1927 September 12, 1998 is widely ... Spira, Henry and Singer, Peter. Ten Points for Activists in Singer, Peter ed. . In Defense ... Press, 1995, chapter 3. ref Spira is credited with the idea in the animal protection movement ... privately rather than by publicly vilifying them. Sociologist Lyle Munro writes that Spira went to great ... true The Animal Activism of Henry Spira 1927 1998 , Society and Animals , Vol 10, Number 2, 2002 ..., retrieved March 22, 2008. ref Spira is particularly remembered for his successful campaign ... that led to the creation of the Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing . Spira s life was chronicled in 1998 by Peter Singer in Ethics Into Action Henry Spira and the Animal Rights Movement . Early life Spira was born in Antwerp city Antwerp, Belgium to Maurice Spira and Margit Spitzer Spira ... moved to Germany to live with Margit s family. Spira joined a Jewish youth group and began to learn Hebrew. ref name Singer1 Singer, Peter. Ethics into Action Henry Spira and the Animal Rights ... and women. Peter Singer writes that the anti materialism and independence of mind that Spira learned ... http www.ari online.org henry.html Henry Spira , The New York Times , September 15, 1998. ref ... in 1953 54. Peter Singer writes that Spira was also involved in the civil rights movement , and reported ... Spira took out this ad in The New York Times on April 15, 1980, leading Revlon to begin the search for alternatives to the Draize test . Spira told The New York Times that he first became interested ... Pressuring Perdue , The New York Times, November 26, 1989. ref One of the major influences on Spira ... castration , on the sex lives of cats. The museum halted the research in 1977, and Spira s campaign ... more details
The Spira is a lightweight, fuel efficient, three wheeled, two passenger car designed for the roads of Southeast Asia . 90 of its bodywork is made from a lightweight, reinforced foam. The car weighs only convert 137 kg lb sigfig 3 , and has a fuel efficiency of more than 100 mpg. The car s foam contains millions of air cells, and these act as tiny airbags during collisions, which offers protection to the car s occupants, as well as to the pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists who are very common in the areas where the car is planned to be used. The car s foam can be made from soybeans. The car, which was invented by Lon Ballard, has been entered into the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize competition. ref http www.gizmag.com foam bodied spira set to make a soft impact on deadly asian roads 11817 Foam bodied Spira set to make a soft impact on deadly Asian roads , gizmag.com, May 28, 2009 ref References reflist Category Three wheeled motor vehicles Modern auto stub ... more details
BLP sources date January 2010 Infobox person name Joel Spira image Joel Spira.jpg imagesize alt caption birth name birth date Birth date and age 1981 7 18 df yes birth place Stockholm , Sweden death date Death date and age YYYY MM DD YYYY MM DD Death date then birth death place othername occupation Actor yearsactive 2005 Present spouse domesticpartner website Joel Boris Spira born 18 July 1981 is a Swedish people Swedish film , television and theatre actor . Personal While studying biology at the University of Stockholm Spira decided to give acting a chance. After just spending one semester at Spegelteatern in Stockholm he applied to the well respected Malm Education Malm Theatre Academy where he got immediately accepted. He graduated in 2007. Career Theatre Spira has since graduating from Malm Theatre Academy appeared in several plays. He played Mowgli in Rudyard Kipling s The Jungle Book at L nsteatern in V ster s , Sweden . He later appeared in Lejonets unge at L nsteaten in rebro . He is since 2009 part of the cast of The Brothers Lionheart at Stockholms Stadsteater where he plays the Supporting actor secondary lead character The Brothers Lionheart Jonatan Jonathan . Film Spira made his movie debut in the 2009 short film Travem nde Trelleborg. ref http www.sfi.se en gb Swedish film Swedish Film Database ?type MOVIE&itemid 67552 Swedish Film Database Travem nde Trelleborg ref His first appearance in a feature film was in the 2010 movie Snabba cash English translation Easy Money by Swedish director Dani l Espinosa . A movie based on the book Snabba cash by the author Jens Lapidus . Television Spira appeared in the Sveriges Television SVT produced Children s television ... date August 2010 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Spira, Joel ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... DEFAULTSORT Spira, Joel Category 1981 births Category Swedish actors Category Living people sv Joel Spira ... more details
Use British English date October 2011 Use dmy dates date October 2011 Infobox person name Phyllis Spira image image size caption birth date birth date df yes 1943 10 18 birth place Johannesburg , South Africa death date death date and age df yes 2008 3 11 1943 10 18 death place Cape Town , South Africa occupation Ballet dancer spouse Philip Boyd parents Lazar Spira and Fanny Pauline Rosen Phyllis Bernice Spira 18 October 1943 11 March 2008 was a South African ballet dancer who was awarded the title of prima ballerina assoluta in 1984. She was the daughter of Lazar and Fanny Pauline n e Rosen Spira. She was often compared to the great dancer Alicia Markova by contemporaries and critics. Ninette de Valois referred to her as a baby Markova , ref name page1 Botha, p. 1 ref while the editor of Dance & Dancers , Peter Williams, said that Spira looked uncannily like Markova as well as having a flavour of Fonteyn , but with an approach all her own. ref name page1 Biography Educated at the Waverley GHS in Johannesburg , in 1959, she was accepted into the Royal Ballet School and soon afterwards ... life Phyllis Spira married Philip Boyd, a fellow former member of CAPAB, on 21 December 1986 in Cape ... group Note References reflist colwidth 30em Secondary sources Botha, Amanda, Phyllis Spira A Tribute ... Spira http entertainment.iafrica.com artzine news 235355.htm Prima ballerina Phyllis Spira dies ... RSS Prima ballerina Phyllis Spira dead at 64, Mail & Guardian Online, 12 March 2008 http www.news24.com News24 South Africa News 0,,2 7 1442 2287326,00.html Emotional farewell to Spira, News24 ... External links http pages.interlog.com saww 2000Phyllis.html Phyllis Spira at the SAWW ANNUAL AWARDS Website http www.whoswhosa.co.za Pages profilefull.aspx?IndID 3427 Phyllis Spira at Who s Who Ballet Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Spira, Phyllis ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... 11 PLACE OF DEATH Cape Town , South Africa DEFAULTSORT Spira, Phyllis Category People educated at the Royal ... more details
Infobox football biography name Spira Gruji image fullname Spira Gruji birth date birth date and age 1971 12 7 birth place Pristina , SFR Yugoslavia height convert 1.85 m ftin 0 abbr on position Central Defender association football defender currentclub youthyears1 youthclubs1 Red Star Belgrade years1 1991 1995 years2 1995 1997 years3 1997 1998 years4 1998 2004 years5 2004 2006 years6 2006 2007 clubs1 FK Radni ki Ni clubs2 R.W.D. Molenbeek clubs3 RSC Anderlecht clubs4 FC Twente clubs5 ADO Den Haag clubs6 FK Rad Rad Beograd caps1 61 caps2 64 caps3 15 caps4 146 caps5 39 caps6 15 goals1 0 goals2 1 goals3 1 goals4 3 goals5 0 goals6 0 nationalyears1 2000 nationalteam1 Serbia national football team FR Yugoslavia nationalcaps1 1 nationalgoals1 0 Spira Gruji Serbian Cyrillic pa p j born 7 December 1971 in Pristina , SR Serbia , SFR Yugoslavia is a retired Serbia n Association football football defender. Gruji passed through a number of youth teams of Red Star Belgrade , but never played in the main squad. The central defender moved in 1991 to FK Radni ki Ni , where he made his professional debut during the 1991 92 season. Gruji eventually played 4 seasons for FK Radni ki Ni before leaving in 1995 to Belgium. In Belgium Gruji played for two seasons for R.W.D. Molenbeek , moving in the summer of 1997 to RSC Anderlecht . In contrast to R.W.D. Molenbeek , he did not receive a consistent place in the squad and Gruji decided to look for it somewhere else. In 1998 Dutch football ... cgi bin index.pl?str igraci&strana Grujic Spira Profile at Serbian Federation website ... Persondata . NAME Grujic, Spira ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 7 December 1971 PLACE OF BIRTH Pristina , SFR Yugoslavia DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Grujic, Spira Category ... Category FK Rad players Category Association football defenders Serbia footy defender stub fr Spira Gruji nl Spira Gruji ... more details
Elijah Spira 1660 1712 alternatively, Shapira or Shapiro , Hebrew was son of Benjamin Wolf Spira . He was a brother in law of Yaakov Reischer http www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org jsource biography reischer.html , and a student of Avraham Gombiner http www.yarzheit.com FRY 01FRY Nissan.htm . He was rabbi at Tiktin , and afterward preacher and director of a large yeshiva Talmudic academy in his hometown of Prague . He published Eliyahu Zu a, a commentary on that part of Mordecai Yoffe s Levush relating to the Shulhan Aruk , Ora ayyim Prague, 1689, 1701 . He died at Prague April 14, 1712. His valuable work Eliyahu Rabbah Sulzbach, 1757 , containing discussions on the Ora ayyim , was printed posthumous work posthumous ly by his son, whose name is not given. Shishah Shi ot, novell on six Talmudic tractates, were published by his grandson Elijah ben Wolf Spira F rth, 1768 . His manuscript works, including commentaries on the Bible and Talmud , as well as sermons, responsa , etc., were destroyed by fire in 1754. Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography Eliyahu Rabbah , Preface F rst, Bibl. Jud. i. 239 contains many incorrect statements Zunz , Monatstage, p. 19. References http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?artid 1017&letter S 3364 JewishEncyclopedia Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Spira, Elijah ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1660 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1712 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Spira, Elijah Category 1660 births Category 1712 deaths Category Early Acharonim Category Czech Orthodox rabbis Category Austrian Orthodox rabbis Category 18th century rabbis Category People from Prague he ... more details
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