Names and persons
29/08/2019 - 12:15
“His innumerable accomplishments in the computer sciences fields were enormous,” Prof. Yehoshua Kolodny, an Israel Prize laureate in earth... →
07/08/2019 - 11:58
They were never heard from again. Korczak was a beloved children’s author, pediatrician and teacher whose values and lessons have been... →
15/02/2019 - 14:36
By 1961, Medvedev had established a strong reputation both within the Soviet Union and abroad as a pioneering gerontologist, arguing that... →
28/12/2018 - 17:48
Oz, born Amos Klausner, received a raft of awards in Israel and abroad such as the Prix Femina and Officier des Arts et Lettres in France,... →
07/12/2018 - 13:47
Ivanka, US President Donald Trump’s daughter and adviser, was ranked at No. 24 on the list. After meeting her husband, Jared Kushner, who... →
02/08/2018 - 18:30
He was the son of a Jewish mother and a journalist father who was repressed during the Stalinist purges. Although he miraculously avoided a... →
06/07/2018 - 16:45
"'Shoah' changed the debate on the link between cinema and the memory of the Holocaust," Klein wrote. "This was the first film to show... →
19/05/2018 - 15:36
Professor Pipes, who spent his entire academic career at Harvard, took his place in the front rank of Russian historians with the... →
26/04/2018 - 14:07
Sachar, who was professor emeritus of history and international affairs at George Washington University, was born in St. Louis,... →
14/03/2018 - 12:24
Stephen William Hawking was born in Oxford on 8 January 1942. His father, a research biologist, had moved with his mother from London to... →
10/01/2018 - 12:57
Arseny Borisovich Roginsky passed away on the morning of December 18. Among his many distinctions, Roginsky managed to be a political... →
19/11/2017 - 16:25
Curie’s accomplishments included the development of the theory of radioactivity, techniques for isolating radioactive isotopes, and the... →