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Finkel or Finckel is a surname, and may refer to:
Related surnames:
- Aryeh FinkelAryeh FinkelAryeh Finkel is a Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva of the Brachfeld branch of the Mir yeshiva. Before assuming his post at the new yeshiva branch in 2005, he served as the mashgiach at the Mir in Jerusalem for many decades.-Biography:...
, rosh yeshivaRosh yeshivaRosh yeshiva, , , is the title given to the dean of a Talmudical academy . It is made up of the Hebrew words rosh — meaning head, and yeshiva — a school of religious Jewish education...
of the BrachfeldModi'in IllitModi'in Illit is a Haredi Israeli settlement and a city in the West Bank, situated midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Modi'in Illit was granted city status by the Israeli government in 2008. It is located six kilometres northeast of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut and is often referred to as Kiryat...
branch of the Mir yeshivaMir yeshiva (Jerusalem)The Mir yeshiva , known as the Mirrer Yeshiva or The Mir, is an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva in Jerusalem, Israel. With 6,000 students, it is the largest yeshiva in Israel. Many of the students are from the United States and Canada. It is also believed to be the largest yeshiva in the world... - Benjamin FinkelBenjamin FinkelBenjamin Finkel was a mathematician and educator most remembered today as the founder of the journal, American Mathematical Monthly. Born in Fairfield County, Ohio and educated in small country schools, Finkel received both a BS and MA from Ohio Northern University...
, American mathematician and educator - Binyomin Beinush FinkelBinyomin Beinush FinkelRabbi Binyomin Beinush Finkel, , was the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Mir in Jerusalem.He was born in Mir, Belarus, where his father Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel was the rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva. Rabbi Finkel acquired most of his Torah knowledge during his studies at the yeshiva...
, rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem from 1965–1990 - Caroline FinkelCaroline FinkelCaroline Finkel is a British historian and writer based in Turkey, with a doctorate from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London....
, British historian - Edwin FinckelEdwin FinckelEdwin A. Finckel was a jazz performer and arranger and a composer of songs and classical music.-Biography:Finckel was born in Washington D.C. as the youngest of six children. His father was a patent attorney and both his parents were musical...
, jazz composer - Eliyahu Boruch FinkelEliyahu Boruch FinkelEliyahu Boruch Finkel was an influential maggid shiur at the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem.-Biography:...
, a lecturer at the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem - Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva in Poland and in Jerusalem from 1917–1965
- Eliezer Yehuda FinkelEliezer Yehuda Finkel (II)Eliezer Yehuda Finkel is a Haredi Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva of the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem, which is considered to be the largest yeshiva in Israel with a student body of 6,000 students...
, current rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem - Fyvush FinkelFyvush FinkelPhilip “Fyvush” Finkel is an American actor best known as a star of Yiddish theater and for his role as lawyer Douglas Wambaugh on the television series Picket Fences, for which he earned an Emmy Award in 1994. He is also known for his portrayal of Harvey Lipschultz, a crotchety U.S...
, American actor - Gedaliah FinkelGedaliah FinkelRabbi Gedaliah Finkel is a lecturer in Yeshivas Mir in Jerusalem, Israel.Rabbi Finkel, the younger brother of Mirrer Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, was born and raised in Chicago and as a youngster learned in Skokie yeshiva...
, a lecturer at the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem - George FinkelGeorge FinkelGeorge Finkel , is a TV sports producer/director. He is the son of architect Maurice Herman Finkel. He graduated from University of Michigan in 1958...
, TV sports producer and director - Howard FinkelHoward FinkelHoward Finkel is a professional wrestling ring announcer currently working with WWE in a variety of roles. Hired in 1975 by Vincent J. McMahon's World Wide Wrestling Federation, "The Fink" was the first person brought in to Vincent K...
, professional wrestling announcer - Johannes FinkelJohannes FinkelJohannes Finkel is a Swiss maker of bows of violins, violas, cellos, and basses.The Finkel workshop is located in Brienz, Switzerland. Finkel is a fourth generation bow maker. His great-grandfather Ewald Weidhaas was a craftsman from the workshop of famous bow maker Victor Fetique...
, Swiss violin maker - Jon FinkelJon FinkelJon Finkel is an American Magic: The Gathering and poker player. In the year 2000, he became the world champion of Magic, as well as being on the team that became the team world champion.-Career:...
, American poker champion - Maurice Herman FinkelMaurice Herman FinkelMaurice Herman Finkel was an American architect and Yiddish theater actor. Born in Bessarabia, Russian Empire, Finkel immigrated to the United States as a child and became involved with Yiddish theater in New York City...
, Yiddish theatre performer - Moishe FinkelMoishe FinkelMoishe Finkel was a prominent figure in the early years of Yiddish theater. He was business partner first of Abraham Goldfaden and later of Sigmund Mogulesko and, for a time, was married to prima donna Annetta Schwartz...
, Yiddish theatre manager - Nosson Tzvi Finkel, the Alter of Slabodka
- Nosson Tzvi FinkelNosson Tzvi Finkel (Mir)Nosson Tzvi Finkel was an American-born Haredi Litvish rabbi and rosh yeshiva of the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem, Israel. During his tenure from 1990 until his death in 2011, he built the Mir into the largest yeshiva in Israel with nearly 6,000 undergraduate students and over 1,600 avreichim...
, rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem from 1990–2008 - Raphael FinkelRaphael FinkelRaphael Finkel is an American computer scientist and a professor at the University of Kentucky. He compiled the first version of the Jargon File. He is the author of An Operating Systems Vade Mecum, a textbook on operating systems, and Advanced Programming Language Design, an introductory book...
, American computer scientist - Shelly FinkelShelly FinkelShelly Finkel is an American boxing and music manager and promoter. Finkel started out in music, promoting acts such as Vanilla Fudge and Mountain, before moving into boxing in the late 1970s...
, American boxing promoter
See also
- Fin. K.L. (핑클), Korean female pop group
- Ray Finkle
Related surnames:
- Finkelmann
- Finkelkraut
- FinkelsteinFinkelsteinFinkelstein is a German and Yiddish surname shared by a number of notable individuals:...
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