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Horowitz also transcripted as Horovitz
/Hurwitz/Gurvich/Gurevich, is a surname that has its origin in the Yiddish
name for the town of Hořovice
in Bohemia
, near Prague
. The patriarch of the family line is thought to be Isayah Ha-Levi Ish Horowitz, who lived in Hořovice
in the 16th century and had eight sons who spread the family throughout Europe, which later spread to the Middle East, Russia and the Americas. Today there are some 50,000 people around the world, mostly of Levite
and Jewish ancestry, carrying a variation of the Horowitz surname.
Horovitz
Horovitz is a surname, and may refer to:*Adam Horovitz, a musician and member of the Beastie Boys*David Horovitz , an author and political commentator *David Horowitz...
/Hurwitz/Gurvich/Gurevich, is a surname that has its origin in the Yiddish
Yiddish language
Yiddish is a High German language of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, spoken throughout the world. It developed as a fusion of German dialects with Hebrew, Aramaic, Slavic languages and traces of Romance languages...
name for the town of Hořovice
Horovice
Hořovice is a small town in Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is the administrative and economical center of surrounding area. Its most known building is Hořovice Castle.- History :...
in Bohemia
Bohemia
Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...
, near Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
. The patriarch of the family line is thought to be Isayah Ha-Levi Ish Horowitz, who lived in Hořovice
Horovice
Hořovice is a small town in Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is the administrative and economical center of surrounding area. Its most known building is Hořovice Castle.- History :...
in the 16th century and had eight sons who spread the family throughout Europe, which later spread to the Middle East, Russia and the Americas. Today there are some 50,000 people around the world, mostly of Levite
Levite
In Jewish tradition, a Levite is a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi. When Joshua led the Israelites into the land of Canaan, the Levites were the only Israelite tribe that received cities but were not allowed to be landowners "because the Lord the God of Israel himself is their inheritance"...
and Jewish ancestry, carrying a variation of the Horowitz surname.
Rabbis
- Isaiah HorowitzIsaiah HorowitzIsaiah Horowitz, , also known as the Shelah ha-Kadosh after the title of his best-known work, was a prominent Levite rabbi and mystic.-Biography:...
, Czech-born German and Israeli rabbi, cabbalist, and author- Shabtai Horowitz, Volhynia-born Austrian Rabbi and Talmudist, son of the Isaiah
- Shabtai Sheftel HorowitzShabtai Sheftel HorowitzShabtai Horowitz was a rabbi and talmudist, probably born in Ostroh, Volhynia. He was the son of the kabbalist Isaiah Horowitz, and at an early age married the daughter of the wealthy and scholarly Moses Charif of Lublin...
, Rabbi and nephew of Isaiah Horowitz
- Pinchas HorowitzPinchas HorowitzRabbi Pinchas HaLevi Horowitz was a rabbi and Talmudist.-Life:The descendant of a long line of rabbinical ancestors and the son of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Horowitz of Chortkiv, he received a thorough Talmudic education, chiefly from his older brother, Rabbi Shmelke of Nikolsburg, together with whom he...
, German rabbi and Talmudist - Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak HorowitzYaakov Yitzchak HorowitzRabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Horowitz is one of North America’s foremost experts on the intricate art of kosher food production and a key part of Manischewitz, the continent’s leading kosher brand . He serves as chief supervising rabbi of the Manischewitz group of companies on behalf of the Orthodox Union...
, one of North America’s foremost experts on the intricate art of kosher food production and a key part of ManischewitzManischewitzManischewitz is a leading brand of kosher products based in the United States, best known for their matzo and wine. Founded in 1888 and under family control until 1990, it is the world's largest matzo manufacturer and one of America's largest kosher brands....
. - Rebbe Yankev Yitzchok fun Lublin (Horowitz)Yaakov Yitzchak of LublinYaakov Yitzchak of Lublin, also Jacob Isaac of Lublin, or Y. Y. Horowitz , known as "The Chozeh of Lublin" , or simply as the "Chozeh", was a Hasidic rebbe from Poland....
- Shmelke Horowitz of NikolsburgShmelke of NikolsburgShmelke of Nikolsburg was one of the great early Chasidic Rebbes. Born Shmuel Horowitz Shmelke of Nikolsburg (1726 Chortkiv, Galicia - 1778 Nikolsburg, Moravia) was one of the great early Chasidic Rebbes. Born Shmuel Horowitz Shmelke of Nikolsburg (1726 Chortkiv, Galicia - 1778 Nikolsburg,...
, Poland-born Chief Rabbi of Moravia and cabalist - Yidele HorowitzYidele HorowitzGrand Rabbi Yidele Horowitz , popularly known as Reb Yidele, was the Rebbe of Dzikov, who spent his last years in London, England...
, Hasidic Rebbe of Dzikov
Others
- Adam Horowitz (screenwriter), American TV show writer
- Adam Horowitz (journalist)Adam Horowitz (journalist)Adam Horowitz is an American journalist who co-edits the self-described "news website devoted to covering American foreign policy in the Middle East, chiefly from a progressive Jewish perspective," Mondoweiss with journalist and author Philip Weiss...
- co-editor of MondoweissMondoweissMondoweiss is a news website devoted to covering American foreign policy in the Middle East, chiefly from a progressive Jewish perspective. It was founded in 2006 by journalist and author Philip Weiss and is currently co-edited by Weiss and author/activist Adam Horowitz... - Alexandre HorowitzAlexandre HorowitzAlexandre Horowitz was a Belgian-born Dutch technical engineer and inventor.Alexandre "Sacha" Horowitz was born in 1904 in Antwerp, to parents of East-European Jewish heritage, and lived from 1914 in The Netherlands until his death in 1982...
, Dutch technical engineer and inventor - Anthony HorowitzAnthony HorowitzAnthony Craig Horowitz is an English novelist and screenwriter. He has written many children's novels, including The Power of Five, Alex Rider and The Diamond Brothers series and has written over fifty books. He has also written extensively for television, adapting many of Agatha Christie's...
, British author and television scriptwriter - Ariel HorowitzAriel HorowitzAriel Horowitz is an Israeli Singer-Songwriter, and the son of the late Naomi Shemer, widely regarded as one of Israel's most important song writers. He released three albums: Yallah Bye , Renée and Menase Sefer ....
- Daniel HorowitzDaniel HorowitzDaniel Horowitz is an American defense attorney who has represented several high-profile clients including talk show host Michael Savage and is a frequent commentator in the media on criminal cases in the news.-Background:...
, legal analyst and attorney - David HorowitzDavid HorowitzDavid Joel Horowitz is an American conservative writer and policy advocate. Horowitz was raised by parents who were both members of the American Communist Party. Between 1956 and 1975, Horowitz was an outspoken adherent of the New Left before rejecting Marxism completely...
, formerly New LeftNew LeftThe New Left was a term used mainly in the United Kingdom and United States in reference to activists, educators, agitators and others in the 1960s and 1970s who sought to implement a broad range of reforms, in contrast to earlier leftist or Marxist movements that had taken a more vanguardist...
but now conservative writer and social activist- also see David Horowitz (disambiguation)David Horowitz (disambiguation)David Horowitz may refer to: * David Horowitz , first governor of the Bank of Israel* David Horowitz , founder of the United Israel World Union...
- also see David Horowitz (disambiguation)
- Donald Horowitz (disambiguation)
- Israel Horowitz, American chess master
- Jerome Horowitz, American scientist
- Leonard HorowitzLeonard HorowitzLeonard George Horowitz DMD, MA, MPH is a former dentist, a health industry entrepreneur, and the author of a number of books, pamphlets, DVDs, CDs and articles on public health issues; the books and pamphlets have been published under his own Tetrahedron imprint...
, American conspiracy theorist, dentist and writer. - Michael HorowitzMichael Horowitz*For the British poet, see Michael Horovitz.*For the U.S. electrical engineer see Michael J. HorowitzMichael Horowitz is an American author and archivist in San Francisco....
, American author, husband of writer Cynthia Palmer and father of actress Winona Ryder. - Moses Yitzchaq ha-Levi HorowitzMoses HorowitzMoses Ha-Levi Horowitz , also known as Moishe Hurvitz, Moishe Isaac Halevy-Hurvitz, etc., was a playwright and actor in the early years of Yiddish theater...
, Yiddish playwright - Norman HorowitzNorman Horowitz (geneticist)Norman Harold Horowitz was a geneticist at Caltech who achieved national fame as the scientist who devised experiments to determine whether life might exist on Mars. His experiments were carried out by the Viking Lander of 1976, the first U.S...
, American geneticist and space biologist - Paul HorowitzPaul HorowitzPaul Horowitz is a U.S. physicist and electrical engineer, known primarily for his work in electronics design, as well as for his role in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence .-Biography:...
, U.S. physicist and electrical engineer - Ryszard HorowitzRyszard HorowitzRyszard Horowitz was born in Kraków, Poland. At the age of only four months, he and his family were transported into a series of concentration camps following the Nazi invasion of Poland. After years of imprisonment, he and his parents survived the horrors of the work camps...
, Polish photographer - Scott J. HorowitzScott J. HorowitzScott Jay "Doc" Horowitz is a retired American astronaut and a veteran of four space shuttle missions.After earning his undergraduate degree in engineering from California State University, Northridge in 1974-1978, Horowitz earned a doctorate in aerospace engineering from the Georgia Institute of...
, American astronaut - Shmuel HorowitzShmuel Horowitz- Biography :Horowitz was born in Minsk, then in the Russian Empire , and studied in Moscow. He was a close friend of the poet Saul Tchernichovsky, with whom he shared accommodation. In 1917, his sister was murdered by an antisemitic gang in Ukraine...
, Israeli agronomist. - S. Horowitz & Co.S. Horowitz & Co.S. Horowitz & Co., founded in 1921 by the late Shalom Horowitz, is the third largest law firm in Israel. Its offices are in Tel Aviv. With over 90 fee earners, the firm specializes in high end corporate and commercial legal practices. It was ranked as Israel's overall leading law firm by the ...
(a law firm in Israel founded by the late Shalom Horowitz) - Vladimir HorowitzVladimir HorowitzVladimir Samoylovich Horowitz was a Russian-American classical virtuoso pianist and minor composer. His technique and use of tone color and the excitement of his playing were legendary. He is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century.-Life and early...
, renowned classical pianist - Wayne HorowitzWayne HorowitzWayne Horowitz is an archeologist of the ancient Near East and Professor teaching specifically within the field Assyriology. -Activities:He completed his Ph.D thesis Wayne Horowitz (b. Roslyn, New York) is an archeologist of the ancient Near East and Professor teaching specifically within the...
, archeologist...