Shimon Peres was an Israeli politician who served as the ninth President of Israel (2007–2014), the Prime Minister of Israel (twice), and the Interim Prime Minister, in the 1970s to the 1990s. He was a member of twelve cabinets and represented five political parties in a political career spanning 70 years. Peres was elected to the Knesset in November 1959 and except for a three-month-long hiatus in early 2006, was in office continuously until he was elected President in 2007. At the time of his retirement in 2014, he was the world's oldest head of state and was considered the last link to Israel's founding generation.
Shimon bar Yochai, also known by his acronym Rashbi, was a 2nd-century tannaitic sage in ancient Judea, said to be active after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. He was one of the most eminent disciples of Rabbi Akiva, and attributed by many Orthodox Jews with the authorship of the Zohar, the chief work of Kabbalah.
Jonathan Liss Ohayon is an athlete from Canada and is the grandson of writer Joseph Liss. He competes in archery.
Batya Gur was an Israeli writer. Her specialty was detective fiction.
Shim‘on ben Lakish, better known by his nickname Reish Lakish, was an amora who lived in the Roman province of Syria Palaestina in the third century. He was reputedly born in Bosra, east of the Jordan River, around 200 CE, but lived most of his life in Sepphoris. Nothing is known of his ancestry except his father's name.
The Israel national basketball team represents Israel in international basketball tournaments. They are administered by the Israel Basketball Association. Israel has competed at 29 European Basketball Championships, 2 World Cups, and once at the Summer Olympics. They have also participated at the Asian Games from 1954-1974. The most success the national team has had on the international stage was winning gold and 2 silver medals at the Asian games in 1966, 1970, and 1974 respectively. They also won the silver at the European Championship in 1979.
Waterwalker is a 1984 documentary film by Bill Mason, a Canadian outdoorsman, painter, canoeist and environmentalist, who made many films on the art of canoeing and on the appreciation of nature. Released theatrically in Canada in 1984, it was nominated for a Genie Award for "Best Documentary Feature."
F.C. Ironi Ashdod is an Israeli football club, playing in the port city of Ashdod. The unorthodox name of the team is the result of the union of two city rivals, Hapoel Ashdod and Maccabi Ironi Ashdod.
The Mekhilta of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai is a Halakic midrash on Exodus from the school of Rabbi Akiva, attributed to Shimon bar Yochai. No midrash of this name is mentioned in Talmudic literature, but medieval authors refer to one which they call either "Mekhilta de-R. Simeon b. Yohai" or "Mekhilta Ahrita de-R. Shimon", or simply "Mekhilta Akheret".
Ayelet Ohayon is a three-time Olympian Israeli foil fencer. She also won the silver medal at the 1993 Junior World Cup Championships, the gold medal at the 2000 European Championships, and a gold medal at the 2009 Maccabiah Games in women's team foil, as part of Team Israel.
Shlomi Moshe Ohayon is an Israeli former professional football midfielder who serves as assistant manager of F.C. Ashdod.
Ran BenShimon is a former Israeli football player and the current head coach of the Cyprus national football team.
Yogev Ohayon is an Israeli professional basketball player for Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Super League. He also represents the senior Israel national basketball team in international competitions. Standing at 1.89 m, he plays at the point guard position. He is known as a skilled passer.
Matan Ohayon is an Israeli footballer who have played for Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
Nahalat Shimon is a Jewish religious neighborhood in East Jerusalem. Nahalat Shimon was founded in 1891 by Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jewish Kollels, to house poor Yemenite and Sephardi Jews. The cornerstone of the neighborhood was laid in 1890, near the Tomb of Simeon the Just.
Shimon Ohayon is an Israeli politician and a professor at Bar-Ilan University. He served as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu between 2013 and 2015.
Michèle Ohayon is a film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for the Academy Award-nominated feature documentary film, Colors Straight Up (1997), Cowboy del Amor (2005), Steal a Pencil for Me (2007) and Cristina (2016).
The Day to Mark the Departure and Expulsion of Jews from the Arab Countries and Iran is a Memorial Day that is marked in Israel every year starting in 2014, on November 30 with the purpose of marking the departure and expulsion of Jews from Arab countries and Iran. November 30 is the date that was chosen since it is symbolically the day following November 29, a day the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was adopted, and when many communities of Jews in Arab countries and Iran started to feel the pressure and hostility from their Arab and Persian neighbors and as a result of that were forced to leave their countries. It is based on a law sponsored by MK Shimon Ohayon and passed in the summer of 2014 by the Knesset.
Haviv Ohayon is an Israeli footballer who plays for Hapoel Hadera.