Haim "Kidoni" Bar-Lev was a military officer during Israel's pre-state and early statehood eras and later a government minister.
Geulah Cohen was an Israeli politician and activist who founded the Tehiya party. She won the Israel Prize in 2003. Between 1974 and 1992, she served as a member of Knesset, initially for Likud. She changed her political affiliation to Tehiya in 1979. In 1992, she lost her seat in the Knesset.
Rina Mor-Goder is an Israeli lawyer, writer and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1976.
Corine Spier-Rottschäfer was a Dutch model and beauty queen who won Miss World 1959 contest, representing the Netherlands. She was the first woman from her country to win the title. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom.
Sivan Sarah Klein is an Israeli model and beauty pageant titleholder who represented her country at the Miss Universe 2003 pageant in Panama City, Panama after she was crowned Miss Israel 2003. She is a television and radio host.
Miss Universe 1959 was the eighth Miss Universe pageant, held at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States on 24 July 1959. This was the last year that the pageant was held in Long Beach before it moved to Miami Beach, Florida in 1960.
Miss Universe 1958 was the seventh Miss Universe pageant, held at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States on 25 July 1958.
Miss Universe 1954 was the third Miss Universe pageant, held at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States on 24 July 1954.
Miss Israel was a national beauty pageant in Israel. The pageant was founded in 1950, where the winners were sent to Miss Universe.
Esther Herlitz was an Israeli diplomat and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment between 1973 and 1977 and again from 1979 until 1981. She was also Israel's first female ambassador, having been appointed as the country's ambassador to Denmark in 1966.
Dora Gad was an Israeli interior designer, whose work had significant influence on the development of modern Israeli architecture.
Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff was an Egyptian-born Israeli novelist, essayist and journalist. Kahanoff wrote in English, although she is best known for a cycle of essays, “A Generation of Levantines,” that was published in Israel in Hebrew translation in 1959. These pieces lay out her notion of “Levantinism,” a social model of coexistence drawn from her childhood experiences in Egyptian cosmopolitan society in the interwar period.
Limor Shreibman-Sharir is an Israeli writer, physician and beauty pageant titleholder. she was crowned Miss Israel 1973 and represented her country at Miss Universe 1973 where she placed 4th runner-up.
Miriam Naor was an Israeli judge who was President of the Supreme Court of Israel from January 2015 to October 2017. Naor retired at the end of October 2017 upon reaching the mandatory judicial retirement age of 70. She was succeeded by Esther Hayut.
Romanian Jews in Israel refers to the community of Romanian Jews who migrated to Israel beginning in the later 19th century, continued migrating to Israel after the formation of the modern state in 1948, and live within the state of Israel. The descendants of those who made aliyah in the 1930s, the wave of emigrants after World War II or after the fall of communism, with their children and grandchildren born in Israel, represent about 10% of the population. According to the Association of Romanian Journalists Abroad, about 400,000 Romanian Jews live in Israel. They have established several kibbutzim, moshavim and towns. Between 1882 and 1884, Romanian Jews in Israel already established nine localities.
Miss Trans Israel is a beauty pageant for transgender people. It was first held in 2016 in Tel Aviv, when it was won by Talleen Abu Hanna. She represented the nation of Israel in the Miss Trans Star International beauty pageant, that was held in the city of Barcelona in 2016.
Flora May Bedra-Golan is an Israeli politician who serves as the Minister for Social Equality and as Minister for Women's Empowerment. She was elected to the Knesset for Likud in the 2022 elections.
Corinne Ben-Ami is an American artist and former model and Israeli beauty queen who was crowned Miss Israel in 1957 and subsequently competed in the Miss Universe pageant.
Talleen Abu Hanna is an Israeli-Arab beauty pageant winner, model, actress, and television personality. In 2016, she was crowned the first-ever Miss Trans Israel and placed first runner-up at Miss Star International. She was a contestant on the Israeli reality television series Big Brother and the reality series Goalstar. In 2018, she competed in Miss Israel.
