Halberstam
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Halberstam is a surname
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Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
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Etymology and history
Many other surnames beginning with "Halber" may have originated from Halberstam when immigrants came to America seeking more American-sounding names.People
- Ari HalberstamAri HalberstamAri Halberstam was a yeshiva student from a distinguished family associated with the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, who was killed in a terrorist shooting in New York City....
(1977-1994), Yeshiva student killed in the 1994 Brooklyn Bridge shootingBrooklyn Bridge ShootingThe Brooklyn Bridge Shooting occurred on March 1, 1994. In the attack, Lebanese-born immigrant Rashid Baz shot at a van of 15 Chabad-Lubavitch Orthodox Jewish students that was traveling on the Brooklyn Bridge. He used a Cobray semi-automatic pistol to strafe the van, and a Glock 9-millimeter...
. - David HalberstamDavid HalberstamDavid Halberstam was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author and historian, known for his early work on the Vietnam War, his work on politics, history, the Civil Rights Movement, business, media, American culture, and his later sports journalism.-Early life and education:Halberstam...
- (1934-2007), American journalist and author. - David J. HalberstamDavid J. HalberstamDavid J. Halberstam is the EVP/General Manager of Westwood One Sports. Previously, he was the play-by-play announcer for the Miami Heat and St...
, an executive with Westwood One, author of sports books, and former play-by-play announcer for the Miami Heat and St. Johns (New York) basketball. - Judith HalberstamJudith HalberstamJudith Halberstam, also Jack Halberstam, is Professor of English and Director of The Center for Feminist Research at University of Southern California. Halberstam was an Associate Professor in the Department of Literature at the University of California at San Diego before working at USC...
- Professor of EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Director of The Center for Feminist Research at University of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of Southern CaliforniaThe University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
. - Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam (1874-1941), Grand Rebbe of Bobov (1905-1941).
- Rabbi Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam (1954-present) Current Bobover Rebbe
- Rabbi Chaim HalberstamChaim HalberstamChaim Halberstam of Sanz , known as the Divrei Chaim after his magnum opus on halakha, was a famous Hasidic Rebbe and the founder of the Sanz Hasidic dynasty....
- (1793-1876), of SanzNowy SaczNowy Sącz is a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County, but is not included within the powiat.-Names:...
, founder of the Sanz dynastySanz (Hasidic dynasty)The Sanz Hasidic dynasty was founded by Rabbi Chaim Halberstam Rabbi of Nowy Sącz , author of Divrei Chaim and a son-in-law of Rabbi Boruch Frankel Thumim , Rabbi of Lipník nad Bečvou , author of Boruch Taam.-Founder of dynasty:The Divrei Chaim was a disciple of Rabbi Naftali of Ropshitz, who was...
. Known commonly as the Divrei Chaim. - Heini HalberstamHeini HalberstamHeini Halberstam is a British mathematician, working in the field of analytic number theory. He is one of the two mathematicians after whom the Elliott-Halberstam conjecture is named....
- one of the two mathematicians after whom the Elliott-Halberstam conjecture is named. - Rabbi Moshe HalberstamMoshe HalberstamRabbi Moshe Halberstam was the son of Grand Rabbi Yaakov Halberstam of Tschakava, a scion of the Sanz dynasty, and of the daughter of Rabbi Sholom Moskowitz of Shotz of London. He was the Rosh Yeshivah of the Tschakava Yeshivah in Jerusalem and one of the most prominent members of the Edah...
- (1932–2006), member of the Edah Charedis Rabbinical courtBeth dinA beth din, bet din, beit din or beis din is a rabbinical court of Judaism. In ancient times, it was the building block of the legal system in the Biblical Land of Israel...
of Jerusalem. - Rabbi Naftali HalberstamNaftali HalberstamGrand Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Halberstam , was the Grand Rebbe of Bobov from August 2000 until March 2005. He succeeded his father, Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam , as Grand Rebbe of Bobov....
- (1931-2005), Grand Rebbe of Bobov (2000-2005). - Rabbi Samuel David Halberstam - current Klausenberg Rebbe of Borough Park, BrooklynBrooklynBrooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
. - Rabbi Solomon Halberstam (The First) - (1847-1905), founder of the Bobov Hasidic dynasty.
- Rabbi Solomon Halberstam (The Second) - (1907-2000), Grand Rebbe of Bobov (1941-2000).
- Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga HalberstamYechezkel Shraga HalberstamRabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam, , known as the Shinever Rov , was the eldest son of the Divrei Chaim, Rabbi Chaim Halbertam of Sanz. He was famous for his disagreements with his father on matters of halakha...
- (1813-1899) - Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah HalberstamYekusiel Yehudah HalberstamYekusiel Yehudah Halberstam was an Orthodox rabbi and the founding rebbe of the Sanz-Klausenburg Hasidic dynasty....
- (1905-1994), OrthodoxOrthodox JudaismOrthodox Judaism , is the approach to Judaism which adheres to the traditional interpretation and application of the laws and ethics of the Torah as legislated in the Talmudic texts by the Sanhedrin and subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and...
rabbiRabbiIn Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
and founding rebbe of the Klausenberger dynasty. - Rabbi Zvi Elimelech HalberstamZvi Elimelech HalberstamZvi Elimelech Halberstam is the present Sanz-Klausenburger Rebbe of Netanya, Israel. He is also known as the Sanzer Rebbe. He is the eldest son of Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam, the first Sanz-Klausenberger Rebbe, who in his will divided the leadership of the Klausenburger Hasidim between his...
- Klausenberg Rebbe of NetanyaNetanyaNetanya is a city in the Northern Centre District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is located north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa between the 'Poleg' stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north.Its of beaches have made the...
- Elliott-Halberstam conjectureElliott-Halberstam conjectureIn number theory, the Elliott–Halberstam conjecture is a conjecture about the distribution of prime numbers in arithmetic progressions. It has many applications in sieve theory. It is named for Peter D. T. A. Elliott and Heini Halberstam....
- conjectureConjectureA conjecture is a proposition that is unproven but is thought to be true and has not been disproven. Karl Popper pioneered the use of the term "conjecture" in scientific philosophy. Conjecture is contrasted by hypothesis , which is a testable statement based on accepted grounds...
about the distribution of prime numberPrime numberA prime number is a natural number greater than 1 that has no positive divisors other than 1 and itself. A natural number greater than 1 that is not a prime number is called a composite number. For example 5 is prime, as only 1 and 5 divide it, whereas 6 is composite, since it has the divisors 2...
s in arithmetic progressionArithmetic progressionIn mathematics, an arithmetic progression or arithmetic sequence is a sequence of numbers such that the difference between the consecutive terms is constant...
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