Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
BLOOM, HYMAN — (1913– ), U.S. painter. Born in Latvia, Bloom and his family moved to Boston in 1920, whereupon they changed their name from Melamed to the more American sounding Bloom. Around the age of 14 Bloom began studying art at a Jewish Community Center… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Hyman Bloom — (b. Brunavišķi, Latvia, March 29, 1913) is a painter. His work is influenced by his Jewish heritage, as well as the supernatural. Many of his works feature macabre subjects such as skeletons or corpses.Bloom was born into an orthodox Jewish… … Wikipedia
Hyman Kaplan — Hyman Kaplan, or H* Y* M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N as he habitually signs himself, is a fictional character in a series of humorous stories by Leo Rosten, under the pseudonym Leonard Q. Ross , which were originally published in The New Yorker in the 1930s… … Wikipedia
Bloom — [bluːm], Hyman, eigentlich H. Metamed, amerikanischer Maler, Zeichner und Radierer, lettisch jüdischer Herkunft, * Brunoviški (Lettland) 29. 3. 1913; lebt seit 1920 in den USA. Bloom wurde von G. Rouault und C. Soutine beeinflusst. Er stellt in … Universal-Lexikon
Liste von Malern/B — Maler A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R … Deutsch Wikipedia
SPORTS — There is no evidence of sports among the Jews during the obscure period between the close of the Bible and the Maccabean periods. At the beginning of this latter period, in the second century B.C.E., circumstances conspired to make sporting… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Jack Levine — Infobox Artist bgcolour = #6495ED name = Jack Levine imagesize = caption = birthname = birthdate = 1915 location = Boston, Massachusetts deathdate = deathplace = nationality = American field = Painting, Printmaking training = Harvard University… … Wikipedia
SOUTH AFRICAN LITERATURE — Biblical Influences The Afrikaans speaking people of South Africa are mainly descended from Dutch Calvinist and French Huguenot immigrants of the 17th century. The Bible has been an important factor in their life and thinking. The Afrikaans… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Shirley Jackson — Infobox Writer name =Shirley Jackson |right|300px|thumb caption = birthdate = birth date|1916|12|14|df=y birthplace = San Francisco, California, United States1 deathdate = death date and age|1965|8|8|1916|12|14|df=y deathplace = Bennington,… … Wikipedia
