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Horowitz (Hebrew: הוֹרוֹביץ, Yiddish: האָראָװיץ) is a Levitical Ashkenazi surname deriving from the Horowitz family, though it can also be a non-Jewish surname as well. The name is derived from the town of Hořovice , Bohemia .
Painting of R. Shabbethai Horowitz (1590–1660) from the Jewish museum of Prague Grave of R. Shmelke Horowitz in Nikolsburg.. As the Jewish community in Prague expanded and the Bohemian Diet enacted land rights reform in 1501, permitting increased Jewish ownership of real estate in the city, the Horowitz family opted to sell its holdings in Hořovice.
Horwitz is a surname, current among Ashkenazi Jews.It is derived from the Yiddish pronunciation of the name of the town of Hořovice in Bohemia.For detailed historical background see the Horowitz page .
According to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the word pogrom entered English from Yiddish which borrowed it from Russian.The OED gives two meanings for the word: [6] In Russia, Poland, and some other East European countries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: an organized massacre aimed at the destruction or annihilation of a body or class of people, esp. one conducted against ...
Horowitz is a Yiddish surname. Horowitz may also refer to: Horowitz family; Hořovice, Bohemia (German: Horschowitz or Horowitz) Horowitz (crater), on Mars;
Horovitz is one of the variants of a surname originating in the Jewish community of Bohemia – bearers of that surname apparently migrated in the Middle Ages from a small town Hořovice in Bohemia (today the Czech Republic).
Hořovice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦor̝ovɪtsɛ]; German: Horschowitz, Horowitz) is a town in Beroun District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,800 inhabitants. The town is known for the Hořovice Castle.
Horvitz is one of the variants of an Ashkenazi Jewish surname (for historical background see the Horowitz page). It is also a non Jewish surname as well. It may refer to: Daniel G. Horvitz (1921-2008), statistician; David Horvitz (born ca 1982), artist; H. Robert Horvitz (born 1947), biologist known for his work on c. elegans