Dutch people in Israel

Dutch people in Israel

Languages
Dutch
Religion
Mostly Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Judaism

This list of Dutch Israelis includes Israeli citizens or residents who were born in the Netherlands or are of Dutch descent.

Arts

• Helen Berman - painter (Dutch-born)
• Hannah Yakin - painter (Dutch-born)

Business

• Dov Frohman - director-general of Intel Israel, inventor of the EPROM (Dutch-born)

Civil service

• Ya'akov Arnon - director-general of the Israeli ministry of Finance (Dutch-born)

Music

• Keren Ann - recording artist, singer-songwriter and producer
• Carmit Bachar - singer (American-born, of mixed Dutch-Israeli descent, with some Indonesian, Jewish, and Chinese roots)
• Bart Berman - pianist and composer (Dutch-born)

Politics

• Ophir Pines-Paz - Knesset member and former cabinet minister (was a citizen of the Netherlands; Dutch-born father)

Science

• Martin van Creveld - military historian
• Chaim Elata - professor emeritus of mechanical engineering and President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and Chairman of the Israel Public Utility Authority for Electricity
• Manfred Gerstenfeld - political scientist

Sports

• Daniël de Ridder - soccer player
• Levie Van Ouwerkerk - soccer player

Theatre

• Nissan Nativ - Israeli actor and theater educator (fled Germany to Amsterdam, then made aliyah)

See also

• Israel–Netherlands relations
• List of Dutch Jews