Yohanan Simon [SEP] date of birth
Yohanan Simon
Yohanan Simon (Hebrew:יוחנן סימון) was a German-born, award-winning Israeli painter.
Biography.
Yohanan Simon, painter was born in 1905, Berlin. From 1927 he lived mainly in France. Beginning in 1934 he worked in New York for the magazine "Vogue". In 1936 he immigrated to Mandate Palestine. Until 1953 he was a member of Kibbutz Gan Shmuel. He executed a number of murals for Israeli ships, public buildings and hotels, including Bank of Israel offices
John of Giscala
John of Giscala or Gischala (, "Yohanan mi-Gush Halav" or "Yohanan ben Levi"), the son of Levi, (birth date unknown; death date after 70), was a leader of the Jewish revolt against the Romans in the First Jewish-Roman War.
History.
During the Jewish war with Rome, John vied with Josephus (Joseph Mattithiah) over the control of Galilee and amassed a large band of supporters from Gischala (Gush Halav) and Gabara,