Katz may refer to:

• Katz, a common Jewish surname generally believed to be a derivation of Cohen. It is an abbreviation for Kohen Zedek (כהן צדק) meaning Righteous Priest. People surnamed Katz include:
  • Sir Bernard Katz, British biophysicist (born in Germany)
  • Danny Katz, Comedian writing for The Age
  • David Katz, British music historian and journalist
  • Jon Katz, American journalist and writer
  • Jonathan D. Katz, American professor
  • Joel Katz, American singer, Doo wop, oldies
  • Joseph Katz, Comintern member, CPUSA and Soviet spy
  • Marc Katz, local celebrity in Austin, Texas, USA. Owner of Katz's deli (slogan: Katz's Never Kloses)
  • Nicholas Katz
  • Phil Katz, American computer programmer
  • Welwyn Wilton Katz, Canadian children's author
  • Katz v. United_States, a United States Supreme Court case concerning wiretaps

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• "Katz!"(喝: phoneme is かつ, カツ /katsu/), an exclamation used in the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism. Also this phoneme refers to "勝つ" "to won", and "カツ" "a cutlet".

• Katz is also a smooth-talking evil red cat from the show "Courage the Cowardly Dog". In A Night at Katz's Motel, he plans to torture Eustace and Muriel by using bugs. When Courage is chased by Katz, he runs to a dead end wall, and Katz challenges Courage to hit the ball back. When Courage gets tired, Katz finishes Courage off by using one of his bugs. In the end, he gets whacked by Muriel's net.

• In Klub Katz, Katz tricks Muriel, Eustace, and Courage to come to an island for a spa. Katz has planning to make Eustace and Muriel fight each other by turning Eustace into a vehicle that has a wrecking ball, and Muriel into a washing machine. In the end, Katz gets defeat by Eustace, who wants his chair back.

• In Katz Kandy, Katz creates a giant jelly monster thats made of real jelly. He and Courage uses candy cane as a weapon at battling. In the end, Muriel wins at a competition.

• In Katz Under the Sea, Katz plans to destroy the boat with everyone in it. In the end, he got stuck in the whale's mouth.

• In Ball of Revenge, Katz is one of the villains called by Eustace.

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Katz as family name

A frequent Jewish family name, spelled also "Katz", and found in similar forms, such as "Katzer". Hebrew Names Cohen, Kohn (Cohn), Kuhn, Kahn, Kohan (Kogan), Kahan (Cahan), Kahane, Kaganovich, from Kohan (im) from Judaism Heimann, Hyman - from Chayyim (life) Kantor Megged, Maggid Schur, Schorr, Shore Issai Schur (Isayah Shur) Schüler, Schuler, Schulhoff Sofer, Soyfer Jura Soyfer Germanised(Yiddishised) Names Lieb, Liep, Liebman(n), Libman, Liepman(n...

It is an abbreviation formed from the initials of the name "Kohen Tzedeq" (כּ״ץ), and has been used since the seventeenth century, or perhaps somewhat earlier, as an epithet of the supposed descendants of Aaron. The collocation is most likely derived from Melchizedek ("king of righteousness"), who is called "the priest("kohen") of the most high God" (Gen. xiv. 18), or perhaps from Psalm cxxxii. 9: "Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness("tzedeq")". (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Aaron (אַהֲרֹן;, a word meaning bearer of martyrs in Hebrew (perhaps also, or instead, related to the Egyptian Aha Rw, Warrior Lion), Standard Hebrew Aharon, Tiberian Hebrew ʾAhărōn), was a Levite and the elder brother of Moses and the eldest son of Amram and Jochebed (Exodus 6:16 ff. ... Roman Catholic priest LCDR Allen R. Kuss (USN) aboard USS Enterprise A priest or priestess is a holy man or woman who takes an officiating role in worship of any religion, with the distinguishing characteristic of offering sacrifices. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Gen is a character from Capcoms Street Fighter series of fighting games. ... Psalms (Tehilim תהילים, in Hebrew) is a book of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, and of the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. ...

If the reading is correct, this abbreviation occurs on a tombstone, dated 1536, in the cemetery of Prague (Hock, "Die Familien Prag's", p. 175); it is found also on a tombstone of the year 1618 in Frankfort-on-the-Main (M. Horowitz(Moses Horowitz?), "Die Inschriften des Alten Friedhofes der Israelitischen Gemeinde zu Frankfurt-am-Main" 1901, p. 63), in the books of the Soncino family of Prague of the seventeenth century (Zunz, "Z. G." p. 262), and in one of the prefaces to Shabbethai ben Meïr ha-Kohen's notes on the Choshen Mishpat‘ (Amsterdam, 1663). Tombstone most commonly means a headstone marking the grave of a deceased person. ... // Events February 2 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... Graves at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York A cemetery or graveyard is a place (usually an enclosed area of land) in which dead bodies are buried. ... Prague (Czech: Praha, see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ... Events March 8 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion (he soon rejects the idea after some initial calculations were made but on May 15 confirms the discovery). ... ... Moses Ha-Levi Horowitz (1844–March 4, 1910), a. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Leopold Zunz (1794-1886), Jewish scholar, was born at Detmold in 1794, and died in Berlin in 1886. ... Amsterdam Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 739,295 (1 January 2005) Coordinates 4°54E - 52°22N Website www. ... // Events Prix de Rome scholarship established for students of the arts. ...

See also : Cohen The position of a Kohens hands when he raises them to bless a Jewish congregation A Kohen (or Cohen, Hebrew priest, pl. ...

Article references

• article Katz, by Gotthard Deutsch from the Jewish Encyclopedia

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1901-1906 Jewish Encyclopedia.