Heifetz

Heifetz is a Jewish surname from Belarus and Lithuania. It derives from Hebrew חפץ (chefets; "delight" "pleasure"). It is unrelated to the similar-sounding Arabic name حافظ (Hafez or Hafiz; guardian, protector). It is also spelled Chafets, Chaffetz, Chaifetz, Cheifetz, Chejfec, Chofets. It may refer to:


 * Ze'ev Chafets, American-Israeli author and columnist
 * Jason Chaffetz (born 1967), a U.S. Representative from Utah
 * Hammond Chaffetz (1907–2001), a U.S. federal prosecutor and partner at Kirkland & Ellis
 * Jill Chaifetz (1964–2006), an American lawyer and children's rights advocate
 * Sergio Chejfec (1956–2022), an American-Argentine writer.
 * Jonathon Hafetz, American lawyer and writer
 * Daniel Heifetz (born 1948), concert violinist and founder of the Heifetz International Music Institute (brother of Ronald L. Heifetz)
 * Danny Heifetz, American musician, percussionist, grandson of Jascha Heifetz
 * Jascha Heifetz (1901–1987), Lithuanian-born American violinist
 * Ronald L. Heifetz, American leadership teacher
 * Yuri Heifetz, Russian poet and singer-songwriter
 * Grigory Kheifets, Soviet intelligence agent
 * Iosif Kheifits, Soviet film director
 * Chofetz Chaim, (1838–1933), popular name of Rabbi Yisrael Meir ha-Kohen Kagan, Lithuanian rabbi and posek