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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Ron Goldman

Courtesy of Wikipedia Ronald Goldman (July 2, 1968 – June 12, 1994) was an American restaurant waiter and aspiring actor. A working volunteer with children suffering from cerebral palsy, Goldman appeared as a contestant on the short-lived game show Studs in early 1992. In 1994, Goldman became a friend of Nicole Brown Simpson, the ex-wife of American football player O. […]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Jessica Meir

Courtesy of Wikipedia Jessica Meir (July 1, 1977) is an American NASA astronaut, marine biologist, and physiologist. She was previously an assistant professor of anesthesia at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, following postdoctoral research in comparative physiology at the University of British Columbia. She has studied the diving physiology and behavior of emperor penguins in Antarctica, and the physiology of bar-headed geese, which can migrate over the

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Lizzy Caplan

Courtesy of Wikipedia Lizzy Caplan (June 30, 1982) is an American actress. Her first acting role was on the television series Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000). She received wider recognition with roles in the films Mean Girls (2004) and Cloverfield (2008), she also starred on the television shows Related (2005–2006), The Class (2006–2007), and Party Down (2009–2010; 2023). From 2013 to 2016, Caplan played Virginia E. Johnson on the Showtime series Masters

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Matthew Weiner

Courtesy of Wikipedia Matthew Weiner (June 29, 1965) is an American television writer, producer, and director best known as the creator and showrunner of the television series Mad Men, and as a writer and executive producer on The Sopranos. Weiner began his television career as a writer on Becker and worked on several other sitcoms before writing the pilot episode of Mad Men as a spec script and joining the writing staff of The Sopranos in 2004.

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Carl Levin

Courtesy of Wikipedia Carl Levin (June 28, 1934 – July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee from 2001 to 2003 and again from 2007 to 2015. Born in Detroit, Levin graduated from Swarthmore College and Harvard

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Mariano Idelman

Courtesy of Wikipedia Mariano Idelman (June 27, 1974) is an Argentinian-born Israeli actor and comedian. He is well known for acting in the popular TV show Eretz Nehederet. In 1996 he appeared in Dudu Topaz’s stand-up comedy show called The First in Entertainment with Eli Finish and signed a 2-year contract with the show. Click here to read more of

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Jason Schwartzman

Courtesy of Wikipedia Jason Schwartzman (June 26, 1980) is an American actor and musician. Schwartzman made his film debut in Wes Anderson’s 1998 film Rushmore and has since appeared in six other Anderson films: The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), The French Dispatch (2021), and Asteroid City (2023). He also has a co-writing credit on The Darjeeling Limited. Click

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Beanie Feldstein

Courtesy of Wikipedia Beanie Feldstein (June 24, 1993) is an American actress. She first gained recognition for her starring roles in the comedy film Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), the comedy-drama film Lady Bird (2017), and the coming-of-age comedy film Booksmart (2019), the latter of which earned her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress–Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. Feldstein

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Selma Blair

Courtesy of Wikipedia Selma Blair (June 23, 1972) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in Cruel Intentions, Legally Blonde, The Sweetest Thing, and the Hellboy franchise. Blair, born in Southfield, Michigan, emerged from a background in legal and political involvement: both her parents were lawyers and her father was active in the U.S. Democratic Party. Blair’s

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Adam Schiff

Courtesy of Wikipedia Adam Schiff (born June 22, 1960) is an American lawyer, author, and politician serving as a U.S. representative from California since 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, Schiff was a member of the California State Senate from 1996 to 2000. Schiff graduated from Stanford and Harvard Law School. As an assistant United States attorney, he successfully prosecuted Soviet spy Richard Miller in 1993 and began running for

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Judy Holliday

Courtesy of Wikipedia Judy Holliday (June 21, 1921 – June 7, 1965) was an American actress, comedian and singer. She began her career as part of a nightclub act before working in Broadway plays and musicals. Her success as Billie Dawn in the 1946 stage production of Born Yesterday led to her being cast in the 1950 film version for which

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Ilan Ramon

Courtesy of Wikipedia Ilan Ramon (June 20, 1954 – February 1, 2003) was an Israeli fighter pilot and later the first Israeli astronaut. He served as a Space Shuttle payload specialist on STS-107, the fatal mission of Columbia, in which he and the six other crew members were killed when the spacecraft disintegrated during re-entry. At 48, Ramon was the oldest member of the crew. He

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Paula Abdul

Courtesy of Wikipedia Paula Abdul (June 19, 1962) is an American singer, dancer, choreographer, actress, and television personality. She began her career as a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers at the age of 18 and later became the head choreographer for the Laker Girls, where she was discovered by the Jacksons. After choreographing music videos for Janet Jackson, Abdul became a

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