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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Jerome Karle

Courtesy of Wikipedia Jerome Karle (June 18, 1918 – June 6, 2013) was an American physical chemist. Jointly with Herbert A. Hauptman, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1985, for the direct analysis of crystal structures using X-ray scattering techniques. Karle was born in New York City, on June 18, 1918, the son of Sadie Helen (Kun) and Louis Karfunkle. He […]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Barry Manilow

Courtesy of Wikipedia Barry Manilow (June 17, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter with a career that spans seven decades. His hit recordings include “Could It Be Magic”, “Looks Like We Made It”, “Mandy”, “I Write the Songs”, “Can’t Smile Without You”, “Weekend in New England”, and “Copacabana (At the Copa)”. Manilow has recorded and

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Erich Segal

Courtesy of Wikipedia Erich Segal (June 16, 1937 – January 17, 2010) was an American author, screenwriter, educator, and classicist who wrote the bestselling novel Love Story (1970) and its hit film adaptation. Born and raised in a Jewish household in Brooklyn, New York, Segal was the first of three brothers. His father was a rabbi and his mother was a homemaker.

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Mickey Katz

Courtesy of Wikipedia Mickey Katz (June 15, 1909 – April 30, 1985) was an American musician and comedian. He was the father of actor Joel Grey and paternal grandfather of actress Jennifer Grey. Meyer Myron Katz was born on Sawtell Court in Cleveland, Ohio, to a Jewish family. He was one of five children born to Johanna (née Herzberg) and Menachem Katz.

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Len Blavatnik

Courtesy of Wikipedia Leonard Blavatnik (June 14, 1957) is a Soviet / Ukrainian-born British-American businessman and philanthropist. As of January 2024, Forbes estimated his net worth at $31.3 billion. In 2017, Blavatnik received a knighthood for services to philanthropy. Blavatnik made his initial fortune after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the privatization of state-owned aluminum and

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Gabe Carimi

Courtesy of Wikipedia Gabriel Carimi (June 13, 1988) is an American former professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL). Carimi had 49 starts at left tackle in his four-year Wisconsin Badgers college career, which culminated at the 2011 Rose Bowl. He was awarded the 2010 Outland Trophy, as the nation’s top collegiate interior lineman. He was also a unanimous All-American and the Big Ten Offensive Lineman

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Anne Frank

Courtesy of Wikipedia Anne Frank (June 12, 1929 – February or March 1945) was a German-born Jewish girl who kept a diary in which she documented life in hiding under Nazi persecution during the German occupation of the Netherlands. She is a celebrated diarist who described everyday life from her family’s hiding place in an Amsterdam attic. One of the most-discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust,

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Mordecai Kaplan

Courtesy of Wikipedia Mordecai Kaplan (June 11, 1881 – November 8, 1983) was a Lithuanian-born American rabbi, writer, Jewish educator, professor, theologian, philosopher, activist, and religious leader who founded the Reconstructionist branch of Judaism along with his son-in-law Ira Eisenstein. He has been described as a “towering figure” in the recent history of Judaism for his influential work in adapting it to modern society, contending that Judaism should be a unifying

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Leelee Sobieski

Courtesy of Wikipedia Leelee Sobieski (June 10, 1983) is an American artist and retired actress. She achieved fame in her teens with roles in films such as Deep Impact (1998), Never Been Kissed, Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Here on Earth (2000), Joy Ride and The Glass House (both 2001). She received Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominations for her portrayal of the title character in the television film Joan of Arc (1999), and

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Natalie Portman

Courtesy of Wikipedia Natalie Portman (June 9, 1981) is an Israeli-born American actress. She has had a prolific film career since her teenage years. She has starred in various blockbusters and independent films, receiving multiple accolades, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Portman began her acting career at age twelve when she starred as the

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Jerry Stiller

Courtesy of Wikipedia Jerry Stiller (June 8, 1927 – May 11, 2020) was an American comedian and actor. He spent many years as part of the comedy duo Stiller and Meara with his wife, Anne Meara, who was married for over 60 years until she died in 2015. Stiller saw a late-career resurgence starting in 1993, playing Frank Costanza on

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Wendy Sherman

Courtesy of Wikipedia Wendy Sherman (June 7, 1949) is an American diplomat who served as the United States deputy secretary of state from April 2021 to July 2023. She was a professor of the practice of public leadership and director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, a senior counselor at Albright Stonebridge Group, and a senior

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Sandra Bernhard

Courtesy of Wikipedia Sandra Bernhard (June 6, 1955) is an American actress, comedian, and singer. She first gained attention in the late 1970s with her stand-up comedy, where she often critiqued celebrity culture and political figures. She played Nancy Bartlett Thomas on the ABC sitcom Roseanne from the fourth season (1991) to the end of the show in 1997.

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Kenny G

Courtesy of Wikipedia Kenneth Bruce Gorelick (June 5, 1956), known professionally as Kenny G, is an American smooth jazz saxophonist, composer, and producer. His 1986 album Duotones brought him commercial success. Kenny G is one of the best-selling artists of all time, with global sales totaling more than 75 million records. Kenny G was born in Seattle, Washington to a Jewish family. His mother was

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