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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Arthur Ashkin

Courtesy of Wikipedia Arthur Ashkin (September 2, 1922 – September 21, 2020) was an American scientist and Nobel laureate who worked at Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies. Ashkin has been considered by many as the father of optical tweezers, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 at age 96, becoming the oldest Nobel laureate until 2019 when John […]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Alan Dershowitz

Courtesy of Wikipedia Alan Dershowitz (September 1, 1938) is an American lawyer and law professor known for his work in U.S. constitutional law and American criminal law. From 1964 to 2013, he taught at Harvard Law School, where he was appointed as the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law in 1993. Dershowitz is a regular media contributor, political commentator, and legal analyst.

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Itzhak Perlman

Courtesy of Wikipedia Itzhak Perlman (August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-American violinist. He has performed worldwide and throughout the United States, in venues that have included a state dinner for Elizabeth II at the White House in 2007, and at the 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama. He has conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Westchester Philharmonic. In 2015, he was awarded the Presidential

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Lewis Black

Courtesy of Wikipedia Lewis Black (August 30, 1948) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. His comedy routines often escalate into angry rants about history, politics, religion, and cultural trends. He hosted the Comedy Central series Lewis Black’s Root of All Evil and regularly appeared on The Daily Show delivering his “Back in Black” commentary segment, which he has been doing

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Jack Lew

Courtesy of Wikipedia Jacob Lew (August 29, 1955) is an American attorney and diplomat serving as the United States ambassador to Israel. He was the seventy-sixth United States treasury secretary from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he also served as the twenty-fifth White House chief of staff from 2012 to 2013 and as director of the Office

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Jack Black

Courtesy of Wikipedia Jacob Black (August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for roles in family and comedy films and his voice work in animated films. His awards include an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, and nominations for three Golden Globe Awards. After portraying supporting roles in films including Dead

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Paul Reubens

Courtesy of Wikipedia Paul Reubens (August 27, 1952 – July 30, 2023) was an American actor and comedian, widely known for creating and portraying Pee-wee Herman. Reubens joined the Los Angeles troupe the Groundlings in the 1970s and started his career as an improvisational comedian and stage actor. It was with the Groundlings that Reubens developed the Pee-wee character.

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Chris Pine

Courtesy of Wikipedia Christopher Pine (August 26, 1980) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as James T. Kirk in the Star Trek reboot film series (2009–2016) and Steve Trevor in the DC Extended Universe films Wonder Woman (2017) and Wonder Woman 1984 (2020). Pine first rose to prominence for his roles in the romantic comedies The Princess Diaries 2 (2004) and Just My Luck (2006). His

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Rachel Bilson

Courtesy of Wikipedia Rachel Bilson (August 25, 1981) is an American actress. Born to a Californian show-business family, Bilson made her television debut in 2003 and then landed the role of Summer Roberts on the prime-time drama series The O.C. Bilson then made her film debut in The Last Kiss (2006) and later starred in the science-fiction-action film Jumper (2008). From 2011 to 2015, she starred as

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Marian Seldes

Courtesy of Wikipedia Marian Seldes (August 23, 1928 – October 6, 2014) was an American actress. A five-time Tony Award nominee, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for A Delicate Balance in 1967. She received subsequent nominations for Father’s Day (1971), Deathtrap (1978–82), Ring Round the Moon (1999), and Dinner at Eight (2002). She also won a Drama Desk Award for Father’s Day. Her

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Sergey Brin

Courtesy of Wikipedia Sergey Brin (August 21, 1973) is an American businessman and computer scientist who co-founded Google with Larry Page. He was the president of Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc., until stepping down from the role on December 3, 2019. He and Page remain at Alphabet as co-founders, controlling shareholders, and board members. As of June 2024, Brin is

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Andrew Garfield

Courtesy of Wikipedia Andrew Garfield (August 20, 1983) is an English and American actor. His accolades include a Tony Award, a BAFTA TV Award and a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Laurence Olivier Award. Time he included Garfield on its list of 100 most influential people in the world in 2022. Click here to read more

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