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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Jeff Goldblum

Courtesy of Wikipedia Jeff Goldblum (October 22, 1952) is an American actor and musician. He has starred in some of the highest-grossing films, such as Jurassic Park (1993) and Independence Day (1996), as well as their sequels. Goldblum made his acting film debut in Death Wish (1974) with early roles in California Split (1974), Nashville (1975), and Annie Hall (1977). He gained wider attention for his roles in Invasion of […]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Benjamin Netanyahu

Courtesy of Wikipedia Benjamin Netanyahu (October 21, 1949) is an Israeli politician, serving as the prime minister of Israel since 2022, having previously held the office in 1996–1999 and 2009–2021. He is chair of the Likud party. Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s history, having served a total of over 17 years. Born to secular Jewish parents, Netanyahu was raised

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Joyce Brothers

Courtesy of Wikipedia Joyce Brothers (October 20, 1927 – May 13, 2013) was an American psychologist, television personality, advice columnist, and writer. In 1955, she won the top prize on the American game show The $64,000 Question. Her fame from the game show allowed her to go on to host various advice columns and television shows, which

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Chris Kattan

Courtesy of Wikipedia Christopher Kattan (October 19, 1970) is an American actor and comedian. First breaking through as a performer with the Los Angeles comedy troupe The Groundlings, Kattan found wider success during his tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2003. He also played Doug Butabi in A Night at the Roxbury,

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Zac Efron

Courtesy of Wikipedia Zac Efron (October 18, 1987) is an American actor. Efron began acting professionally in the early 2000s and rose to prominence as a teen idol for his leading role as Troy Bolton in the High School Musical trilogy (2006–2008). During this time, he also starred in the musical film Hairspray (2007) and the comedy film 17 Again (2009). Efron had starring roles in

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Jerry Siegel

Courtesy of Wikipedia Jerry Siegel (October 17, 1914 – January 28, 1996) was an American comic book writer. He is the co-creator of Superman, in collaboration with his friend Joe Shuster, published by DC Comics. They also created Doctor Occult, who was later featured in The Books of Magic. Siegel and Shuster were inducted into the comic book industry’s Will Eisner Comic Book

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: David Ben-Gurion

Courtesy of Wikipedia David Ben-Gurion (October 16, 1886 – December 1, 1973) was the primary national founder of the State of Israel as well as its first prime minister. As head of the Jewish Agency from 1935, and later president of the Jewish Agency Executive, he was the de facto leader of the Jewish community in Palestine, and largely led the movement for an

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Linda Lavin

Courtesy of Wikipedia Linda Lavin (October 15, 1937) is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing the title character in the sitcom Alice and for her stage performances on and off-Broadway. After acting as a child, Lavin joined the Compass Players in the late 1950s. She began appearing on Broadway in the 1960s, earning notice in It’s a Bird…It’s

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Ralph Lauren

Courtesy of Wikipedia Ralph Lauren (October 14, 1939) is an American fashion designer, philanthropist, and billionaire businessman, best known for founding the brand Ralph Lauren, a global multibillion-dollar enterprise. He has become well known for his collection of rare automobiles, some of which have been displayed in museum exhibits. He stepped down as CEO in September 2015 but

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Sacha Baron Cohen

Courtesy of Wikipedia Sacha Baron Cohen (October 13, 1971) is an English comedian, actor, screenwriter and film producer. He is best known for his creation and portrayal of the fictional satirical characters Ali G, Borat Sagdiyev, Brüno Gehard, and Admiral General Hafez Aladeen. At the 2012 British Comedy Awards, Baron Cohen received the Outstanding Achievement Award and accepted the

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Richard Meier

Courtesy of Wikipedia Richard Meier (October 12, 1934) is an American abstract artist and architect, whose geometric designs make prominent use of the color white. A winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1984, Meier has designed several iconic buildings including the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, the Getty Center in Los Angeles, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, and San Jose City Hall.

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Michelle Trachtenberg

Courtesy of Wikipedia Michelle Trachtenberg (October 11, 1985) is an American actress. Trachtenberg began her career at age three, appearing in several commercials, films, and television series as a child. Her first credited role was her starring role on the Nickelodeon television series The Adventures of Pete & Pete (1994–1996) as Nona Mecklenberg. She starred

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Daniel Pearl

Courtesy of Wikipedia Daniel Pearl (October 10, 1963 – February 1, 2002) was an American journalist who worked for The Wall Street Journal. On January 23, 2002, he was kidnapped by Islamist militants while he was on his way to what he had expected would be an interview with Pakistani religious cleric Mubarak Ali Gilani in the city of Karachi] Pearl had moved to Mumbai,

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Boris Nemtsov

Courtesy of Wikipedia Boris Nemtsov (October 9, 1959 – February 27, 2015) was a Russian physicist, liberal politician, and outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin. Early in his political career, he was involved in the introduction of reforms into the Russian post-Soviet economy. In the 1990s under President Boris Yeltsin, he was the first governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (1991–1997). Later he

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