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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Lee Strasberg

Courtesy of Wikipedia Lee Strasberg (November 17, 1901 – February 17, 1982) was an American theatre director, actor and acting teacher. He co-founded, with theatre directors Harold Clurman and Cheryl Crawford, the Group Theatre in 1931, which was hailed as “America’s first true theatrical collective”. In 1951, he became director of the nonprofit Actors Studio in New York City, considered “the

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Morley Safer

Courtesy of Wikipedia Morley Safer (November 8, 1931 – May 19, 2016) was a Canadian-American broadcast journalist, reporter, and correspondent for CBS News. He was best known for his long tenure on the news magazine 60 Minutes, whose cast he joined in 1970 after its second year on television. He was the longest-serving reporter on 60 Minutes, the most watched and most profitable

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Sefi Rivlin

Courtesy of Wikipedia Sefi Rivlin (November 7, 1947 – December 3, 2013) was an Israeli actor and comedian. He was best known for his roles in the satire show Nikui Rosh [he] (“Head Cleaning”), the children’s program Rega im Dodley and its spin-off At Fistuk’s Home [he]. Yosef “Sefi” Rivlin born and grew up in Nahalat Yehuda (present-day Rishon LeZion). He was born

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