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Today's Jewish birthday: Harvey Fierstein
15+ hour, 21+ min ago (143+ words) Harvey Fierstein (June 6, 1952) is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter, known for his distinctive gravelly voice. He gained notice for his theater work in Torch Song Trilogy, winning both the Tony Award for Best Play and Best Actor in a…...
Today's Jewish birthday: Yisrael Meir Lau
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (85+ words) Yisrael Meir Lau (June 1, 1937) is a Holocaust survivor who served as the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1993 to 2003. [Wikipedia] Yisrael Meir Lau (June 1, 1937) is a Holocaust survivor who served as the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1993 to 2003. He…...
Today's Jewish birthday: Shlomo Riskin
1+ week, 3+ day ago (88+ words) Shlomo Riskin (May 28, 1940) is an Orthodox rabbi, and the founding rabbi of Lincoln Square Synagogue on the Upper West Side of New York City, which he led for 20 years; founding chief rabbi of the Israeli settlement of Efrat in the…...
Today's Jewish birthday: Artie Shaw
2+ week, 1+ day ago (141+ words) Artie Shaw (May 23, 1910 " December 30, 2004) was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and author of both fiction and non-fiction. [Wikipedia] Widely regarded as "one of jazz's finest clarinetists," Shaw led one of the United States' most popular big bands in the late…...
Today's Jewish birthday: Steven Weinberg
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (217+ words) Steven Weinberg(May 3, 1933 " July 23, 2021)was an Americantheoreticalphysicist. He shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physicswith Abdus Salamand Sheldon Glashow"for their contributions to the theory of theunified weak and electromagnetic interactionbetween elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of theweak neutral…...
Today's Jewish birthday: Jeff Zucker
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (40+ words) Jeff Zucker (April 9, 1965) is an American businessman and media executive. Zucker was the president of CNN Worldwide from 2013 to 2022. [Wikipedia] Tomorrow, April 10: Haim Ramon PLEASE CLICK ON ANY AD BELOW TO VISIT THE ADVERTISER'S WEBSITE...
Today's Jewish birthday: Gideon Gadot
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (151+ words) San Diego Jewish World Born Gideon Foreman in Bnei Brak during the Mandate era, Gadot was the nephew of Aryeh Ben-Eliezer He attended the Mikveh Israel agricultural high school before studying sociology and communications at university in South Africa He…...
World Jewish Congress reports Arabic version of Wikipedia replete with anti-Israel propaganda
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (248+ words) NEW YORK CITY (Press Release) " The World Jewish Congress (WJC) on Tuesday released a new report exposing systemic bias, extremist propaganda, and governance failures on Arabic-language Wikipedia, raising serious concerns about the integrity of one of the world's most widely…...
Today's Jewish birthday: Steve Ballmer
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (239+ words) Steve Ballmer(March 24, 1956) is an American businessman and investor who was the chief executive officer of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014. He is the owner of the Los Angeles Clippersof the National Basketball Association (NBA) and a co-founder of the Ballmer Group,…...
Today's Jewish birthday: Mark Rydell
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (103+ words) Mark Rydell (March 23, 1929)is an Americanfilm director, producer andactor. He has directed several Academy Award-nominated films including The Fox(1967), The Reivers(1969), Cinderella Liberty(1973), The Rose(1979) and The River(1984). [Wikipedia] Mark Rydell (March 23, 1929) is an American film director, producer and actor....