Jew of the Week: Moshe Dayan [פ]

～PROFILE～

Israeli Military Commander / Symbol of Jewish Strength

Amateur archaeologist

Oversaw the capture of East Jerusalem

Eye patch sold on eBay (starting bid: $75,000)

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Jew of the Week: Rod Serling [ע]

～PROFILE～

Screenwriter / Sci-Fi Legend

Served in the 11th Airborne Division during WWII

Known as the "angry young man" by execs

"You're traveling through another dimension..."

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Jew of the Week: Marcel Marceau [ס]

～PROFILE～

Actor / Author / Moses of Mime

Father died in Auschwitz

Joined the French Resistance

Garnered worldwide fame as Bip the Clown

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Jew of the Week: Sandy Koufax [נ]

～PROFILE～

Davidic Dodger / Beloved Hall of Famer

First to pitch four no-hitters (including a perfect game)

Forwent Game 1 of the 1965 World Series to observe Yom Kippur

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Jew of the Week: George Burns [מ]

～PROFILE～

Comedian / Actor / Modern Methuselah

Born Nathan Birnbaum

Quit school in the fourth grade to enter show business

Met his other half, Gracie, during their vaudeville years

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Jew of the Week: Annie Leibovitz [ל]

～PROFILE～

Photographer / Friend of the Famous

Worked for Rolling Stone from 1970-1983

Lover to feminist writer, Susan Sontag

Once a kibbutznik in Amir, Israel

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Jew of the Week: "Macho Man" Randy Savage [כ]

～PROFILE～

Pro Wrestler / '80s Icon / Beef Snack Maniac

Italian father, Jewish mother

Played Minor League Baseball after college

Signature catchphrase: "Ooh, yeah!"

Yo, Macho raps!

Wikipedia Bio

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Jew of the Week: Rahm Emanuel [י]

～PROFILE～

Politician / White House Chief of Staff

Father was a part of the Irgun

Brother is famed Hollywood über agent, Ari

Lost part of a finger when he worked at Arby's

Accomplished ballet dancer

Wikipedia Bio

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Jew of the Week: Golda Meir [ט]

～PROFILE～

Israeli Prime Minister / Iconic Mother of the Jewish People

1 of 24 to sign the Israeli Declaration of Independence

Hebraicized her more Western name, Meyerson

Drank 12 cups of coffee a day

Wikipedia Bio

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Jew of the Week: Albert Einstein [ח]

～PROFILE～

Scientist / Cosmological Übermensch

Believed in "Spinoza's God"

Declined an offer to be President of Israel

Relativity (?!?): Married his cousin

Wikipedia Bio

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Jew of the Week: Paul Reubens [ז]

～PROFILE～

Comedian / Pee-wee Herman

Father was a pilot in the IAF during the Israeli War of Independence

Created Pee-wee while with the LA comedy troupe, the Groundlings

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Website

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(Last Week's) Jew of the Week: Jeff Goldblum [ו]

～PROFILE～

Actor / Amazing Look-Arounder

Practitioner of the Meisner Technique

Freak #1 in Death Wish

In a jazz group with RoboCop

Wikipedia Bio

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Jew of the Week: Maimonides [ה]

～PROFILE～

Rabbi / Sage

One of the greatest Torah scholars of the Middle Ages

Drew from Aristotle to inform his study of the Tenakh

Bench press record: 425 lbs.

Wikipedia Bio

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Jew of the Week: Max Baer [ד]

～PROFILE～

Boxer / Actor / Possible Golem

Defeated Hitler's favorite fighter, Max Schmeling

Wore trunks featuring the Star of David

Jethro Bodine's baby daddy

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Website

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Jew of the Week: Richard Lewis [ג]

～PROFILE～

Comedian / Black Belt in Hand Wringing

Arguably made up the phrase, "the ... from hell"

The "old friend" in Billy Joel's song, My Life

Wears a Nehru jacket to bed

Wikipedia Bio

Website

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