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Today’s Jewish descendant’s birthday: Kitty Carlisle

Kitty Carlisle (September 3, 1910 – April 17, 2007) was an American stage and screen actress, opera singer, television personality and spokesperson for the arts. She was the leading lady in the Marx Brothers movie A Night at the Opera (1935) and was a regular panelist on the television game show To Tell The Truth (1956–1978). [Wikipedia]

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Today’s Jewish birthday: Israel Gelfand

Israel Gelfand (September 2, 1913 – October 5, 2009) was a prominent Soviet and American mathematician, one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, biologist, teacher and organizer of mathematical education. He made significant contributions to many branches of mathematics, including group theory, representation theory and functional analysis. [Wikipedia]

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Today’s Jewish birthday: Alan Jay Lerner

Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world’s most popular and enduring works of musical theatre both for the stage and on film. Lerner won three Tony Awards and three Academy Awards, among other honors. [Wikipedia]

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Today’s Jewish birthday: Jack Black

Jack Black (August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, singer, songwriter, and musician. He has played leading roles in family and comedy films, in addition to his voice work in animated features. His accolades include an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, and nominations for two Critics’ Choice Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. In 2018, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [Wikipedia]

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Today’s Jewish birthday: Gene Simmons

Gene Simmons (August 25, 1949), also known by his stage persona “the Demon”, is an Israeli and American musician and songwriter. He was the bassist and co-lead singer of the hard rock band Kiss, which he co-founded with Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss in 1973. Simmons, alongside Stanley, remained a constant member of the band until their dissolution in 2023. [Wikipedia]

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Today’s Jewish birthday: Jacques Lipschitz

Jacques Lipchitz (August 22, 1891 – May 26, 1973) was a Lithuanian-born French-American Cubist sculptor. Lipchitz retained highly figurative and legible components in his work leading up to 1915–16, after which naturalist and descriptive elements were muted, dominated by a synthetic style of Crystal Cubism. [Wikipedia]

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