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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Max Newman

Max Newman (February 7, 1897 – February 22, 1984) was a British mathematician and codebreaker. His work in World War II led to the construction of Colossus, the world’s first operational, programmable electronic computer, and he established the Royal Society Computing Machine Laboratory at the University of Manchester, which produced the world’s first working, stored-program electronic computer in 1948, the Manchester Baby. [Wikipedia]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Isidor and Ida Straus

Isidor Straus (February 6, 1845 – April 15, 1912) and Rosalie Ida Straus (née Blün;February 6, 1849 – April 15, 1912) were an American couple who died in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. Isidor was a German-Jewish businessman, politician, U.S. congressman and co-owner of Macy’s department store with his brother Nathan. [Wikipedia]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Yeshayahu Leibowitz

Yeshayahu Leibowitz (January 29, 1903 – August 18, 1994) was an Israeli Orthodox Jewish public intellectual and polymath. He was a professor of biochemistry, organic chemistry, and neurophysiology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and an editor of Encyclopaedia Hebraica, comprehensive encyclopedia in the Hebrew language. [Wikipedia]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Mia Kirshner

Mia Kirshner (January 25, 1975) is a Canadian actress, writer, and social activist. She is known for television roles as Mandy in 24 (2001–2005), as Jenny Schecter in The L Word (2004–2009), as Amanda Grayson in Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2019) and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2023), and as Isobel Flemming in The Vampire Diaries (2010–2011). [Wikipedia]

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