Jew of the Week: Moshe Dayan [פ]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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Pro Wrestler / '80s Icon / Beef Snack Maniac

Italian father, Jewish mother

Played Minor League Baseball after college

Signature catchphrase: "Ooh, yeah!"

Yo, Macho raps!

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Jew of the Week: Rahm Emanuel [י]

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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

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Jew of the Week: Golda Meir [ט]

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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

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Keep On Pluggin'

The Illinois-based lifestyle magazine, Forest & Bluff, is featuring a story on Lake Forest baby and chattering Fox News genius, Bill Schulz—and guess whose picture they're using?

In case you're not very good with rhetorical questions, mine! My many thanks to the magazine's assoiciate art director, Melissa Perez. I'll update on how the spread turned out soon enough.

Also just as fun, the fine people at Israel Insider, an all-Jewish news aggregator, now carry my Jew of the Week feature on their splash page. Check it out! Thanks so much to Reuven and company. You guys do a terrific service, and I'm proud to be a part of your site.

Jew of the Week: Albert Einstein [ח]

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Scientist / Cosmological Übermensch

Believed in "Spinoza's God"

Declined an offer to be President of Israel

Relativity (?!?): Married his cousin

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Jew of the Week: Paul Reubens [ז]

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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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Jew of the Week: Jeff Goldblum [ו]

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Actor / Amazing Look-Arounder

Practitioner of the Meisner Technique

Freak #1 in Death Wish

In a jazz group with RoboCop

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Jew of the Week: Maimonides [ה]

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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.

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Jew of the Week: Max Baer [ד]

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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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Jew of the Week: Richard Lewis [ג]

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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

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Jew of the Week: Sandra Bernhard [ב]

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Comedienne / Kabbalah Kween

Starred in the Dada art film, Hudson Hawk

Slept with Jay Leno (!?!)

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Jew of the Week: Chaim Richman [א]

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Rabbi / Author / International Director of the Temple Institute

Dedicated to rebuilding the Holy Temple

Bench press record: 450 lbs.

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