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1. 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..."
  • Wikipedia Bio

  • [To see past editions of Jew of the Week, visit Owen's blog, Winning the Polyglottery!]

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    2. 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
  • Wikipedia Bio

  • [To see past editions of Jew of the Week, visit Owen's blog, Winning the Polyglottery!]

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    3. 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
  • Wikipedia Bio

  • [To see past editions of Jew of the Week, visit Owen's blog, Winning the Polyglottery!]

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    4. Jew of the Week: Rahm Emanuel [י]


    ~PROFILE~

  • Politician / White House Chief of Staff
  • Father was 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

  • [To see past editions of Jew of the Week, visit Owen's blog, Winning the Polyglottery!]

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    5. 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

  • [To see past editions of Jew of the Week, visit Owen's blog, Winning the Polyglottery!]

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


    ~PROFILE~

  • Actor / Amazing Look-Arounder
  • Often plays the eccentric intellectual
  • Freak #1 in Death Wish
  • In a jazz group with RoboCop
  • Wikipedia Bio
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    7. 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

  • [To see past editions of Jew of the Week, visit Owen's blog, Winning the Polyglottery!]

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    8. 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
  • Wikipedia Bio
  • Website
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