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  2. George Gershwin - Wikipedia

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    Gershwin's parents were both Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. His paternal grandfather, Jakov Gershowitz, was born in Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine), and had served for 25 years as a mechanic for the Imperial Russian Army to earn the right of free travel and residence as a Jew, finally retiring near Saint Petersburg, Russia. Jakov's ...

  3. Joseph Brody - Wikipedia

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    Portrait of Joseph Brody from Dos Yidishe herz score, 1909. Joseph Brody (Yiddish: יוסף בּרױדי Yossef Broydi) (1876/1877 – 1937) was an American Jewish composer who wrote for the Yiddish theatre as well as liturgical Jewish works.

  4. Ancestral background of presidents of the United States

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    David Jacob Eisenhower Ida Elizabeth Stover. Yes: Yes: Johann Peter Eisenhauer (2nd great-grandfather) Karlsbrunn, Holy Roman Empire → York, Province of Pennsylvania (1741) [21] [24] [25] 35 John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917–1963) Joseph Patrick Kennedy Sr. Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald. Yes: Patrick Kennedy (great-grandfather)

  5. Robert Alda - Wikipedia

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    Alda is known for portraying George Gershwin in the biographical film Rhapsody in Blue (1945) as well as the talent agent in the Douglas Sirk classic Imitation of Life (1959). On Broadway, he originated the role of Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls (1950), for which he won a Tony Award, and starred in What Makes Sammy Run? (1964).

  6. Ira Gershwin - Wikipedia

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    Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershovitz; December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the 20th century. [1]

  7. African heritage of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, which owns and operates Monticello, the major public history site on Jefferson, characterizes Jefferson's parents this way: "His father Peter Jefferson was a successful planter and surveyor and his mother Jane Randolph a member of one of Virginia's most distinguished families."

  8. Jacob Gershon-Cohen - Wikipedia

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    Jacob Gershon-Cohen (January 9, 1899 in Philadelphia - February 6, 1971 in Philadelphia) ... Gershon-Cohen was born in Philadelphia to Jewish immigrant parents.

  9. Matrilineality in Judaism - Wikipedia

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    Jacob's descendants became Jewish. Esau's descendants were non-Jewish: assuming matrilineality, this was a result of his wives being Hittite and Ishmaelite. [35] Jacob had two wives (Leah and Rachel, members of Abraham's extended family [36]) and two concubines (Zilpah and Bilhah, who entered the family as maidservants of Leah and Rachel [37 ...