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Phoebe Snow

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Birth Name: Phoebe Ann Laub

Date of Birth: July 17, 1950

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.

Date of Death: April 26, 2011

Place of Death: Edison, New Jersey, U.S.

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Phoebe Snow was an American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She was known for her hit songs “Poetry Man” and “Harpo’s Blues,” both released in 1975.

She was the daughter of Lili, a dance teacher, and Merrill Laub, an exterminator. She had a daughter with her former husband Phil Kearns.

During her lifetime, Phoebe was sometimes incorrectly thought of as being black.

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Ariel Kaplan

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Birth Name: Ariel Erin Kaplan

Place of Birth: Johannesburg, South Africa

Date of Birth: May 4, 1994

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Ariel Kaplan is a South African-born Australian actress, singer, and dancer. She is mostly known for her role in the Australian soap opera Neighbors.

Her sisters are actress Gemma-Ashley Kaplan and Dena Kaplan. Hr father is a musician. Her grandfather was an actor, and her grandmother was a professional ballerina.

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Mickey Madden

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Birth Name: Michael Allan/Allen Madden

Place of Birth: Austin, Travis, Texas, U.S.

Date of Birth: May 13, 1979

Ethnicity:
*English, Irish, Scottish (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)

Mickey Madden is an American musician. He is the bassist for the pop rock band Maroon 5. The band’s other members are Jesse Carmichael, Sam Farrar, Matt Flynn, Adam Levine, PJ Morton, James Valentine, and, previously, Ryan Dusick.

Mickey’s paternal grandfather was named Robert Liddell Madden. Robert was born in Rockford, Illinois.

Mickey’s paternal grandmother was Helen Katherine Earnest (the daughter of Joseph Ellison Earnest and Helen Katherine Francis). Mickey’s great-grandmother Helen was the daughter of William Christie Francis and Adelaide Juliene Hancock.

Mickey’s maternal grandfather’s surname is Pollack.

Mickey’s maternal grandmother’s surname is Schwartz.

Source: Genealogy of Mickey Madden (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.haldermanhome.com

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Richard Bradford

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Birth Name: Richard Edwin Bradford, Jr.

Date of Birth: November 10, 1934

Place of Birth: Tyler, Smith, Texas, U.S.

Date of Death: March 22, 2016

Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Ethnicity:
*English, some Irish (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)

Richard Bradford was an American actor.

He was the son of Rose Deborah (Flaxman) and Richard Edwin Bradford, Sr. His mother was born in Texas, to Russian Jewish/Ukrainian Jewish parents.

Richard had one son.

Richard’s paternal grandfather was Benjamin Leonard Bradford (the son of William Marion Bradford and Martha Josephine Spencer). Benjamin was born in Texas. William was the son of Leonard Bradford and Nancy Reames.

Richard’s paternal grandmother was Clara Hester Florey (the daughter of John William Florey and Louisa Caroline Wilson). Clara was born in Texas. John was the son of Edward Florey and Susan Maddox. Louisa was the daughter of Christy Wilson, who was born in Ireland, and of Mary Ann Kirkpatrick.

Richard’s maternal grandfather was named William/Will Flaxman. William was born in Chernihivs’ka/Chernhoff.

Richard’s maternal grandmother was named Sarah Brodsky/Brodska. Sarah was born in Cherasny, Kiev.

Sources: Genealogies of Richard Bradford – https://www.findagrave.com
https://www.familysearch.org

Richard Bradford on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

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Jonathan Goldstein

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Birth Name: Jonathan Lewis Goldstein

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.

Date of Birth: December 4, 1964

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish, possibly other

Jonathan Goldstein is an American actor and musician. He is known for his role as Walter Nichols on the Nickelodeon sitcom Drake & Josh. He was also lead singer of several bands, including The Shakers and The Garage Ensemble.

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Richard Bradford

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Birth Name: Richard Edwin Bradford, Jr.

Date of Birth: November 10, 1934

Place of Birth: Tyler, Smith, Texas, U.S.

Date of Death: March 22, 2016

Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Ethnicity:
*English, some Irish (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)

Richard Bradford was an American actor.

He was the son of Rose Deborah (Flaxman) and Richard Edwin Bradford, Sr. His mother was born in Texas, to Russian Jewish/Ukrainian Jewish parents.

Richard had one son.

Richard’s paternal grandfather was Benjamin Leonard Bradford (the son of William Marion Bradford and Martha Josephine Spencer). Benjamin was born in Texas. William was the son of Leonard Bradford and Nancy Reames.

Richard’s paternal grandmother was Clara Hester Florey (the daughter of John William Florey and Louisa Caroline Wilson). Clara was born in Texas. John was the son of Edward Florey and Susan Maddox. Louisa was the daughter of Christy Wilson, who was born in Ireland, and of Mary Ann Kirkpatrick.

Richard’s maternal grandfather was named William/Will Flaxman. William was born in Chernihivs’ka/Chernhoff.

Richard’s maternal grandmother was named Sarah Brodsky/Brodska. Sarah was born in Cherasny, Kiev.

Sources: Genealogies of Richard Bradford – https://www.findagrave.com
https://www.familysearch.org

Richard Bradford on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

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Brian Bloom

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Birth Name: Brian Keith Bloom

Place of Birth: Long Island, New York, U.S.

Date of Birth: June 30, 1970

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish, possibly other

Brian Bloom is an American actor and screenwriter. He is the brother of actor and film producer Scott Bloom and singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and mixer Mike Bloom.

Brian’s paternal grandfather was named Leon Bloom.

Brian’s paternal grandmother was named Florence.

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Abraham Joshua Herschel

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Birth Name: Abraham Joshua Herschel

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Poland

Date of Birth: January 11, 1907

Place of Death: New York City, USA

Date of Death: December 23, 1972

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Ancestry/Genealogy: Abraham Joshua Herschel was a famous rabbi and author.

Herschel was the son of Mosche Mordechai Herschel and Rebecca Reizel Perlow.

Herschel’s paternal grandfather was Avraham Yehoshua Heschel, the son of Meshulam Zishe Herschel. Meshulam was born in Zin’kov, Ukraine.

Herschel’s paternal grandmother was Leah Rachel Freidman, the daughter of Shalom Yosef Friedman and Bluma Raizel Yungerleib. Shalom was born in Ukraine and Bluma was born in Russia.

Herschel’s maternal grandfather was Yaakov Perlow, the son of Shimon Katzenelenbogen and Sarah Dvora Perlow.

Hershel’s maternal grandmother was Chava Chaya Perel Liberson, who was born in Moldova.

Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/200054993

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Joshua_Heschel

 

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Dov Glickman

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Birth Name: Doval’e Glickman

Place of Birth: Tel Aviv, Israel

Date of Birth: December 22, 1949

Ethnicity:

Ancestry/Genealogy: Ashkenazi Jewish

Dov Glickman is an Israeli actor.

Glickman was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. His parents were Yiddish-speaking Jews who immigrated from Russia to the region of Palestine in the 1920s before the state of Israel was established.

Source: Joshua Mitnick (2019): Father of The Tribe; The Book of Shtisel. New Jersey Jewish News. <https://njjewishnews.timesofisrael.com/father-of-the-tribe/>

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Shaun Weiss

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Birth Name: Shaun Herman Weiss

Place of Birth: Montvale, NJ

Date of Birth: August 27, 1978

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Shaun Weiss is a former child actor known for his role as Greg Goldberg in the Mighty Ducks film series, and as Josh Birnbaum in the Disney movie Heavyweights.

Shaun was born in Montvale, NJ to a Jewish family. He is the youngest of five children.

Source: https://www.faithfulcongregation.com/shaun-weiss-then-and-now/

Photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com

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Ethan Zohn

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Zohn in 2011, photo by DFree/Bigstock.com

Place of Birth: Lexington, Massachusetts, U.S.

Date of Birth: November 12, 1973

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Ethan Zohn is an American motivational speaker, professional soccer player, and reality television series contestant. He won Survivor: Africa.

Ethan was born in Lexington, Massachusetts, to Ashkenazi Jewish parents Aaron and Rochelle Zohn.

He is married to interior designer Lisa Heywood.

Ethan’s maternal grandfather was named Louis Frolich.

Ethan’s maternal grandmother was Libby/Lieba Golda Porcelan (the daughter of Chaim Hyman Porcelan and Rivka Regina Rosenbluth). Libby’s parents were born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Chaim was the son of Shlomo Yehoshua Porcelan and Fradel. Rivka was the daughter of Binyamin Rosenbluth and Lieba Golda.

Source: Genealogy of Ethan Zohn (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com

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Daniella Pick

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Birth Name: Daniella Pick

Place of Birth: Ramat Hasharon, Israel

Date of Birth: November 21, 1983

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Daniella Pick is an Israeli pop artist and wife of Quentin Tarantino. She fronted the Pik Sisters alongside her sister, Sharona.

Daniella was born in Israel to musicians Svika Pick and Mirit Ben-Or. Svika was born in Poland and made aliyah to Israel in 1957.

Photo by excelentphoto/Bigstock.com

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Maude Apatow

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Place of Birth: Los Banos, California, U.S.

Date of Birth: December 15, 1997

Ethnicity:
*50% Ashkenazi Jewish
*18.75% Irish
*12.5% Scottish
*12.5% Finnish
*6.25% German

Maude Apatow is an American actress.

She is the daughter of actress and comedian Leslie Mann and director, writer, producer, and comedian Judd Apatow. Her sister is actress Iris Apatow.

Her father is Ashkenazi Jewish. Her mother is of three eighths Irish, one eighth German, one quarter Scottish, and one quarter Finnish, descent.

Maude’s paternal grandfather is Maury Apatow (the son of Leo Apatow and Belle Spivak). Maury was a real estate developer. Leo was born in New York, the son of Morris Apatow and Mary, who were from Kiev, Ukraine. Belle was born in Russia, the daughter of Jacob Spivak and Sadie Reichman.

Maude’s paternal grandmother is named Tamara Shad (the daughter of Robert Abraham/Aba “Bob” Shad and Molly). Robert was a record producer and label owner, who founded Time Records, Brent Records, and Mainstream Records. He was born Abraham Shadrinsky in New York, and was the son of Jewish emigrants from Vitebsk Province, Belarus, Russian Empire, Charles Shadrinsky and Tillie Monisoff/Monosow. Maude’s great-grandmother Molly appeared in her father’s film This Is 40 (2012), playing the grandmother of Paul Rudd’s character.

Maude’s maternal grandfather was Richard Hand (the son of Thomas Edward Hand and Kathryn Jane Schneider). Mann is the surname of Maude’s mother’s stepfather. Thomas was the son of Irish parents, John Hand, who was from Caven, and Lillian, who was from Limerick. Kathryn was born in New York, the daughter of Laurence/Lawrence R. Schneider, who was of German descent, and of May/Mae Ellen Gilmartin, who was of Irish ancestry.

Maued’s maternal grandmother was Janet Hamilton (the daughter of Thomas Hamilton and Sadie Heljä/Hilya Viola Räsänen). Thomas was born in Scotland, the son of John Hamilton and Jeanette Prichard. Sadie was born in Michigan, to Finnish parents, John Peter Räsänen and Anna Marie Matilda Jokela.

Source: Genealogy of Maude Apatow – https://www.geni.com

Maude’s maternal great-grandmother, Kathryn Jane Schneider, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Maude’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Laurence/Lawrence R. Schneider, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Maude’s maternal great-great-grandmother, May/Mae Ellen Gilmartin, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Maude’s maternal great-grandmother, Sadie Heljä/Hilya Viola Räsänen, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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Josh Bernstein

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Birth Name: Josh Bernstein

Place of Birth: Manhattan, NY

Date of Birth: February 24, 1971

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Josh Bernstein is an explorer, anthropologist, and TV host best known as the host of Digging for the Truth.

Bernstein was born to a Jewish family in Manhattan. His father was born in Jerusalem, where his paternal grandparents and great-grandparents are buried. He has an identical twin brother named Andrew.

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Noa Fisher

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Birth Name: Noa Fisher

Place of Birth: Unknown

Date of Birth: Unknown

Ethnicity: Jewish (probably Ashkenazi)

Noa Fisher is an American-Israeli actress best known for Uncut Gems and Let’s Do Drugs.

Very little is known of her background, although she has stated that she is Jewish.

 

 

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Annika Marks

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Birth Name: Annika Jennifer Marks

Place of Birth: Malmö, Sweden

Date of Birth: August 12, 1980

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish, Scottish, German, English, Irish, possibly other

Annika Marks is an American actress, writer, and producer.

Annika was born in Sweden, to American parents, and was raised mostly in Washington. Annika has said that she is Jewish.

Annika’s paternal grandfather was Louis M. Marks (the son of Henry Magnus Marks and Esther Shirts/Shire). Louis was born in Illinois. Henry was born in Illinois, the son of Louis Marks, whose parents were from Germany, and of Anna “Annie” Magnus, whose parents were from England. Esther was born in Wisconsin, the daughter of Philip Shire, whose parents were from Germany, and of Carolina “Lena” Sigmund/Segmund, whose parents were from Germany.

Annika’s paternal grandmother was Bertha V. Michaelson/Michelson (the daughter of Samuel Michaelson/Michelson/Mickelson and Pearl). Bertha was born in New York, to parents from Russia. Samuel was the son of Jacob Mickelson and Ella.

Annika’s maternal grandfather was Alan Joseph Russick (the son of Francis Lawrence “Frank” Russick/Bussick and Lillian Ann Davis). Alan was born in Illinois. Francis was born in Illinois, to parents from Austria. Lillian was born in Illinois, the daughter of Walter E. Davis, whose parents were from England, and of Anna Elizabeth “Annie” Shea.

Annika’s maternal grandmother was Mary Elizabeth Boyle (the daughter of Leo Joseph Boyle and Gertrude C. Krewer). Mary was born in Illinois. Leo was born in Illinois, to Scottish parents, John Joseph Boyle and Elizabeth McGlynn. Gertrude was born in Illinois, to German parents, Johann Krewer and Mary Friedrich.

Sources: Obituary of Annika’s paternal grandmother, Bertha V. (Michaelson) Marks – http://legacy.com

Obituary of Annika’s paternal grandfather, Louis M. Marks – http://legacy.com

Obituary of Annika’s maternal grandfather, Alan Joseph Russick – http://sealscampbell.com

Photo by kathclick/www.bigstockphoto.com/

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