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Monty Hall. His father was a Kosher butcher in Winnipeg
Rahm Emanuel
matt lucas and stephen fry
Further random fact about Bob Dylan: he was recently quoted (under his birth name) on Cross Currents of all places, in an article about locusts of all things.
Most of the Seinfeld sitcom cast are Jewish.
We don’t respond with names of Gedolim, because we KNOW they are Jewish. The OP was referring to people who are “celebrities” whom we might not have known are/were Jews. Personally, I believe that even in the cases of those who were halachically non-Jews, that the pintele Yid that came somewhere from their ancestry, is what gave them an edge and talent for becoming famous.
Not everyone has to be Jewish. It’s okay for someone to be talented and totally not have any Jewish blood.
We also don’t respond with names of Nobel prize winners, because we know they are Jewish.
I’m Jewish.
The following musicians you have likely never heard of are Jewish (whether my source followed halacha, I don’t know…):
Alex Skolnick
Ben Weinman
Eric Bloom
Donald Brian “Buck Dharma” Roeser
Joey Kramer
Leslie West
Steven Adler
Jay Jay French
Adam Dutkiewicz
David Draiman
David Lee Roth
Evan Seinfeld
Geddy Lee
Jordan Rudess
Gene Simmons (okay, you might have heard of him)
Paul Stanley
Marty Friedman
Mike Portnoy
Scott Ian (Rosenfeld)
Tracy “Tracii Guns” Richard Irving Ulrich
Dee Snider
if you want to talk musicians ,you should mention all the other , real musicians (sorry letting my musical bias for actual “music ” come to the fore)
Bart Berman
Leonard Bernstein
Ernest Bloch
Zlata Tkach
gustav Mahler
victor borge
Felix Mendelssohn
William Schuman
schumann
Jacques Offenbach
Maurice Ohana
Salamone Rossi
Mathilde Hannah von Rothschild
Anna Rubin
Pavel Haas
Jascha Heifetz
yehda menuin
but of course the most famous jew, is me
tchaikowsky, mahler, schumann, offenbach, and rossi were jewish?! That’s so cool! Shoulda figured.
I was excited actually to find out about Mahler because he is my second favorite composer , both for his music and also because ,unlike a lot of these chevra, he was a genuine nice guy
LF (and accessories) is Jewish. And (in)famous.
The entire CR! We ARE the worlds Jewish Personalities!
Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner
Walter Koenig is too, isn’t he?
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