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Tracking the tribe and celebrating the accomplishments and global impact of the Jewish people.

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Viktor Ullmann

Viktor Ullmann (1 January 1898 – October 1944) was a Silesian-born composer, conductor, pianist, and music…

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Irving Berlin

Songwriter who gave America some of its most durable popular music.

Jack Black

American actor, comedian, singer, and musician (born 1969)

Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher who forged a uniquely American classical music…

Aaron Klug

Aaron Klug (11 August 1926 – 20 November 2018) was a Lithuanian-born British biophysicist and chemist renowned for pioneering crystallographic electron…

Aaron Sorkin

American filmmaker (born 1961)

Abby Mann

American screenwriter and producer (1927–2008)

Abe Reles

American mobster and informant (1906-1941)

Abigail Breslin

Abigail Kathleen Breslin (born April 14, 1996) is an American actress who rose to prominence as a child performer.

Abraham Polonsky

American politician (1910-1999)

Ad-Rock

American rapper, guitarist, and actor (born 1966)

Adah Isaacs Menken

Adah Isaacs Menken (June 15, 1835 – August 10, 1868) was an American actress, poet, and painter whose brief career marked her as one of the era's most…

Adam Brody

American actor (born 1979)

Adam Duritz

American singer

Adam Levine

Maroon 5 (Founder)

Adam Sandler

Saturday Night Live comic who built a film company out of a goofy, loyal American voice.

Adam Schefter

Adam Schefter (born December 21, 1966) is an American sports journalist best known as the Senior NFL Insider at ESPN, a role he has held since August 2009,…