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Anti-Racism |
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* Abraham Foxman, head of the ADL |
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* Kivie Kaplan, head of the NAACP |
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* Winona LaDuke, Native American acitivst & environmentalist
(Jewish mother) |
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* Stanley Levison, advisor of Martin Luther King |
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* Abel Meeropol, composer of Strange Fruit |
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* Mickey Schwerner & Andrew Goodman, CORE activists, KKK
victims |
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* Joel & Arthur Spingarn, early NAACP leaders |
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* Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi-hunter |
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* Tim Wise, anti-racism activist |
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Cabinet Members |
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* Judah Benjamin, confederate secretary of war (1861) &
state (1862-64) |
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* Oscar Straus, secretary of commerce & labor (1906-09) |
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* Henry Morgenthau, Jr., secretary of the treasury (1934-45) |
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* Pierre Salinger, white house press secretary (1961-64)
(Jewish father) |
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* Henry Kissinger, national security advisor (1969-75),
secretary of state (1973-77) |
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* W. Michael Blumenthal, secretary of the treasury (1977-79) |
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* Harold Brown, secretary of defense (1977-81) |
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* Robert Reich, secretary of labor (1993-97) |
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* John M. Deutch, CIA director (1995-96) |
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* Robert Rubin, secretary of the treasury (1995-99) |
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* Madeline Albright, secretary of state (1997-01) (raised
Episcopalian) |
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* Sandy Berger, national security advisor (1997-01) |
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* William Cohen, secretary of defense (1997-01) (Jewish
father) |
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* Larry Summers, secretary of the treasury (1999-01) |
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* Ari Fleischer, white house press secretary (2001-03) |
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* Michael Chertoff, homeland security secretary (2005-) |
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Criminals |
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* Lori Berenson, activist convicted of terrorism in Peru |
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* David Berkowitz, serial killer (adopted by Jewish parents) |
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* Samuel Byck, failed assassin of Richard Nixon |
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* Heidi Fleiss, hollywood madam |
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* Dylan Klebold, columbine massacre (half Jewish) |
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* Meyer Lansky, gangster |
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* Jean Lafitte, pirate ('part-Jewish') |
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* Leopold and Loeb, murderers |
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* Kevin Mitnick, hacker |
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* Sara Jane Moore, failed assassin of Gerald Ford |
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* Jonathan Pollard, jailed spy |
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* Ethel & Julius Rosenberg, executed spies |
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* Arnold Rothstein, gangster |
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* Jack Ruby, killer of Lee Harvey Oswald |
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* Dutch Schultz, gangster |
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* Bugsy Siegel, gangster |
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* Adam Worth, Victorian thief, model for Moriarty |
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Economists |
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* Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve (since
1987) |
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* Eugene Meyer, chairman of the Federal Reserve (1930-1933),
president of the World Bank (1946) |
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* James Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank (1995-2005) |
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* Paul Wolfowitz, president of the World Bank (since 2005) |
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Feminism and Gay Rights |
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* Bella Abzug, feminist politician |
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* Gloria Allred, feminist lawyer |
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* Andrea Dworkin, feminist writer |
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* Susan Faludi, feminist writer |
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* Leslie Feinberg, transgender activist & author |
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* Betty Friedan, co-founder & first president of NOW |
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* Arnie Kantrowitz, co-founder of GLAAD |
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* Harvey Milk, gay rights activist & openly-gay politician |
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* Robin Morgan, editor of
Ms. Magazine |
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* Ernestine Rose, feminist |
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* Gloria Steinem, founder of Ms. Magazine |
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* Rebecca Walker, feminist writer (Jewish father) |
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* Naomi Wolf, feminist writer |
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* Evan Wolfson, gay marriage activist |
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Governors |
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* Moses Alexander, governor of Idaho (D-ID: 1915-19) |
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* Simon Bamberger, governor of Utah (D-UT: 1917-21) |
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* Arthur Seligman, governor of New Mexico (D-NM: 1931-33) |
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* Julius L. Meier, governor of Oregon (Ind-OR: 1931-35) |
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* Henry Horner, governor of Illinois (D-IL: 1933-40) |
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* Herbert H. Lehman, governor of New York (D-NY: 1933-42) |
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* Ernest Gruening, territorial governor of alaska (D-AK:
1939-53) |
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* Abraham Ribicoff, governor of Conneticut (D-CT: 1955-61) |
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* Samuel H. Shapiro, governor of Illinois (D-IL: 1968-69) |
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* Frank Licht, governor of Rhode Island (D-RI: 1969-73) |
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* Marvin Mandel, governor of Maryland (D-MD: 1969-77) |
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* Milton Shapp, governor of Pennsylvania (D-PA: 1971-79) |
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* Madeleine M. Kunin, governor of Vermond (D-VT: 1985-91) |
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* Neil Goldschmidt, governor of Oregon (D-OR: 1987-91) |
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* Bruce Sundlun, governor of Rhode Island (D-RI: 1991-95) |
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* Linda Lingle, governor of Hawaii (R-HI: 2002-) |
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* Ed Rendell, governor of Pennsylvania (D-PA: 2002-) |
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Health and Environment |
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* Judi Bari, environmentalist (Jewish mother) |
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* Bernard Lown, co-founder of IPPNW, Nobel Peace Prize
(1985) |
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* Ed Rosenthal, canabbis activist |
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* Elizabeth Glaser, founder of the Elizabeth Glaser
Pediatric AIDS Foundation |
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* Rose Kushner, breast cancer activist |
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* Mathilde Krim, founder of amFAR (converted) |
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* Larry Kramer, co-founder of GMHC |
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* Henry Spira, animal rights activist |
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* Irving & Dorothy Stowe, co-founders of Greenpeace |
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Lawyers |
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* Gloria Allred, feminist lawyer |
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* Marcia Clark, lawyer |
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* Roy Cohn, McCarthyist lawyer |
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* Alan Dershowitz, lawyer |
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* William Kunstler, civil rights lawyer |
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* Edward Levi, US attorney general (1975-77) |
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* Peter Neufeld, Innocence Project |
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* Barry Scheck, Innocence Project |
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* Robert Shapiro, lawyer |
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* Eliot Spitzer, New York attorney general |
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Mayors (Prominent mayors/major cities only) |
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* Cincinnati: Bill Gradison (1971), Jerry Springer (1977-78) |
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* Las Vegas: Oscar Goodman (1999-) |
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* Louisville: Jerry E. Abramson (1985-98, 2002-) |
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* New York: Fiorello LaGuardia (1934-35; Jewish mother), Abe
Beame (1974-77), Ed Koch (1978-89), Michael Bloomberg (2002-) |
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* Philadelphia: Edward Rendell (1992–2000) |
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* San Francisco: Adolph Sutro (1894-96), Diane Feinstein
(1976–88) |
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* Seattle: Bailey Gatzert (1875-76) |
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Military |
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* Julius O. Adler Brigadier General,(World War II) Commanded
the 77th Infantry Division |
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* Jeremy Michael Boorda Admiral, (Vietnam; Kosovo) |
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* Louis Bush, (Revolutionary war) |
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* Mathias Bush, (Revolutionary war) |
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* Solomon Bush, (Revolutionary war), Lieutenant Colonel,
highest-ranking Jewish officer in the Continental Army |
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* Leopold Blumenberg (Civil War) |
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* Wesley Kane Clark, former NATO commander during the
Bosnian War (Jewish father, raised Baptist, converted to
Catholicism) |
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* David Camden DeLeon (Mexican War), "The Fighting Doctor",
doctor under General Zachary Taylor, Congressional Citation |
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* LeRoy Diamond (World War II, Pacific), Corporal, Navy
Cross and Purple Heart |
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* Hyman Epstein (World War II, Pacific), Army medical aide,
killed in New Guinea after heroic rescues defying snipers |
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* David Nunez Cardozo (American Revolution), South Carolina
Grenadiers, led an assault on British-held Savannah, Georgia |
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* Leon Dyer, (Civil War, Mexican War, Seminole War),
Colonel, post-Alamo volunteer, escorted Gen. Santa Anna to D.C. |
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* Herbert P. Grossman Private First Class {World War II)
Silver Star for gallantry in action at Leyte, Philippine Islands |
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* Levy Myers Harby (War of 1812), Navy Captain, began
military at 14 |
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* Phineas Horowitz (Civil War) |
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* Stanley H. Hyman (Vietnam) |
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* Isadore S. Jachman Sergeant USA (World War II), Medal of
Honor (posthumously) for actions saving his paratroop company
during fighting in Flamierge, Belgium |
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* Jack H. Jacobs Captain USA (Vietnam) Medal of Honor
recipient |
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* Leopold Karpeles (Civil War) Sergeant, Congressional Medal
of Honor for bravery and heroism |
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* Frederick Knefler (Civil War) |
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* Melvin Krulewitch Major General (World War II) First
person to personally captured Japanese prisoners, first to fly
the American flag on Japanese territory |
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* Jean Lafitte Buccaneer leader who aided Gen. Jackson's
defeat of British in thebattle of New Orleans in 1812 War. |
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* John L. Levitow Sergeant USAF (Vietnam) Medal of Honor
recipient |
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* Uriah P. Levy (War of 1812) First Jewish US Admiral; ended
the Practice of Flogging; bought, restored, and gave Montecello
(Jefferson's home) as a gift to the American people |
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* Aaron Lopez, (American Revolution), Supplied transoceanic
ships and coastal vessels to Navy |
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* David "Mickey" Marcus, (World War II), US Army Lieutenant
Colonel, West Point graduate, Divisional Judge Advocate,
Division Commander, attended the "Big Five" meetings,
volunteered to join D-Day airborne assault without formal
training. Distinguished Service Cross, Bronze Star, and British
decorations. Volunteered to Israeli Army to defend against
Transjordan Arab Legion. Became first Israeli brigadier general,
and served as Commander of Jerusalem front. |
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* Alfred Mordechai (Civil War) |
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* Ben Moreel Admiral,(World War II) Formed the Seabees |
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* Mordecai Myers, (War of 1812), Captain, New York City's
first Jewish Mayor |
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* Leopold Newman (Civil War) |
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* Manuel M. Noah, (American Revolution), Served with General
Marion, Financier |
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* Hyman Rickover US Admiral, Father of the Nuclear Navy |
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* Maurice Rose Major General, (World War II) Negotiated the
unconditional surrender of the Germans in Tunisia, Commanded 3rd
Armored Division: the first division to cross the German border
and the first to breach the Siegfried line, killed in combat |
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* Edward Rosewater, (Civil War), Union Army telegrapher for
President Lincoln, transmitted Gettysburg Address |
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* Ben L. Salomon (World War II, Pacific) Captain, USA
Medical Corps, Medal of Honor (posthumously) for actions during
Battle of Saipan |
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* Edward S. Salomon (Civil War) |
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* Haym Salomon (American Revolution), Sons of Liberty,
Financier |
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* Francis Salvador (American Revolution), "Paul Revere of
the South" |
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* Mordecai Sheftall (American Revolution), "The Great Rebel" |
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* Seligman Brothers, (Civil War), Financeers |
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* Frances Slanger, (World War II, France), Lieutenant, U.S.
Army Nurses Corps. Killed in action. |
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* Robert B. Solomon (Vietnam) |
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* Judah Touro, (War of 1812), civilian volunteer in American
Army, Philanthropist |
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* John Ordroneaux (War of 1812), French Commodore,
Continental Navy Privateersman |
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* Max Warshaw, (World War II, North Africa), Staff Sergeant,
Army Medic, two Silver Star medals, three Bronze Star medals,
the Purple Heart, the Ex-Prisoner of War Medal, the Pre-Pearl
Harbor Medal, the European Theater of Operations Medal with six
campaign clusters, the Victory Medal, the New York State
Conspicuous Cross Medal (for highly decorated veterans), and the
Army Combat Medic Badge. |
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* Raymond Zussman Second Lieutenant, (World War II) Medal of
Honor, killed in action |
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Other |
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* Alan Berg, murdered radio host |
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* Nick Berg, beheaded entrepeneur |
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* Josephine Earp, wife of Wyatt Earp |
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* Leo Frank, lynching victim |
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* Jeremy Glick (1), September 11 victim (UA flight 93) |
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* Jeremy Glick (2), activist & son of September 11 victim
(WTC) |
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* Ronald Goldman, murdered friend of Nicole Brown Simpson |
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* Chandra Levy, disappeared intern |
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* Monica Lewinsky, sex scandal intern |
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* Joshua A. Norton, eccentric & self-proclaimed emperor |
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* Daniel Pearl, beheaded journalist |
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* Judith Resnik, Space Shuttle Challenger victim |
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* Mickey Schwerner & Andrew Goodman, KKK victims |
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* William James Sidis, child prodigy |
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* Nancy Spungen, murdered girlfriend of Sid Vicious |
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Political and Civil Rights Activists |
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* Michael Albert, co-founder of Z Magazine |
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* Leslie Cagan, founder of UPJ |
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* Ben Cohen, founder of TrueMajority |
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* Jeff Cohen, founder of FAIR |
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* Daniel Ellsberg, leaked the Pentagon Papers (Jewish
parents) |
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* Felix Frankfurter, helped found the ACLU |
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* Mitch Kapor, co-founder of EFF |
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* William Kunstler, civil rights lawyer |
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* Aryeh Neier, head of HRW, ACLU, OSI |
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* Eli Pariser, campaigns director of MoveOn.org |
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* Bruce Perens, open source advocate, co-founder of SPI |
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* Marcus Raskin, co-founder of IPS |
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* Kenneth Roth, head of HRW |
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* George Soros, founder of OSI |
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* Richard Stallman, founder of FSF |
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* Nadine Strossen, head of ACLU (father half Jewish
holocaust survivor) |
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Presidential Candidates |
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* Katharine Dukakis, wife of presidential candidate |
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* Barry Goldwater, presidential candidate (Jewish father) |
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* Janet Jagan, president of Guyana (1997-99) |
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* John Kerry, presidential candidate (Jewish paternal
grandparents) |
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* Joseph Lieberman, vice-presidential candidate |
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Representatives (Most Prominent) |
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* Francis Salvador, first jewish member of a colonial
legislature. |
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* Lewis Charles Levin, first Jewish representative (Amer-PA:
1845-51) |
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* Victor L. Berger, socialist (Soc-WI: 1911-13, 1919,
1923-29) |
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* Florence P. Kahn, first Jewish woman representative (R-CA:
1925-37) |
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* Allard K. Lowenstein, civil rights activist (D-NY:
1968-1970) |
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* Bella Abzug, feminist leader & gay rights activist (D-NY:
1971-77) |
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* Henry Waxman, liberal leader (D-CA: 1975-) |
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* Tom Lantos, holocaust survivor (D-CA: 1981-) |
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* Barney Frank, liberal, openly gay politician (D-MA: 1981-) |
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* Bernie Sanders, independent (Ind-VT: 1991-) |
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* Jerrold Nadler, WTC district congressman during 9/11
(D-NY: 1992-) |
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Senators |
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* David Levy Yulee, senator (D-FL: 1845-51, 1855-61) |
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* Judah Benjamin, senator (Whig-LA: 1853-61) |
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* Benjamin F. Jonas, senator (D-LA: 1879-85) |
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* Joseph Simon, senator (R-OR: 1898-03) |
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* Isidor Rayner, senator (D-MD: 1905-12) |
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* Simon Guggenheim, senator (R-CO: 1907-13) |
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* Herbert Lehman, senator (D-NY: 1949-57) |
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* Richard L. Neuberger, senator (D-OR: 1955-60) |
