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Sir Joseph Rotblat (November 4, 1908, Warsaw, Poland-August 31, 2005, London, England). Polish-British physicist. Born Jozef Rotblat. Founder and Secretary-General, Pugwash Conference, 1957-1973. Knighted, 1965. Nobel Peace Prize, 1995. |
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Henry Roth (February 8, 1906, Galicia, Austro-Hungary-October 13, 1995, Albuquerque, New Mexico). American novelist. Noted for his first published novel Call It Sleep (1934). Suffered from massive writer's block, which prevented him from producing another novel for sixty years. Photograph copyright by Harvey Wang. |
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Philip Milton Roth March 19, 1933, Newark, New Jersey-Alive). American author. Noted for Goodbye, Columbus (1959), Portnoy's Complaint (1969) and American Pastoral (1997). Recipient of two National Book Awards (1960, 1995) and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1997). |
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Steven R. Rothman (October 14, 1952, Englewood, New Jersey-Alive). U.S. Representative (D-NJ), 1997-Current. |
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Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild (August 19, 1845, Boulogne-sur-Seine, France-November 2, 1934, Chateau Rothschild, Boulogne-Billancourt, France). French philanthropist and Jewish activist. Member of the French branch of the Rothschild banking dynasty. Noted for his large donations of art to the Louvre, his purchase of land to promote Jewish colonization of Palestine, and his support for scientific endeavors. |
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Lionel Nathan de Rothschild November 22, 1808-June 3, 1879). British politician. Son of Nathan Mayer Rothschild. Member, British House of Commons, 1847 (twice rejected because of his religion), 1850 (expelled for failure to take Christian oath), 1852 (again rejected), 1858-1879. First Jewish member of the House of Commons. Father of Nathan Mayer de Rothschild, first Jewish member of the House of Lords. |
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Mayer Amschel Rothschild (February 23, 1744, Franfurt-am-Main, Germany-September 19, 1812, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany). German financier. Founder of the Rothschild family banking empire. Born Mayer Amschel Bauer. Father of Nathan Mayer Rothschild. |
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Nathan Mayer Rothschild (September 16, 1777, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany-July 28, 1836, London, England). British financier. Son of Mayer Amschel Rothschild. Father of Lionel Rothschild. Founder, N. M. Rothschild and Sons, London, England. |
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Hannah Rovina (1889/1892, Berezin, Minsk, Belarus-February 2, 1980). Actress, 1917-1980. Known as the "First Lady of Hebrew Theatre." Made Aliyah, 1928. Noted for her role as Leah'le in The Dybbuk by S. Ansky. Received Israel Prize, 1956. |
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