Norma Shearer

(August 10, 1902, Montreal, Quebec, Canada-June 12, 1983, Woodland Hills, California). Canadian-American actress. Born Edith Norma Shearer. Received Academy Award for Best Actress, 1930 (The Divorcee). Converted to Judaism, 1927, and married Irving Thalberg.

Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit

(1895, Tiberias, Palestine-January 28, 1967). A Sephardic Jew. Police Commander of Lower Galilee. Signer of the Declaration of Independence of Israel, 1948. Minister of Police and Minorities, Provisional Government of Israel, 1948-1949. Mapai Member of the Knesset of Israel, 1949-1967. Minister of Police of Israel, 1949-1967.

Saharon Shelah

(July 3, 1945, Jerusalem, Palestine-Alive). Israeli mathematician. Professor of Mathematics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Rutgers University. Received Israel Prize, 1998.

Sidney Sheldon

(February 11, 1917, Chicago, Illinois-January 30, 2007, Rancho Mirage, California). American best-selling author and screenwriter. Born Sidney Schechtel. Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (1947) for The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer. Tony Award (1959) for Redhead.

Allan Sherman

(November 30, 1924, Chicago, Illinois-November 20, 1973, Los Angeles, California). American musician, parodist, satirist, and television producer. Creator and Producer, "I've Got a Secret" television program, 1952-1958. Best known for his parodies on such albums as "My Son, the Folk Singer" (1962) and "My Son the Celebrity" (1963).

Bradley J. "Brad" Sherman

(October 24, 1954, Los Angeles, California-Alive). U.S. Representative (D-CA), 1997-Current.

Jerome J. Shestack

(Alive). Attorney. President, American Bar Association, 1997-1998. Considered one of America's 100 most influential lawyers. Founder and first Chairman, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, 1977. U.S. Ambassador for Human Rights, 1977-1981. Chair and Honorary President, International League for Human Rights, 1981-Current.

Avraham Shlonsky

(March 6, 1900, Karyokov, Ukraine-May 18, 1973, Tel Aviv, Israel). Israeli poet and editor. Received Israel Prize, 1967.

Dinah Shore

(February 29, 1916, Winchester, Tennessee-February 24, 1994, Beverly Hills, California). American singer and actress. Born Frances Rose Shore. Some of her noted songs include "It's So Nice to Have a Man Around the House," "Love and Marriage," "Buttons and Bows," and "Fascination." Star of "The Dinah Shore Show," 1951-1963.

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Zalman Shoval

(April 28, 1930, Free City of Danzig-Alive). Rafi Party/Likud Member, Knesset of Israel, 1970-1981, 1988-1990. Israeli Ambassador to the United States, 1990-1993, 1998-2000.

Shulamit

Kabbalist. Born Shulamit Elson into an Orthodox Jewish family. Wall Street investment banker. Experienced visions of pure light and sacred sounds. Overcame terminal illness and began teaching Kabbalah as a powerful tool for spiritual awakening and a complementary adjunct to convention medical and psychological approaches to illness. Founder and Director, Center for Sacred Sound Healing. Producer, SoulSongs. Kabbalistic Vocal Toner. Lecturer.