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Glenn Close, actress & a Taliaferro

The famous actress Glenn Close is a Taliaferro (see link), a family that emigrated to the Virginia colony before the Revolutionary War. Ms. Close has been nominated for six Academy Awards. Her grandparents were Edward D. Close (1882-1955) and Elizabeth … Continue reading

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Gerald and Dinah Shore, famous singer

My uncle Gerald Horace Ghertner and  Fannie Rose ‘Dinah’ Shore were in the same 1931 Confirmation Class at Vine Street Temple in Nashville, Tennessee. The Rabbi was Julius Mark (who served from 1926 to 1948). Fannie is top row, 2nd … Continue reading

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Some of my famous mishpocha

These individuals are related by marriage to descendants of  Theresa Bloch (Rabbi Wise’s first wife) and also his first cousin,  Solomon Block. Dr. Isaac Mayer Wise    Rabbi, the Architect of American Reform Judaism in America) Adolph Simon Ochs  (New York … Continue reading

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These famous individuals were mishpocha

These individuals are related by marriage to descendants of  Theresa Bloch (Rabbi Wise’s first wife) and also his first cousin,  Solomon Block, my 2X great grandfather. Dr. Isaac Mayer Wise    Rabbi, the Architect of American Reform Judaism in America) Adolph … Continue reading

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