List of Jews in the African diaspora

This is a list of Jews who are part of the African diaspora

African diaspora

The African diaspora was the movement of Africans and their descendants to places throughout the world—predominantly to the Americas also to Europe, the Middle East and other places around the globe...

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Mazor Bahaina Mazor Bahaina Mazor Mahoy Bahaina is an Israeli kes, rabbi and former politician, who served as a member of the Knesset for Shas between 2008 and 2009.-Biography:...	born 1973	Israel	Politician Politician A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
Darrin Bell Darrin Bell Darrin Bell is an American cartoonist who writes and illustrates the syndicated comic strip Candorville , in addition to illustrating the comic strip Rudy Park...	born 1975	United States	Cartoonist Cartoonist A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...
Linda Bellos Linda Bellos Linda Bellos OBE is an English ex-politician and current businesswoman and activist for gay rights.-Personal life:Bellos was born in London to a Jewish mother, Renee Sackman, and a Nigerian father, Emmanuel Adebowale, who came from Uzebba and joined the merchant navy during the Second World War...	born 1950	United Kingdom	Politician
David Bluthenthal David Bluthenthal David Blu is a 6' 7" American-Israeli professional basketball player who plays for the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball club.He was born as David Bluthenthal. In 2010 he changed his name to David Blu .-Early life:...	born 1980	United States Israel	Basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... player
Lisa Bonet Lisa Bonet Lisa Bonet , also known as Lilakoi Moon, is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Denise Huxtable Kendall on the long-running NBC sitcom The Cosby Show, and originally starring in its spinoff A Different World.-Early life:Bonet was born in San Francisco, California...	born 1967	United States	Actress
Drew Bundini Brown Drew Bundini Brown Drew Bundini Brown was an assistant trainer and cornerman of Muhammad Ali throughout the former heavyweight champion's career, as well as occasional film actor.-Personal life:...	born 1928	United States	Boxing Boxing Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds... trainer Athletic trainer An athletic trainer is a certified, health care professional who practices in the field of sports medicine. Athletic training has been recognized by the American Medical Association as an allied health care profession since 1990.... and cornerman Cornerman A cornerman, or simply corner, is a combat sports term for a coach or team mate assisting a fighter during the length of a bout. The cornerman remains outside the combat area during the fight, but in proximity, and can assist the fighter through instruction...
Eddie Butler	born 1972	Israel	Singer
Nell Carter Nell Carter Nell Carter was an American singer, and film, stage, and television actress. She won a Tony Award for her performance in the Broadway musical Ain't Misbehavin, as well as an Emmy Award for her reprisal of the role on television...	1948–2003	United States	Singer and actress
Danielia Cotton Danielia Cotton Danielia Cotton is an American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist from Hopewell, New Jersey. Danielia comes from a musical family. She is the daughter of jazz vocalist, Wenonah Brooks and the niece of jazz vocalists Jeannie Brooks and Carol Brooks-Meyners...		United States	Singer, songwriter and guitarist Guitarist A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
Craig David Craig David Craig Ashley David is an English singer and songwriter. He has released five studio albums: Born to Do It, Slicker Than Your Average, The Story Goes..., Trust Me, Signed Sealed Delivered and a Greatest Hits album...	born 1981	United Kingdom	Singer-songwriter Singer-songwriter Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
Sammy Davis, Jr. Sammy Davis, Jr. Samuel George "Sammy" Davis Jr. was an American entertainer and was also known for his impersonations of actors and other celebrities....	1925–1990	United States	Dance Dance Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting.... r and singer
Drake Drake (entertainer) Aubrey Drake Graham , who records under the mononym Drake, is a Canadian recording artist and actor. He originally became known for playing Jimmy Brooks on the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation....	born 1986	Canada	Actor and rapper
Anthony Ervin Anthony Ervin Anthony Lee Ervin is a former American swimmer. He has won two Olympic medals and two World Championship golds....	born 1981	United States	Swimmer Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
Jordan Farmar Jordan Farmar Jordan Robert Farmar is an American professional basketball point guard for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Super League and Euroleague. He is also under contract with the New Jersey Nets, and is expected to return to the team after the 2011 NBA lockout ends.In high school, he was the...	born 1986	United States	Basketball player
Laïka Fatien Laïka Fatien -Personal life:She is Black and Jewish. Her mother is a Moroccan-Spanish Jew, and her father is from the Ivory Coast. Fatien was raised mainly by women in a Moroccan Jewish family....	born 1968	Early Modern France	Jazz Jazz Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th... singer
Ada Fisher Ada Fisher Ada M. Fisher is a retired physician from Salisbury, North Carolina and a frequent Republican candidate for office. She challenged incumbent Mel Watt in North Carolina's 12th Congressional district in 2004 and 2006...	born 1947	United States	Physician Physician A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments... and politician
Arnold Josiah Ford Arnold Josiah Ford Rabbi Arnold Josiah Ford was the first black rabbi in America, and a prominent member of Harlem's Black Jews.Ford was born in Barbados to Edward Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Augustine Ford...	1877–1935	Barbados United States	Rabbi Rabbi In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
Aaron Freeman Aaron Freeman Aaron Freeman is an American journalist, stand up comedian, author, cartoonist and blogger.Freeman has performed with The Second City. As a stand up comedian, he is a member of the quartet the Israeli/Palestinian Comedy Tour...	born 1956	United States	Comedian
Capers C. Funnye Jr.	born 1952	United States	Rabbi
Natan Gamedze Natan Gamedze Natan Gamedze is a Haredi rabbi and lecturer. Born to the royal lineage of the Gamedze clan of the Kingdom of Swaziland, he converted to Judaism, received rabbinic ordination, and now lectures to Jewish audiences all over the world with his fascinating personal story as to how an African prince...	born 1963		Rabbi
Goapele Goapele -Early life:Goapele's South African father Douglas Mohlabane was an exiled political activist who struggled against the Apartheid System. Goapele's New York-born Israeli Jewish mother Noa had been attending protests since the age of 12. Noa attended Friends World College and was studying in...	born 1977	United States	Singer-songwriter
La'Myia Good La'Myia Good La'Myia Good is an American singer and actress. She is best known for her voice work in the blockbuster PlayStation 3 game Killzone 3 as the voice of Jammer and her work with R&B group Isyss.-Personal life:...	born 1979	United States	Singer and actress
Meagan Good Meagan Good Meagan Monique Good is an American film and television actress and occasional film producer. Beginning her career at the age of four, Good has appeared in numerous commercials, television shows, feature films, and music videos....	born 1981	United States	Actress
Lewis Gordon Lewis Gordon Lewis Ricardo Gordon is an American philosopher who works in the areas of Africana philosophy, philosophy of human and life sciences, phenomenology, philosophy of existence, social and political theory, postcolonial thought, theories of race and racism, philosophies of liberation, aesthetics,...	born 1962	United States	Philosopher Philosophy Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
Anais Granofsky Anais Granofsky Anais Granofsky is a Canadian actress, screenwriter, producer and director. She is best known for portraying Lucy Fernandez in the Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High series.-Early life and career:...	born 1973	Canada	Actress and director Television director A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...
Ahuva Gray Ahuva Gray Ahuva Gray is a Jewish convert from Baptism. Born to a working class family, she worked for 23 years as a flight attendant....		Israel	Writer Writer A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images.... and public speaker
Reuben Greenberg Reuben Greenberg Reuben Morris Greenberg, born in 1943, was the first Black police chief of Charleston, South Carolina, and known for being an innovative criminologist.He was police chief there from 1982 until his retirement in 2005.-Childhood:...	born 1943	United States	Criminologist Criminology Criminology is the scientific study of the nature, extent, causes, and control of criminal behavior in both the individual and in society...
Lani Guinier Lani Guinier Lani Guinier is an American lawyer, scholar and civil rights activist. The first African-American woman tenured professor at Harvard Law School, Guinier's work includes professional responsibilities of public lawyers, the relationship between democracy and the law, the role of race and gender in...	born 1950	United States	Lawyer Lawyer A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political... and scholar
Marcus Hardie Marcus Hardie Marcus Hardie is an American-Israeli attorney author, and aspiring politician. Hardie, an African-American convert to Judaism, was raised by his grandmother in a violent and poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Los Angeles, and joined a gang founded by a cousing. Hardie left his gang after his...		United States Israel	Lawyer Lawyer A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
Ben Harper Ben Harper Benjamin Chase "Ben" Harper is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae and rock music and is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances and activism. Harper's fan base spans several continents...	born 1967	United States	Musician Musician A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
Carolivia Herron Carolivia Herron Carolivia Herron is a Jewish American writer of children's and adult literature, and a scholar of African-American Judaica.-Personal life:She was born to Oscar Smith Herron and Georgia Carol Herron, in Washington D.C....	born 1967	United States	Writer and scholar
Reese Hopkins E. Reese Hopkins Reese Hopkins is an American radio talk show host also known as E. Reese Hopkins. Hopkins was a news anchor and news director for the Star and Bucwild show. From December 2007 to October 2008, he hosted a mid day show for Boston station WRKO....		United States	Radio talk show Talk radio Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live... host
Ayala Ingedashet Ayala Ingedashet Ayala Ingedashet , born in Ethiopia and lived in Israel from the age of 2. At the age of 14 she joined a youth band in Ashdod and in the military she was part of a Navy band. Her musical influences included Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill. She was signed by Israeli record label Hed Arzi, becoming the...	born 1978	Israel	Singer
Kidada Jones Kidada Jones Kidada Ann Jones is an American actress, model, and fashion designer.-Early life:Kidada Jones is the elder daughter of composer/arranger Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton. She was raised in Bel-Air, California, with her younger sister, actress Rashida Jones.She began working as a celebrity...	born 1974	United States	Actress
Rashida Jones Rashida Jones Rashida Leah Jones is an American film and television actress, comic book author, screenwriter and occasional singer. She played Louisa Fenn on Boston Public and Karen Filippelli on The Office as well as roles in the films I Love You, Man and The Social Network...	born 1976	United States	Actress
Zab Judah Zab Judah Zabdiel Judah is an American professional boxer. Judah has won five world titles between the junior welterweight and welterweight divisions, and is a former undisputed welterweight champion....	born 1977	United States	Boxer
Jamaica Kincaid Jamaica Kincaid Jamaica Kincaid is a Caribbean novelist, gardener, and gardening writer. She was born in the city of St. John's on the island of Antigua in the nation of Antigua and Barbuda...	born 1949	Antigua and Barbuda United States	Author
Oona King Oona King Oona Tamsyn King, Baroness King of Bow is a Baroness and Member of the House of Lords, and former Chief Diversity Officer of Channel 4. She previously had served as a Labour Party Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow from 1997 until 2005, when she was defeated by Respect candidate George...	born 1967	United Kingdom	Politician
Boris Kodjoe Boris Kodjoe Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe , better known as Boris Kodjoe, is an Austrian-born German actor and former fashion model who works primarily in the United States...	born 1973	Austria United States	Actor
Yaphet Kotto Yaphet Kotto Yaphet Frederick Kotto is an African-American actor, known for numerous film roles , and his starring role in the NBC television series Homicide: Life on the Street .-Early life:Kotto was born in New York City, the son of Gladys Marie, a...	born 1937	United States	Actor
Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and arranger, whose "retro" style incorporates elements of rock, soul, R&B, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk and ballads...	born 1964	United States	Musician Musician A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
Julius Lester Julius Lester Julius Lester is an American author of books for children and adults, and taught for 32 years at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is also a photographer, as well as a musician who recorded two albums of folk music and original songs.-Early life and family:Born on January 27, 1939, in...	born 1939	United States	Author Author An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
Lauren London Lauren London Lauren Nicole London is an American film and television actress, model, and occasional music video actress. Beginning her career in music videos and later transitioning into film and television, London earned recognition for her performances in the film ATL as well as the television shows 90210...	born 1984	United States	Actress and fashion model Model (person) A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
Elliott Maddox Elliott Maddox Elliott Maddox is an African-American former Major League Baseball American player. Maddox, from 1970 to 1980, played for the Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators/Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, and New York Mets.-Early and personal life:Maddox attended Union High School in...	born 1947	United States	Baseball Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond... player
Saoul Mamby Saoul Mamby Saoul Paul Mamby was a professional boxer between 1969 and 2008.- Personal :Mamby, the child of a mother of Spanish descent and father from Jamaica, converted to Judaism at age 4.Mamby is also a Vietnam veteran....	born 1947	United States	Boxer
Esti Mamo Esti Mamo Esti Mamo is an Israeli fashion model[] and actress.-Childhood:Of Ethiopian Jewish descent, Esti Mamo was born in 1983 in Chilga, in northwestern Ethiopia...	born 1983	Israel	Fashion model
Adisu Massala Adisu Massala -Background:Masala was born in Ethiopia in 1961, and made aliyah in 1980 after crossing the Ethiopia-Sudan border to take a plane bound for Israel. Once in the country, he studied social work and mechanical engineering at Bar-Ilan University, gaining a BA and went on to work as a social worker...	born 1961	Israel	Politician
Wentworth Arthur Matthew Wentworth Arthur Matthew Wentworth Arthur Matthew was the founder of the Commandment Keepers.According to Matthew, he was born in Lagos, Nigeria, although others say he was born in St. Kitts. In his 1927 petition for naturalization, Matthew lists his place of birth as Spooner's Village, British West Indies...	1892–1973	Saint Kitts United States	Rabbi
Taylor Mays Taylor Mays Taylor Mays is an American football safety for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League.He played college football at USC...	born 1988	United States	American football American football American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by... player
James McBride James McBride (writer) James McBride is an American writer and musician whose compositions have been recorded by a variety of other musicians.-Early life:McBride's father, the late Rev. Andrew D...	born 1957	United States	Writer and musician
Yavilah McCoy Yavilah McCoy Yavilah McCoy , an African-American Jew, is the founder of Ayecha, a nonprofit organization providing educational resources for Jewish Diversity and advocacy for Jews of Color in the United States. She is a teacher, writer, editor, and diversity consultant...	born 1972	United States	Teacher Teacher A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
Adah Isaacs Menken Adah Isaacs Menken Adah Isaacs Menken was an American actress, painter and poet.-Life and career:There are significant inconsistencies in the various accounts of Menken's early life. In her autobiographical "Some Notes of her life in her own Hand,", Menken claimed she was born Marie Rachel Adelaide de Vere Spenser...	1835–1868	United States	Actress and poet Poet A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
"Magnificent" Montague Magnificent Montague Nathaniel "Magnificent" Montague , is an American R&B disc jockey notable not only for the soul music records he helped promote on KGFJ Los Angeles and WWRL New York City, but whose trademark catch-phrase, "Burn, baby! Burn!" became the rallying cry of the 1965 Watts riots.Semi-retired by the...	born 1928	United States	Disc jockey Disc jockey A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
Shlomo Molla Shlomo Molla Shlomo Molla is an Israeli politician who has served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima since February 2008.-Biography:Molla was born in a small Jewish village of 40 families in Gondar Province in Ethiopia in 1965 into a family of 9 brothers and 2 sisters. Molla attempted to immigrate to Israel...	born 1965	Israel	Politician
Walter Mosley Walter Mosley Walter Ellis Mosley is an American novelist, most widely recognized for his crime fiction. He has written a series of best-selling historical mysteries featuring the hard-boiled detective Easy Rawlins, a black private investigator and World War II veteran living in the Watts neighborhood of Los...	born 1952	United States	Novel Novel A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century.... ist
Joshua Nelson Joshua Nelson -Background:Nelson is Black and Jewish . He became fascinated with music when he was 8, living in Brooklyn. His fascination lasted after he graduated from Newark's Performing Arts High School. He was the school's official soloist for the 4 years he studied there...		United States	Gospel Gospel music Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music.... singer
Sophie Okonedo Sophie Okonedo Sophie Okonedo, OBE is a British actress, who has starred both in successful British and American productions. In 1991, she made her acting debut in the British critically acclaimed coming-of-age drama, Young Soul Rebels...	born 1969	United Kingdom	Actress
Sean Paul Sean Paul Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques , who performs under stage name Sean Paul, is a Jamaican pop rap and reggae singer.-1973–1996: Early life:...	born 1973	Jamaica	Reggae Reggae Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based... musician
Aulcie Perry Aulcie Perry Aulcie Perry is a retired American-Israeli basketball player. He led Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. to two European championships during his nine seasons with the team. In 1987, Perry was convicted of drug-smuggling.-Early life:...	born 1950	United States Israel	Basketball player
Rain Pryor Rain Pryor -Personal life:Pryor was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Shelley R. Bonis and American comedian Richard Pryor. Rain Pryor's mother was a Jewish go-go dancer and Rain was largely raised with her Jewish grandparents who taught her about Jewish culture...	born 1969	United States	Actress and comedienne Comedian A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
Joshua Redman Joshua Redman Joshua Redman is an American jazz saxophonist and composer who records for Nonesuch Records. He won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition in 1991.-Biography:...	born 1969	United States	Jazz saxophonist Saxophone The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
Tracee Ellis Ross Tracee Ellis Ross Tracee Ellis Ross is an American actress. She is best known for her lead role as Joan Clayton on the UPN/CW series, Girlfriends. She is currently starring as Dr...	born 1972	United States	Actress and model
Rowetta Rowetta Rowetta Idah , also known as Rowetta or Rowetta Satchell, is an English singer. She was originally a backing vocalist for the Happy Mondays, recording and touring with the band from 1991-2000...	born 1966	United Kingdom	Singer
Maya Rudolph Maya Rudolph Maya Khabira Rudolph is an American actress, comedienne and singer known for her comedic roles as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2000 to 2007, and for appearing in films such as Away We Go, Bridesmaids, Grown Ups, A Prairie Home Companion and MacGruber...	born 1972	United States	Actress and comedienne
Sirak M. Sabahat Sirak M. Sabahat Sirak M. Sabahat is an Israeli actor. He is known for his role in the film Va, vis et deviens.-Biography:Sabahat was born in the village of Walita, in Southern Ethiopia, the first-born of four brothers. He is an Ethiopian Jew. In 1991, he and his family left Awassa for Israel...	born 1981	Israel	Actor
Meskie Shibru-Sivan Meskie Shibru-Sivan Meskie Shibru-Sivan is an Israeli actress and vocalist.Meskie was born in Ethiopia. She came to Israel without her family in 1985, when she was 16 years old. Supposedly she came to study Computer Science, but instead she studied acting at the Nissan Nativ School of Acting in Tel Aviv. Her family...	born 1967	Israel	Actress and singer
Shyne Shyne Moshe Levi Ben-David , better known by his stage name Shyne, is a Belizean rapper.-Background:...	born 1981	Belize	Rapper
Willie "The Lion" Smith	1897–1973	United States	Jazz pianist Jazz piano Jazz piano is a collective term for the techniques pianists use when playing jazz. The piano has been an integral part of the jazz idiom since its inception, in both solo and ensemble settings. Its role is multifaceted due largely to the instrument's combined melodic and harmonic capabilities...
Alysa Stanton Alysa Stanton Alysa Stanton is an African-American Jew. On June 6, 2009, she was ordained as the first African-American female rabbi. In August 2009 she began work as a rabbi at Congregation Bayt Shalom, a small majority-white synagogue in Greenville, North Carolina, making her the first African-American rabbi...		United States	Rabbi
Michelle Stein-Evers Michelle Stein-Evers Michelle Stein-Evers, born in Los Angeles, California, is a specialist in Iranian Studies, human rights, and immigration, now residing in Australia. She studied at the Universities of California, Tehran and Pennsylvania, specializing in political science and Iranian Area Studies. Her fields of...		United States Australia	Historian Historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is... and political analyst Political science Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
Amar'e Stoudemire	born 1982	United States	Basketball player
Amiya Taga	born 1985	Israel	Football player
Baruch Tegegne Baruch Tegegne Baruch Tegegne , was a prominent leader of Ethiopian Jews in Israel and advocate of their immigration in the 1980s and 1990s. He lived in Israel.-Early years:...	born 1944	Canada	Activist Activism Activism consists of intentional efforts to bring about social, political, economic, or environmental change. Activism can take a wide range of forms from writing letters to newspapers or politicians, political campaigning, economic activism such as boycotts or preferentially patronizing...
Khleo Thomas	born 1989	United States	Actor
Andre Tippett Andre Tippett Andre Bernard Tippett is a former American football linebacker who played for the New England Patriots of the NFL. Currently, he is the Patriots' Executive Director of Community Affairs. He was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2008.-Personal life:Tippett was born in Birmingham,...	born 1959	United States	American football player
Rebecca Walker Rebecca Walker Rebecca Walker is an American writer. She has been named by Time Magazine as one of the 50 future leaders of America.-Early life:...	born 1969	United States	Feminist Feminism Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights... and writer
Justin Warfield Justin Warfield Justin Warfield is a musician and hip hop emcee of African American and Jewish Russian-Romanian maternal parentage, who is currently half of the darkwave duo She Wants Revenge...	born 1973	United States	Rapper
Robin Washington Robin Washington Robin Washington is an American journalist and filmmaker, born in Chicago in 1956.-Early life:Washington, who is Black and Jewish, was born to an African American father, Atlee Washington, and Jewish mother, Jean Birkenstein Washington.-Career:...	born 1956	United States	Journalist Journalist A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A... and filmmaker Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
Jamila Wideman Jamila Wideman Jamila Wideman is an American female left-handed point guard basketball player, lawyer and activist.-Early life:Wideman's father, John Edgar Wideman, an African-American author and professor, is the first 2-time winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and a professor at Brown University...	born 1975	United States	Basketball player
Andre Williams Andre Williams Andre Williams is an American R&B and punk blues musician who started his career in the 1950s at Fortune Records in Detroit.-Biography:...	born 1936	United States	R&B Rhythm and blues Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a... musician
Jackie Wilson Jackie Wilson Jack Leroy "Jackie" Wilson, Jr. was an American singer and performer. Known as "Mr. Excitement", Wilson was important in the transition of rhythm and blues into soul. He was known as a master showman, and as one of the most dynamic singers and performers in R&B and rock history...	1934–1984	United States	Singer

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