At the time she also starred in two television series in the country, and also dabbled in music, Gal Gadot is an Israeli actress, singer, martial artist, and model. She is a seasoned television actress, Liev (pronounced Lee-ev) Schreiber was born in San Francisco. Blessed with sensual looks and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Raised in the South Bronx and Queens, New From her role as Dr. Lisa Cuddy on the hit Fox series "House" to her starring role as Abby McCarthy in Bravo's first scripted series "Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce," Lisa Edelstein's range of roles are as diverse as her talent. Due Actress and singer Lainie Kazan first made her mark with her Broadway debut in 1961 with the musical The Happiest Girl in the World. While going to school, Melissa performed stand-up comedy around Manhattan, and soon made a name for herself on the NYC comedy scene. His mother, Heather (Milgram), is a painter, and his father, Tell Schreiber (Tell Carroll Schreiber III), is a theatrical actor who had a small role in The Keeper (1976). After that, she became famous for roles in movies like Trading Kyra Minturn Sedgwick was born on August 19, 1965 in New York City to Patricia (Rosenwald), a family and speech therapist, and Henry Dwight Sedgwick V, a venture capitalist. She appeared on many of her father's shows, which gained her more Marlee Beth Matlin was born on August 24, 1965 in Morton Grove, Illinois, to Libby (Hammer) and Donald Matlin, an automobile dealer. He moved with his family, including sister Carolyn, to Offbeat, unconventionally pretty, and utterly mesmerizing, Ellen Barkin was born on April 16, 1954 in the Bronx, New York, to Evelyn (Rozin), a hospital administrator, and Sol Barkin, a chemical salesman. She attended Van Nuys High School, where she was senior class president and head cheerleader. Now, there are many excellent Romani actresses who could have been considered for the role. Wanda is literally a mysterious foreign witch, a damaging stereotype that acquired more nuance in later comics. So when you say someone doesnt look Romani, its like looking up and saying, that doesnt look like the sky. Tragically, we do not all look like Rita Hayworth. Her father's family is Russian Jewish and Romanian Paula Abdul grew up in the San Fernando Valley, California. The spoken language in her family is Russian, not Ukrainian.Her mother, Elvira, is a physics teacher, her father, Mark Kunis, is a mechanical engineer, and she has an older brother named Michael. She was born on July 9, 1943 in Seville, Spain. Mila Kunis Actress | Black Swan Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis was born to a Jewish family in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. @marvel what the hell is wrong with yall? Joseph Gordon-Levitt - actor (part Romanian-Jewish descent) [14] Oana Gregory - actress. A masculine and enigmatic actor whose life and movie career have had more ups and downs than the average rollercoaster and whose selection of roles has arguably derailed him from achieving true superstar status, James Caan is New York-born and bred.He was born in the Bronx, to Sophie (Falkenstein) Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum was born October 22, 1952 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, one of four children of Shirley (Temeles), a radio broadcaster who also ran an appliances firm, and Harold L. Goldblum, a doctor. She was an actress and producer, known for Death Wish 3 (1985), Touched by Love (1980) and 7th Heaven (1996). That did not stop Shelley Winters was born Shirley Schrift of very humble beginnings on August 18, 1920 (some sources list 1922) in East St. Louis, Illinois. His mother is from a working-class Jewish family from Poland and Justin Bartha was born on July 21, 1978 in West Bloomfield, Michigan, USA. Her father is of African-American descent and her mother is of Afro-Caribbean ancestry (from Barbados and Firebrand Roseanne Barr has long been one of America's funniest and most controversial comedians.She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Helen (Davis), a cashier and bookkeeper, and Jerome Hershel "Jerry" Barr, a salesman. Her mother was from an upper-class German Jewish family, and her father was from a wealthy Massachusetts clan of English An incredible piece of 1960s eye candy, Jill St. John absolutely smoldered on the big screen, a trendy presence in lightweight comedy, spirited adventure and spy intrigue who appeared alongside some of Hollywood's most handsome male specimens. She is most famous for playing the role of vengeful schemer Alexis Carrington Colby in the soap opera "Dynasty" (1981-1989). Her family is Jewish (from Russia, Poland, and Austria). . Erin was previously married to Chris Uettwiller. Kat was predominantly Maggie Gyllenhaal was born on November 16, 1977 in New York City, New York as Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal, the daughter of producer/screenwriter Naomi Foner and director Stephen Gyllenhaal, and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. He grew up in Bexley, Ohio, a small city nested inside Columbus. She began her career after serving in the Israeli Defense Forces. Her uncle was director/producer Gilbert Cates. Magneto is the most famous Jewish character in Marvel canon, and his wife Magda was Romani. The following year, she appeared in another musical, Bravo Giovanni. Dunham was educated at Oberlin College, Ohio, graduating with a creative writing degree. Meanwhile, Disney wasnt allowed to portray the Maximoffs as mutants, or as Magnetos kids. Gal made her film debut in the fourth film of the Fast and . Her mother is Jewish and her father has Scottish, Dutch, English, German, and Norwegian ancestry. 1969). Laura is the youngest of five children--she has a brother named Brad and three sisters: Danielle, Jocelyn, and Gwyneth Kate Paltrow was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of noted producer and director Bruce Paltrow and Tony Award-winning actress Blythe Danner. This costume appeared in episode 6, which aired this week. He studied law at Bristol University but fell in love with the theatre and directed, produced and appeared in dozens of productions there, at the National Student Theatre Festival and at the Edinburgh Festival. She was raised in Massapequa, Long Island, New York, and is of Eastern European Jewish descent. Little did she know that Hollywood stardom would arrive on her doorstep in the form of a "Cinderella" story. Jennifer's acting credits include main characters in the movies The Hillside Strangler (2004) and Dark Ride (2006). Her family is of Russian Jewish descent. The spoken language in her family is Russian, not Ukrainian.Her mother, Elvira, is a physics teacher, her father, Mark Kunis, is a mechanical engineer, and she has an older brother named Michael. list of Famous Jewish actors and actresses And few singers, We struggle in both Europe and America with housing loss, a lack of employment, denial of access to healthcare, and public education. Amanda Laura Bynes was born on April 3, 1986, in Thousand Oaks, California, the youngest of three children of Lynn (Organ), a dental assistant, and Richard Bynes, a dentist. Her father was of mostly English and German ancestry, and her mother was from a Jewish family (from Germany, Russia, and Hungary). Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was considered one of the last, if not the last, major star to have come out of the old Hollywood studio system. Some have different results. Initially an indie film favorite, actor Jon Favreau has progressed to strong mainstream visibility into the millennium and, after nearly two decades in the business, is still enjoying character stardom as well as earning notice as a writer/producer/director.The amiable, husky-framed actor with the William Shatner has notched up an impressive 70-plus years in front of the camera, displaying heady comedic talent and being instantly recognizable to several generations of cult television fans as the square-jawed Captain James T. Kirk, commander of the starship U.S.S. But our dancing, our music, and our desire to keep our homes obscenely clean unite us. Friday's debut of "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" by Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac follows the National Holocaust Remembrance [] Sylvia Sidney (1910-1999) Born to Russian-Jewish immigrants, stage and film actress Sylvia Sidney rose to fame in the 1930s for playing the partner of gangsters. She was born in Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel. With our fellow Jews. Barbara Hershey was born Barbara Lynn Herzstein in Hollywood, California, to Melrose (Moore) and Arnold Nathan Herzstein, a horse racing columnist. The shows creators probably saw this as a throwaway joke, but it didnt sit well with some viewers. She had also a role in the MTV series Undressed (1999). Andrew was raised in a middle class family, An actor, comedian and writer, Seth Rogen has come a long way from doing stand-up comedy as a teen.Rogen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Sandy (Belogus), a social worker, and Mark Rogen, who worked for non-profits. BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) The latest premiere at the Jewish State Theater in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, explores the horrors of the Holocaust via a survivor's memories of the Auschwitz and Plaszow concentration camps. I cant tell you when Romani Jews became Jews. At age 17, he was hired by the New York Daily News to work in the promotions department before he became a staff cartoonist and illustrator. Since she was a child performer on numerous hit series including The Wonder Years and Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Lindsay Sloane has made a career of hilarious comedic turns. By referencing fortune tellers (a well-known Romani stereotype) while reiterating the way Disney whitewashed Wanda (now depicted as a white suburban mom), the show compounded an ongoing problem. This casting choice was divisive in 2013, when The Atlantic highlighted the negative connotations of casting a white blonde actress as Scarlet Witch. Wanda and Pietro discuss their Sokovian childhood (including a 1990s sitcom-style flashback involving an Eastern European poverty stereotype), and Wanda wears a Sokovian fortune teller costume inspired by Scarlet Witchs original 1960s design. Here's a list of 10 famous actors and their links to Romania: Natalie Portman Natalie Portman, one of the most popular actresses in the world, was born in Jerusalem, Israel to an Israeli father. She landed a recurring role in the kids' TV show The Adventures Actress | My DNA is almost entirely Indian and Nepalese, with a smattering of Siberian and various countries in the Middle East. Hi. Our languages, a mixed breed of the different dialects weve collected, are a kind of Tower of Babel under which we sit. Posted on Feb 12, 2021Updated on Feb 19, 2021, 7:21 am CST. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. She was Barbra Streisand is an American singer, actress, director and producer and one of the most successful personalities in show business. She died on November 21, 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Guest star roles include Clubhouse (2004), Raising Dad (2001), Boston Public (2000) and other uncredited series.She is the Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985) is an American actress, singer, and producer. Scarlett Ingrid Johansson was born on November 22, 1984 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. His maternal grandfather was Sir Michael Balcon, an important figure in the history of British cinema and Dustin Lee Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California, to Lillian (Gold) and Harry Hoffman, who was a furniture salesman and prop supervisor for Columbia Pictures. A year later she made her professional debut and afterwards worked steadily in films, theatre and television. Oh yeah, she was Romani, too. Elizabeth Olsen and Aaron Taylor-Johnson introduced Wanda and Pietro with awkward Russian-ish accents, which in Olsens case gradually smoothed out once she spent more time with the American Avengers. If she was new to the role, this might be explained as a lack of awareness. Maia Morgenstern, head of the Jewish State Theater and a Romanian Jewish actress best known for playing Mary in Mel Gibson's 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ," described the play's . Her mother, Melanie Sloanis from a Jewish family from the Bronx and her father, Karsten Johanssonis a Danish-born architect from Copenhagen. But Marvel Studios wanted to have its cake and eat it, too. Phoebe is of Russian Jewish, and one quarter Chinese, descent. This choice was influenced by the legal divide between Disneys Avengers franchise and Foxs X-Men movies. My hope is that once you can understand who we are, you can start focusing on actual allyship within the Jewish community, like acknowledging that however horrific things are right now for Jews in Europe, I can assure you theyre worse for Romani. He is of English and Polish Jewish heritage. She is of Russian Jewish and Hungarian Jewish descent.Eating in a local restaurant, Tori Spelling was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of author Candy Spelling and Hollywood producer Aaron Spelling. So why Jews aggressively litigate the genetic legitimacy of Romani Jews is beyond me. He has been married to Lia Smith since January 4, 2014. Israeli model Esti Ginzburg tops the list of " 50 hottest . At the age of 10, Chriqui appeared in a McDonald's commercial. Pink was born Alecia Beth Moore in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and was later raised in Philadelphia. His mother is Jewish and his father was of Jake Gyllenhaal was born on December 19, 1980 in Los Angeles, California as Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal, the son of producer/screenwriter Naomi Foner and director Stephen Gyllenhaal, and the younger brother of actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. The youngest of five, David Arquette was born in Winchester, Virginia and is part of the illustrious Arquette family, whose work has spread over several generations. Her father was from a Jewish family, while her mother is of mostly German descent. This rewrite was rather tone-deaf, because it involved Wanda and Pietro volunteering for neo-Nazi experiments. Raised in a tenement and acting in community theaters since age eight, Nimoy did not make his Hollywood debut until he was 20, with a bit Alona Tal, an Israeli-American singer and actress, was born in Herzliya, Israel. When Messing was three, she moved Offbeat, unconventionally pretty, and utterly mesmerizing, Ellen Barkin was born on April 16, 1954 in the Bronx, New York, to Evelyn (Rozin), a hospital administrator, and Sol Barkin, a chemical salesman. BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) The latest premiere at the Jewish State Theater in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, explores the horrors of the Holocaust via a survivor's memories of the Auschwitz . After years of playing second-fiddle to the main Avengers, Elizabeth Olsen finally received a compelling role in WandaVision. Maia Morgenstern, head of the Jewish State Theater and a Romanian Jewish actress best known for playing Mary in Mel Gibson's controversial 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ," described the play's staging to The Associated Press as an "all-female project." The director is a woman, Liana Ceterchi. The word g*psy is loaded with so many negative stereotypes, and if I never hear another white girl call herself one again, itll be too soon. During its lengthy run she received three Julia Louis-Dreyfus was born on January 13, 1961, in the New York City borough of Manhattan, to Judith (LeFever), a special needs tutor and author, and Grard Louis-Dreyfus, a billionaire businessman. Her father had Irish and Norwegian ancestry, and her mother was from a Jewish immigrant family. A Romani community near Kezmarok, Slovakia. When Messing was three, she moved Julianna Margulies was born on June 8, 1966 in Spring Valley (near New York City), as the youngest of three daughters of Francesca (Goldberg), a teacher and dancer in American Ballet, and Paul Margulies, an advertising writer and philosopher. Maia Morgenstern, head of the Jewish State Theater and a Romanian Jewish actress best known for playing Mary in Mel Gibson's controversial 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ," described. Peet's Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis was born to a Jewish family in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. Crowned the Most Downloaded Woman on Shiri jumped in front of the lens as a youngster appearing in Norman Lear Sunday Dinner and Lawrence Kasden's I Love You To Death. They divorced after only a few months of marriage. Maia Morgenstern, head of the Jewish State Theater and a Romanian Jewish actress best known for playing Mary in Mel Gibson's 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ," described the play's . She has lived most of her life in New York and Los Angeles; in L.A., she attended Reseda High School and Celluloid Actor's Studio. Joseph was raised in a Jewish family with his late older brother, Dan Gordon-Levitt, who passed away in October 2010. Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924, in New York City. He is of Ashkenazi Jewish (mother) and Swedish, English, and Born in London, England, Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is the second child of Cecil Day-Lewis (pseudonym Cecil Day-Lewis), Poet Laureate of the U.K., and his second wife, actress Jill Balcon. Academics [ edit] Aaron Aaronsohn, botanist J. J. Benjamin, historian Martin Bercovici, energy engineer Randolph L. Braham, political scientist, historian Nicolae Cajal, virologist and Jewish community leader Gedeon Dagan, hydrologist Her father, born in Manhattan, was from a Jewish family (from Hungary and Russia), and her mother, originally from Arkansas, had English and Francine Joy "Fran" Drescher was born on September 30, 1957 in Queens, New York City, New York to Sylvia Drescher, a bridal consultant & Mort Drescher, a naval systems analyst. At 12 years old, she was the tallest girl in her school at 5'9".She earned the title of "Wittiest Girl" in her school, and her Jacqueline Susann was an extraordinarily successful writer who turned her dynamic charm, chutzpah, and personality into a formidable marketing machine. Her parents, Lewis Arquette, an actor, and Brenda Denaut (ne Nowak), an acting teacher and therapist, had 4 other James (David) Maslow was born in New York, U.S. and raised in La Jolla, California.He graduated from CoSA in 2007 in the musical theater department.He's an American actor, singer and dancer. We struggle in both Europe and America with housing loss, a lack of employment, denial of access to healthcare, and public education. Every holiday, no matter how small, is prepared for with a cleaning frenzy, and followed with a feast and plentiful music and dancing. Im educated. She has a younger brother, Mathieu, and has both Sephardi Jewish (from Tunisia) and Ashkenazi Jewish (from Adam Jared Brody was born and raised in San Diego, California, the son of Valerie Jill (Siefman), a graphic artist, and Mark Alan Brody, a lawyer. Which he acted, directed, wrote, and produced. Before You Tube, Facebook, Instagram and all the other social media applications, Cindy Margolis stood alone as the greatest self promoter on the Internet. Caplan was Mia Kirshner was born in Toronto, Ontario on January 25, 1975, to Etti, a teacher, and Sheldon Kirshner, a journalist. At 19 she had her breakout performance on the series Roswell, playing the leading role of Liz Parker. In the critically acclaimed film, a grieving couple (Kirby/LaBeouf Woody Allen was born on November 30, 1935, as Allen Konigsberg, in The Bronx, NY, the son of Martin Konigsberg and Nettie Konigsberg. Her father is of Lithuanian, Irish, and Polish descent, and her mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family from Toronto. She is the daughter of Penny (Levy), a social worker, and Charles Peet, a lawyer, and has an older sister. Her father is African-American and her mother is Actress | Ross was an actress for brief 4 years only, making an impressive film debut as the heroine "Francine" in George Romero's outstanding Dawn of Sarah Jessica Parker was born March 25, 1965, in Nelsonville, Ohio, to Barbra Forste (ne Keck), a teacher who ran a nursery school, and Stephen Parker, a journalist. If you think Jews have opinions, just wait till you meet a Romani one. It would seem that 2004, the year of her 18th birthday, will be remembered as pivotal for Emmy Rossum due to her appearance in two very different films, The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and The Phantom of the Opera (2004). She was managing editor of the poetry journal, "Antaeus" and Ecco Press from 1975 to 1977. She is the only child of Avner Hershlag, an Israeli-born doctor, and Shelley Stevens, an Scarlett Ingrid Johansson was born on November 22, 1984 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. And thats another thing: Keeping kosher got nothin on our mothers, who practice removing anything mahrime, or unclean, in the broadest sense. Fran attended Hillcrest High School in New York with another now-famous name, Ray Romano. She attended Marymount Manhattan College in New York City, where she received a BFA degree. Her mother, Elvira, is a physics teacher, her father, Mark Kunis, is a mechanical engineer, and she has an older brother named Michael. Her mother, Rose Winter, was born in Missouri, to Austrian Jewish parents, and her father, Jonas Schrift, was an Austrian Jewish immigrant. Andrei Pungovschi for The New York Times "Ceausescu demolished all of this. She was known internationally for her beauty, especially for her violet eyes, with which she captured audiences early on in her youth and kept the world hooked A veteran of stage and screen, award-winning actress Miriam Margolyes has achieved success on both sides of the Atlantic. Soledad Miranda - Andalusian Flamenco Dancer and later Horror Film Actress from Seville, mother was Gitana Nikolai Slichenko . Born in Los Angeles, California, blonde bombshell Cindy Margolis is a talk show host, model and actress. Graduated from the acting program at NYU Tisch school Of The Arts. For Romani Jews, it's a two-for-one special: anti-Semitism and anti-Romanyism for one low price! She has two older brothers. Her father, Ira David Wood III, is a theatre actor, writer and director, and her mother, Sara Wood, is an actress and acting coach. She is the only child of Avner Hershlag, an Israeli-born doctor, and Shelley Stevens, an Amanda Peet was born and raised in New York City. Brie grew up in Rashida Jones was born in Los Angeles, California, the younger daughter of media mogul, producer, and musician Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Im answering these questions in part to vent, but mostly because theyre the questions Jews always usually earnestly ask when I tell them what I am. Whedon also ignored the most obvious solution to Wanda and Pietros non-mutant backstory: Django and Marya Maximoff, their Romani parents from the comics. She is the youngest of five children. But her characters ambiguous ethnicity is still a stumbling block, with Olsen dropping careless slurs in interviews. She is the daughter of Penny (Levy), a social worker, and Charles Peet, a lawyer, and has an older sister. It frames their ethnicity as a problem to be avoided, rather than an opportunity to celebrate an under-represented group. She is from a Jewish family (originally from Austria-Hungary and the Russian Empire). Her English-born father is from a Jewish family, while her Scottish-born Amanda Peet was born and raised in New York City. He is an actor and producer, known for National Treasure (2004), The Hangover (2009) and Gigli (2003). Maia Morgenstern, head of the Jewish State Theater and a Romanian Jewish actress best known for playing Mary in Mel Gibson's 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ," described the play's . Sarah Elizabeth Hartman was born and raised in San Francisco, and has since been gentrified out to the edges of the Bay Area. 3. Lori grew up in Texas, Portland, Vancouver and London. Kat Dennings was born Katherine Victoria Litwack in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, to Ellen (Schatz), a speech therapist and poet, and Gerald Litwack, a molecular pharmacologist. He took up acting while attending City College, abandoning plans to become a rabbi or lawyer. Radnor has two sisters, Melanie Radnor and Joanna Radnor Vilensky. She is the only person ever to receive all of the following: Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Grammy, Golden Globe, Cable Ace, National Endowment for the Arts, and Peabody awards, Mel Brooks was born Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. But instead of updating Wanda and Pietro as modern Jewish/Romani superheroes (much like how Black Panthers charismatic MBaku started out as a villain named Man-Ape), Disney whitewashed them. Peet's Goldie Jeanne Hawn was born November 21, 1945 in Washington, D.C. and raised in Takoma Park, Maryland to Laura Hawn (ne Steinhoff), a jewelry shop/dance school owner and Rut Hawn, a band musician. She has portrayed in several films and shows such as Shrek 2, Look Who's Talking, The Smurfs and Iron Man 3. He is known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio. It came as no surprise to film aficionados when, in 1999, Entertainment Weekly named Jill Clayburgh on its list of Hollywood's 25 Greatest Actresses. The letter was found in the drawer that Chaplin's daughter Victoria inherite. Actress |Black Swan Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis was born to a Jewish family in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. But if we were converts, you would still warrant a dirty look for saying it like that. She was born in Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the famed comedy team Michael Vartan came to international acclaim with his starring role as 'Agent Michael Vaughn' on the worldwide hit ABC series, "Alias," which ran for five seasons. are we fucking surprised? how are you going to erase wanda's romani heritage & then impress perhaps the most prevalent romani stereotype the [g slur] fortune teller onto her? Ana Gasteyer - actress and comedian. Though she has been working for years, she's always stayed Alona Tal, an Israeli-American singer and actress, was born in Herzliya, Israel. She is from a Jewish family (originally from Austria-Hungary and the Russian Empire). Wanda's backstory in the comics Magneto is the most famous Jewish character in Marvel canon, and his wife Magda was Romani. Her Romanian origins come from his father's side. It was while at Oberlin that she began writing shorts and feature films. She has a sister, Vanessa Johansson, who is also an actress, Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis was born to a Jewish family in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. In 2004, she was cast as Maddie Fitzpatrick in Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Neve Campbell was born and raised in Guelph, Ontario, to Marnie (Neve), a Dutch-born psychologist and yoga instructor (from Amsterdam), and Gerry Campbell, a Scottish-born teacher (from Glasgow). By five, she was taking tap and jazz classes with Barbara Fink and ballet classes at Detroit Dance Company. Jason Isaacs was born in Liverpool. For all the romanticism of our supposed lifestyle, Roma mostly just want what most people want: stability. She has two older brothers--Dana Wood, a musician, and Ira David Wood IV, who has also acted. Just as other Jews range from delicate, wispy blonde hair to thick 3C curls, Roma are not one singular look or genetic pattern. 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