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Federman
Federman is a surname of German origin, originating as an occupational surname for someone who traded feathers or quill pens. Notable people with the surname include: * Daniel Federman (1928-2017), American endocrinologist and professor * Irwin Federman (born 1936), American businessman and philanthropist * Noam Federman (born 1969), Israeli activist * Raymond Federman (1928-2009), French-American novelist and academic *Ross Federman, American drummer, part of the band Tally Hall Tally Hall (sometimes stylized as tallyhall) is an American rock music, rock band formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in December 2002, and publicly active until the conclusion of their Good & Evil (album), ''Good & Evil'' tour in 2011. The band is ... * Wayne Federman (born 1959), American comedian, actor, author, writer, comedy historian, producer, and musician See also * Federman, Michigan, a former unincorporated community * Federmann * Faderman {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Federman
Wayne Federman (born June 22, 1959) is an American comedian, actor, author, writer, comedy historian, producer, and musician. He is noted for numerous stand-up comedy appearances in clubs, theaters, and on television; his book on '' The History of Stand-Up''; and supporting comedic acting roles in ''The X-Files'', ''The Larry Sanders Show'', ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'', ''Silicon Valley'', ''Legally Blonde'', ''50 First Dates'', ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin'', and '' Step Brothers''. He was the head monologue writer for NBC's ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'' in its first season. He won a 2022 Primetime Emmy Award for producing the HBO documentary '' George Carlin's American Dream''. Life and career Early life: 1959–1976 Federman was born in Los Angeles, one of six children. He grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, and moved to Plantation, Florida at age 10. He played the drums and at age 14 began performing in a band at local weddings. He taught himself ventriloquism and performed at va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Federman
Raymond Federman (May 15, 1928 – October 6, 2009) was a French–American novelist and academic, known also for poetry, essays, translations, and criticism. He held positions at the University at Buffalo from 1973 to 1999, when he was appointed Distinguished Emeritus Professor. Federman was a writer in the experimental style, one that sought to deconstruct traditional prose. This type of writing is quite prevalent in his book ''Double or Nothing'', in which the linear narrative of the story has been broken down and restructured so as to be nearly incoherent. Words are also often arranged on pages to resemble images or to suggest repetitious themes. Biography Federman, who was Jewish, was born in Montrouge, France. He was 14 years old when his parents hid him in a small stairway landing closet as Gestapo arrived at the family home in Nazi-occupied France. His family was taken away, and his parents and two sisters were killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Federman h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noam Federman
Noam Federman (; born October 25, 1969, in Jerusalem) is a religious-Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox right-wing Israeli Jews, Israeli Jew in Hebron, and a former leader of the Kach and Kahane Chai, Kach Party, which he has been involved with since he was 14. He has been held in administrative detention several times. Federman hosts a weekly Internet program called "Federman Without Censor". It can be heard on the Hebrew section of the Jewish Task Force's website. JTF funds his political activities in Israel. Biography Noam Federman's father, David Federman (1909-1980), a Betar activist turned Lehi (group), Lehi fighter, was arrested by the British during the Mandate for Palestine, British Mandate for Palestine and Irgun and Lehi internment in Africa, interned in Africa for his Jewish nationalist activism, where he shared a cell with Yitzhak Shamir, a future prime minister. Federman was raised on stories of that period, and considers his own beliefs similar to those of Avraham Stern. When ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
