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Nathanson
Nathanson is a surname. It may refer to: *Bernard Nathanson (1926–2011), American physician * E. M. Nathanson (1928–2016), American writer * Jacob P. Nathanson (1901–1986), New York politician *Jeff Nathanson (born 1965), American screenwriter * Julius Nathanson (1890–1957), American actor and comedian * Jill Nathanson (born 1955), American painter *Marcus Nathanson (1793–1868), Jewish scholar *Matt Nathanson (born 1973), American singer and songwriter *Melvyn B. Nathanson (born 1944), American mathematician * Michael Nathanson (actor), American actor * Michael Nathanson (director), Canadian playwright and theatre director * Michael Nathanson (film executive), American film industry executive *Rikki Nathanson Rikki Nathanson (born ) is a Zimbabwean Transgender rights movement, transgender activist. She founded the organization Trans Research Education Advocacy and Training (TREAT) in 2015. After an arrest for entering a women's bathroom in Bulawayo in 2 ... (born ), Zimb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Nathanson
Matthew Adam Nathanson (born March 28, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter whose work is a blend of folk and rock and roll music. In addition to singing, he plays acoustic (sometimes a 12-string) and electric guitar, and has played both solo and with a full band. His work includes the platinum-selling song "Come On Get Higher". One of his hit songs, "Giants", was the opening music for the 2016 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas on ESPN. Early life and college years Nathanson was raised in Lexington, Massachusetts and attended Proctor Academy in Andover, NH. His father is Jewish and his mother is Catholic. Nathanson attended Pitzer College in Claremont, California (majoring in English and world literature). Matt attended the Fessenden School in West Newton, Massachusetts along with his brother, Neal, prior to going to high school at Proctor Academy. Despite living close by in Lexington, the two boarded at Fessenden during the week before going home for weekends. Music The m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Nathanson
Jill Nathanson (born 1955) is an American visual artist and educator. She is associated with color field painting. Nathanson lives in New York City Biography Nathanson attended Bennington College in Vermont, where she studied with Larry Poons and Kenneth Noland. She received her MFA degree from Hunter College in 1982. In the 1980s she worked at the Triangle artists workshops at the invitation of Triangle co-founder Anthony Caro. Work In addition to her training in abstraction, Nathanson's work is informed by a study of Torah and Jewish mysticism. In the 2000s, Nathanson collaborated with Judaic scholar Arnold Eisen in an interpretation of Exodus Chapter 33. Nathanson painted abstract pictures based on Eisen's analysis of the text, then Eisen wrote commentaries based on her paintings. She explained to ''The Forward'' that she sought to avoid making literal interpretations of the story. "My aesthetic, as a painter, has been to paint the forces, to make the forces and the pressu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Nathanson
Bernard N. Nathanson (July 31, 1926 – February 21, 2011) was an American medical doctor and co-founder, in 1969, of the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws (NARAL), later renamed National Abortion Rights Action League. He was also the former director of New York City's Center for Reproductive and Sexual Health, but later became an anti-abortion activist. He was the narrator for the controversial 1984 anti-abortion film ''The Silent Scream''. Early life and education Nathanson was born in New York City. His father was an obstetrician/gynecologist,Vincent, Stephen (21 February 2011)"Bernard Nathanson Dead at 84" ''National Catholic Register'', EWTN NEWS. Retrieved 21 February 2011. the same career that Nathanson held in his professional life. Nathanson earned his undergraduate degree at Cornell University and in 1949 graduated with a medical degree from McGill University Faculty of Medicine in Montreal. Career Nathanson was licensed to practice medicine in New Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Nathanson
Julius Nathanson (sometimes spelled Natanson, yi, נאַטאַנזאָן, דזשוליוס, July 17, 1890 – May 14, 1957) was a prominent figure on the Yiddish stage, known for his career as both a character actor and comedian. Over the course of nearly five decades, he made significant contributions to Yiddish theater. Early life Julius Nathanson was born on July 17, 1890, in Pavoloch, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine). His father worked as a grain trader. Until the age of ten, Natanson studied in a cheder and sang with a cantor in the local synagogue choir. Later, when his family moved to Kiev, he became a lace worker. During his time in Kiev, Natanson sang for several years in a chorus at Brodsky Synagogue. Simultaneously, he worked as an employee in a haberdashery store and, later, in a hotel. In the evenings, he pursued education at the ''handverker'' (artisan) school. Immigration to the United States In 1905, Nathanson's family arrived in the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Nathanson (film Executive)
Michael Nathanson (born 1955/1956) is an American film industry executive who was head of MGM Pictures. Early life and education Nathanson was raised in New York City, the son of Edith (née Landesman) and Ted Nathanson. His father was a director at NBC including the original ''Tonight Show'' and the ''Today Show'' and later the coordinating producer for numerous national sporting events for NBC Sports. His mother was a producer at ABC who worked on ''The Perry Como Show''. His paternal grandfather, Benedict Gimbel Jr., founded one of the first radio stations in Philadelphia (his father was born Benedict Gimbel III but changed his surname to that of his mother). His great-great-grandfather was Adam Gimbel, the founder of Gimbel Brothers department store. He has two sisters who are also in the industry, Laura Nathanson Knobloch, a vice president at Fox Television, and Carla Nathanson Hoffman, who worked on the ''David Letterman Show''. Career Nathanson began his career at NBC Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Nathanson
Edward "Ted" Nathanson (1925 – June 6, 1997) was an American television director. Biography Born Benedict Gimbel III to a Jewish family in Philadelphia, the son of Ethel S. (née Nathanson) and Benedict Gimbel Jr. and the great-grandson of Adam Gimbel of the Gimbel Brothers retailing family. His father was the president and general manager of WIP, one of the first radio stations in Philadelphia. He changed his name to Edward Nathanson (the surname of his mother) after his parents divorced. (His father remarried in 1931 to actress Sally Phipps although they divorced in 1935). During World War II, he volunteered for the American Field Service as an ambulance driver in Europe for Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery's Eighth Army. After the war, he worked for CBS, ABC and then NBC where he directed the original ''Tonight Show'' and the ''Today Show.'' He then became the coordinating producer of football and tennis for NBC Sports, where he directed 13 consecutive Super Bowls, 21 co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rikki Nathanson
Rikki Nathanson (born ) is a Zimbabwean Transgender rights movement, transgender activist. She founded the organization Trans Research Education Advocacy and Training (TREAT) in 2015. After an arrest for entering a women's bathroom in Bulawayo in 2014, she filed a civil lawsuit for damages which she won in 2019. By that point, she had taken asylum in the US and she now lives in Maryland. Career and activism Rikki Nathanson (born ) studied at the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, becoming a company secretary. After Transitioning (transgender), transitioning, she opened a modelling agency in 2005. Her activism started around 2007, when she joined the board of the Sexual Rights Centre. Nathanson founded Trans Research Education Advocacy and Training (TREAT) in 2015. She is involved in the Southern Africa Trans Forum and Africa Key Populations Expert Group, which reports to the United Nations Development Programme. Courtcases In January 2014, Nathanson was arre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Nathanson (actor)
Michael Nathanson is an American actor, known for roles such as Sam Stein in Marvel's ''The Punisher'', and Dr. Levi Zinberg in ''The Knick''. Career Michael Nathanson grew up in New York. He studied at Northwestern University, but returned to New York because "so much of the work has come back to New York." He had briefly worked as a bartender at a friend's bar to earn some income on the side. He joined the cast of ''The Punisher'' which is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is an American media franchise and shared universe centered on a series of superhero films produced by Marvel Studios. The films are based on characters that appear in American comic books published .... Personal life In 2008, he married Hayley Elizabeth Ehrlich. They have twin daughters together. Filmography References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nathanson, Michael 21st-century American male actors American male film actors American m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Nathanson
Jeffrey D. Nathanson (born October 12, 1965) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. Early life and education Nathanson was born on October 12, 1965, in Los Angeles County, California. He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara as an English major from 1983 to 1985. While at UC Santa Barbara, he worked on the school's newspaper, the ''Daily Nexus'', and has stated that the courses he took at UC Santa Barbara led him to want to become a screenwriter. He later enrolled in the screenwriting program at the AFI Conservatory for one year. Career He is best known for his work on the ''Rush Hour'' sequels '' Rush Hour 2'' and '' Rush Hour 3'', '' Catch Me If You Can'', '' The Terminal'', and ''The Last Shot''. He co-wrote a story draft for the film ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' (2008) with George Lucas; the film was directed by Steven Spielberg. He wrote the screenplay for '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales'' (2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Nathanson
Marcus Nathanson (; 1793 – 10 June 1868) was a Russian Jewish scholar. He devoted himself to the study of ancient Hebrew literature, publishing the following works: ''Kontres ayyelet ha-shaḥar'', critical notes on certain chapters of the Midrash Tehillim (printed in ''Pirḥe tzafon'', ii. 165–180); ''Mikhtav 'al devar shemot anashim'', on Jewish proper names (''ib.'' pp. 181–186); and a study on the Karaites (in Günzburg Günzburg (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Genzburg'') is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is a ''Große Kreisstadt'' and the capital of the Swabian Günzburg (district), district Günzburg. This district was constituted in 1972 by combining the city ...'s ''Devir'', Vilna, 1864). References 1793 births 1868 deaths Hebraists Jews from the Russian Empire People from Telšiai People from Vilna Governorate People from Vilnius {{Judaism-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Nathanson (director)
Michael Nathanson is a Canadian playwright and theatre director, who was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2009 Governor General's Awards for his play ''Talk''. Nathanson's other plays have included ''Next'', ''The Seducer’s Diary'', ''One of Ours'', ''No Offense'', ''City of Destiny'' and an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's ''Ivanov'' with the setting transported to Winnipeg. He served as artistic director of the Winnipeg Jewish Theatre from 2006 to 2014. '' Canadian Jewish News
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Melvyn B
Melvyn is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Melvyn Betts (born 1975), English cricketer * Melvyn Bragg (born 1939), British broadcaster and author * Melvyn Caplan, British Conservative politician * Melvyn Douglas (1901-1981), American actor * Melvyn Dubofsky (born 1934), American professor of history and sociology * Melvyn Gale (born 1952), English cellist, former member of the Electric Light Orchestra * Melvyn Goldstein (born 1938), American social anthropologist * Melvyn Grant (born 1944), English artist and illustrator * Melvyn Greaves (born 1941), British cancer biologist and professor * Mel Gussow (1933-2005), American theater critic, movie critic, and author * Melvyn Hayes (born 1935), English actor * Melvyn Jaminet, (born 1999), French rugby footballer * Melvyn Jones (born 1964), British retired slalom canoer * Melvyn P. Leffler (born 1945), American historian and professor * Melvyn Levitsky (born 1938), American diplomat and former ambassador * Melvyn Lore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
