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  2. Amy Winehouse - Wikipedia

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    Amy Winehouse. Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English singer and songwriter. She was known for her deep, expressive contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres, including soul, rhythm and blues, reggae and jazz .

  3. Babka - Wikipedia

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    Although the Polish and Ukrainian babka are mutually eponymous with their Jewish counterparts, the appearance and preparation of each babka is drastically different. The Eastern European babka draws its name from its tall, stout, fluted sides formed in a traditional pan, and reminiscent of a grandma's skirt.

  4. Law of Return - Wikipedia

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    The Law of Return ( Hebrew: חוק השבות, ḥok ha-shvūt) is an Israeli law, passed on 5 July 1950, which gives Jews, people with one or more Jewish grandparent, and their spouses the right to relocate to Israel and acquire Israeli citizenship. [1] Section 1 of the Law of Return declares that "every Jew has the right to come to this ...

  5. Anne Frank - Wikipedia

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    Annelies Marie " Anne " Frank ( German: [ˈanə (liːs maˈʁiː) ˈfʁaŋk] ⓘ, Dutch: [ˌɑnəˈlis maːˈri ˈfrɑŋk, ˈɑnə ˈfrɑŋk] ⓘ; 12 June 1929 – c. February or March 1945) [1] was a German -born Jewish girl who kept a diary in which she documented life in hiding under Nazi persecution during the German occupation of the ...

  6. Frankenberger thesis - Wikipedia

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    Frankenberger thesis. The Frankenberger thesis, also Frankenreiter thesis, is a thesis that is widely considered to be refuted in historical research and which claims Adolf Hitler 's Jewish descent. Referring to the parentage of Hitler's father Alois Hitler - who was born in 1837 as the illegitimate son of the housemaid Anna Maria Schicklgruber ...

  7. Bernile Nienau - Wikipedia

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    Nienau, her mother Karoline, and her maternal grandmother Ida (née Morgenstern) Voit (1867-1942) moved to Munich around 1928. Voit, a widow or divorcee, was a Roman Catholic teacher of Jewish descent. Bernile was one-quarter Jewish, "mixed race of the second degree" according to the Nuremberg Laws of 1935. Though subject to some discrimination ...

  8. Bethany Mandel - Wikipedia

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    Bethany Shondark Mandel (née Bethany Ann Horowitz) is a conservative American columnist and political and cultural commentator who writes for Deseret News and Ricochet. She was named one of "36 under 36" by The Jewish Week in 2013, one of the "Forward 50" in 2015, and one of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency's "50 Jews everyone should follow on Twitter" in 2019.

  9. Early life of Elvis Presley - Wikipedia

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    Early life of Elvis Presley. Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), popularly known by his first name Elvis, was an American singer and actor. He was born in Tupelo, Mississippi and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee with his family at age 13. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam ...