Visitors' Choice
The Great Jews noted below have been nominated by visitors to this site. To suggest someone for inclusion on this page please see Contact Us.
Ivry Gitlis
(b. 1922, Haifa, Palestine)
Violinist whose playing as a boy impressed the celebrated virtuoso Bronislaw Huberman (see Great Jewish Violinists). He studied at the National Conservatory in Paris and then with George Enescu, Jacques Thibaud and Carl Flesch. Throughout a long and distinguished career he has been a champion of contemporary music. In 1988 he was appointed a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.
(Nominated by J. Levine, Ashdod, Israel)
More on Ivry Gitlis
Ivry Gitlis plays Valse Sentimentale by Tchaikovsky
Books:
Margaret Campbell, The Great Violinists (Anova Books, 2004)
Judy Holliday (Judith Tuvim)
(b. 1921, New York, NY, USA; d. 1965, New York, NY, USA)
Award winning American stage and screen actress whose image as a 'dumb blonde' belied her gifts as a performer. She played memorable film roles in Born Yesterday (1950), The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956) and Bells Are Ringing (1960) before illness curtailed her career.
(Nominated by Karen Bernie, Los Angeles, California, USA)
More on Judy Holliday
Books:
Michelle Vogel and Liz Nocera, Hollywood Blondes: Golden Girls of the Silver Screen (Wasteland Press, 2007)
Gary Carey, Judy Holliday: An Intimate Life Story (Putnam Adult,1984)