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Odesa Jews

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This list has 1 sub-list and 209 members. See also Ukrainian Jews, People from Odesa, Jews and Judaism in Odesa
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  • Val Chmerkovskiy
    Val Chmerkovskiy Ukrainian dancer
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    Valentin Aleksandrovich "Val" Chmerkovskiy (Ukrainian: Валентин Олекса́ндрович Чмерковський; born March 24, 1986) is a Ukrainian-American professional dancer, best known for his appearances on the U.S. version of Dancing with the Stars, which he won twice. Chmerkovskiy is a two-time World Latin Dance Champion (Junior and Youth) and a 14-time U.S. National Latin Dance champion.
  • Maksim Chmerkovskiy
    Maksim Chmerkovskiy Ukrainian dancer and choreographer
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    rank #2 · WDW 448 28 29
    Maksim "Maks" Aleksandrovich Chmerkovskiy (Ukrainian: Максим Олександрович Чмерковський born January 17, 1980) is a Ukrainian-American Latin–ballroom dance champion, choreographer, and instructor. He is widely known as one of the professional dancers on the American television series Dancing with the Stars, on which he first appeared in season two. In his 17 seasons as a competing pro on the show, Chmerkovskiy made it to the final round five times, with two runner-up and two third-place finishes. On May 20, 2014, Chmerkovskiy, paired with Olympic ice dancer Meryl Davis, won his first Dancing with the Stars title. Chmerkovskiy has also starred in the Broadway productions of dance shows Burn the Floor and Forever Tango.
  • Lev Trotskiy
    Lev Trotskiy Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
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    rank #3 · WDW 1 5
    Lev Davidovich Bronstein (7 November [O.S. 26 October] 1879 – 21 August 1940), better known as Leon Trotsky (), was a Russian revolutionary, political theorist and politician. Ideologically a communist, he developed a variant of Marxism known as Trotskyism.
  • Mishka Yaponchik
    Mishka Yaponchik Soviet military leader
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    Mishka Yaponchik (born Moisei Wolfovich Vinnitsky; 30 October 1891 – 29 July 1919) was an Odessa gangster, Jewish revolutionary, and a Soviet military leader.
  • Jakow Trachtenberg
    Jakow Trachtenberg Russian mathematician
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    Jakow Trachtenberg (17 June 1888 – 1953) was a mathematician who developed the mental calculation techniques called the Trachtenberg system.
  • Yakov Smirnoff
    Yakov Smirnoff American comedian
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    rank #6 · WDW 25
    Yakov Naumovich Pokhis (Russian: Яков Наумович Похис; born 24 January 1951), better known as Yakov Smirnoff (Russian: Яков Смирнов; ), is a Ukrainian-American comedian, actor and writer of Jewish origin. He began his career as a stand-up comedian in Ukraine, then immigrated to the United States in 1977 in order to pursue an American show business career, not yet knowing any English. He reached his biggest success in the mid-to-late 1980s, appearing in several films and the television sitcom vehicle What a Country!. His comic persona was of a naive immigrant from the Soviet Union who was perpetually confused and delighted by life in the United States. His humor combined a mockery of life under communism and of consumerism in the United States, as well as word play caused by misunderstanding of American phrases and culture, all punctuated by the catchphrase, "And I thought, 'What a country!'"
  • Maria Kuznetsova
    Maria Kuznetsova Singer and dancer
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    Maria Nikolaevna Kuznetsova (22 July [O.S. 10 July] 1880 – 25 April 1966) (Russian: Мария Николаевна Кузнецова, also spelled Maria Kuznetsova-Benois) was a famous 20th century Russian opera singer and dancer.
  • Fania Marinoff
    Fania Marinoff American actor
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    rank #8 · WDW 6
    Fania Marinoff (Russian: Фаня Маринов; Yiddish: פאַניאַ מאַרינאָוו‎) (March 20, 1890 – November 17, 1971) was a Russian-born American actress.
  • Sarah Adler
    Sarah Adler Russian-born American actress in the Yiddish theater
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    rank #9 · WDW 2 5 1
    Sara Adler (née Levitskaya, some sources give Levitsky or Levitzky, changed to Lewis; 26 May 1858 – 28 April 1953) was a Russian actress in Yiddish theater who made her career mainly in the United States. She was known as the "mother" or "duchess" of Yiddish theater.
  • Ida Kaminska
    Ida Kaminska Polish actress
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    Ida Kamińska (September 18, 1899 – May 21, 1980) was a Polish actress and director. Known mainly for her work in the theatre, she was the daughter of Avrom Yitshok Kaminski (Abraham Isaac Kaminski) and Ester Rachel Kamińska (née Halpern), known as the Mother of the Jewish Stage. The Jewish Theatre in Warsaw, Poland is named in their honor. In her long career Kamińska produced more than 70 plays, and performed in more than 150 productions. She also wrote two plays of her own and translated many works in Yiddish. World War II disrupted her career, and she later immigrated to the United States where she continued to act. In 1967, she directed herself in the lead role of Mother Courage and Her Children on Broadway. In 1973, she released her autobiography, titled My Life, My Theater.
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