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Lawrence Adam Frank (born August 23, 1970) [1] [2] is an American basketball coach and executive who serves as president of basketball operations for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Lawrence Frank, coach, New Jersey Nets [59] Larry Fleisher, ... Jewish Roller Derby [284] is a diaspora team that competes in international tournaments. See also
American-born actress, daughter of Polish Jewish immigrants Seinfeld: Laurence Harvey: 1928–1973 Lithuanian-born actor, achieved fame in British and American films [253] Steven Hill: 1922–2016 American film and television actor [684] Judy Holliday: 1921–1965 American Academy Award–winning actress and singer [685] [686] Rick Jason: 1923 ...
The topic of Jewish participation in sports is discussed extensively in academic and popular literature. Scholars believe that sports have been a historical avenue for Jewish people to overcome obstacles toward their participation in secular society, especially before the mid-20th century in Europe and the United States.
Leo Frank may not have been the only American Jew lynched in the state of Georgia in August 1915. Two days prior to the lynching of Frank, the Jewish writer Albert Bettelheim was lynched on August 15, 1915. Little information is known about Bettelheim. [3] In 1903, the Jewish peddler Abraham Surasky was lynched in rural South Carolina. Several ...
Sidney Frank (1919–2006), U.S. promoter of Grey Goose vodka and Jägermeister [80] Michel Fribourg (1913–2001), Belgian-American chairman and CEO of family-owned ContiGroup Companies (later led by his son, Paul (1954/1955–)) [ 81 ]
Leo Max Frank (April 17, 1884 – August 17, 1915) was an American lynching victim convicted in 1913 of the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan, an employee in a factory in Atlanta, Georgia where he was the superintendent. Frank's trial, conviction, and unsuccessful appeals attracted national attention.
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