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==Politicians and Government==
*[[Madeline Albright]], (Jewish parentage, raised Catholic) [[Secretary of State]] under Clinton
*[[Michael Bloomberg]], Mayor of New York (R)
*[[Barbara Boxer]], Senator (D)
*[[Dianne Feinstein]], Senator (D)
*[[Emma Goldman]], 19th/20th century anarchist
*[[Alan Greenspan]], Chairman of the Federal Reserve
*[[Henry Kissinger]], [[Secretary of State]] under Nixon and Ford
*[[Joe Lieberman]], Senator (D)
*[[Harvey Milk]], late San Francisco gay activist and politician
*[[Arlen Specter]], Senator (R)
*[[Paul Wolfowitz]], Deputy Secretary for Defence (Bush administration)
 
Note: Please ensure that EVERY item entered here is properly sourced for being both Jewish and American. A reliable source (or reliable sources) must be brought for every single entry here, per [[WP:BLPCAT]] and [[WP:LISTPEOPLE]].
==Jurists==
*[[Louis Brandeis]], late Supreme Court justice
*[[Abe Fortas]], late Supreme Court justice
*[[Felix Frankfurter]], late Supreme Court justice
 
If an entry is not properly sourced, it will be removed.
==Academics and Science==
* [[Noam Chomsky]], linguistics
* [[Milton Friedman]], economist
* [[Stephen Jay Gould]], biologist and anthropologist
*[[Robert Oppenheimer]], nuclear physicist
* [[Ruth Roskies Wisse]], [[Guardian of Zion Award]] ([[2003]])
 
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==Film, TV & Stage==
These are lists of '''prominent [[American Jews]]''', arranged by field of activity.
*[[Jason Alexander]]
*[[Woody Allen]]
*[[Ed Asner]]
*[[Lisa Bonet]] (Jewish mother)
*[[Mel Brooks]]
*[[Marx Brothers]]
*[[Larry David]]
*[[Larry Fine]], Stooge
*[[Al Franken]]
*[[Jerome Howard]], "Curly" from the [[Three Stooges]]
*[[Moe Howard]], Stooge
*[[Ron Jeremy]]
*[[Stanley Kubrick]]
*[[Jerry Lewis]]
*[[Arthur Miller]], playwright
*[[Zero Mostel]]
*[[Paul Newman]] (Jewish father)
*[[Leonard Nimoy]]
*[[Gwyneth Paltrow]] (Jewish father)
*[[Sara Jessica Parker]] (Jewish mother)
*[[Jerry Seinfeld]]
*[[Jon Stewart]]
 
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==Musicians==
*[[Paula Abdul]]
*[[Irving Berlin]], songwriter
*[[Leonard Bernstein]], conductor and composer
*[[Sammy Davis, Jr.]], (convert) singer and dancer
*[[Bob Dylan]]
*[[Billy Joel]]
*[[Phil Ochs]]
*[[Lou Reed]]
*[[David Lee Roth]]
*[[Paul Simon]]
 
==WritersAcademics==
* [[List of Jewish American biologists and physicians|Biologists and physicians]]
* [[List of Jewish American chemists|Chemists]]
* [[List of Jewish American computer scientists|Computer scientists]]
* [[List of Jewish American economists|Economists]]
* [[List of Jewish American historians|Historians]]
* [[List of Jewish American linguists|Linguists]]
* [[List of Jewish American mathematicians|Mathematicians]]
* [[List of Jewish American philosophers|Philosophers]]
* [[List of Jewish American physicists|Physicists]]
 
==Activists==
*[[Isaac Asimov]], science fiction writer
*[[List of Jewish American activists|Activists]]
*[[Saul Bellow]] (Candian born), author
*[[Joseph Brodsky]]
*[[E.L. Doctorow]], author
*[[Andrea Dworkin]], feminist writer
*[[Howard Fast]], author and screenwriter
*[[Allen Ginsburg]], poet
* [[Cynthia Ozick]], Guardian of Zion Award ([[2001]])
*[[Ben Hecht]], author and playwright
*[[Ayn Rand]], philosopher and screenwriter
*[[Philip Roth]]
*[[Susan Sontag]]
* [[Elie Wiesel]], Guardian of Zion Award ([[1997]]), [[Nobel Peace Prize]] ([[1986]])
* [[Herman Wouk]], Guardian of Zion Award ([[1998]])
 
==Journalists==
*[[Wolf Blitzer]], CNN
* [[Thomas Friedman]]
*[[Norman Mailer]]
*[[Ted Koppel]], Nightline
* [[Charles Krauthammer]], The [[Washington Post]] columnist, Guardian of Zion Award ([[2002]])
* [[A.M. Rosenthal]], Former [[New York Times]] editor, Guardian of Zion Award ([[2002]])
* [[William Safire]]
*[[Mike Wallace]], ''60 Minutes''
*[[Barbara Walters]]
 
==Artists==
* [[List of Jewish American architects|Architects]]
*[[Roy Lichtenstein]]
* [[List of Jewish American cartoonists|Cartoonists]]
* [[List of Jewish American composers|Composers]]
* [[List of Jewish American photographers|Photographers]]
* [[List of Jewish American visual artists|Visual artists]]
 
==Business==
* [[List of Jewish American businesspeople|Businesspeople]]
*[[William S. Paley]], founder of CBS
** [[List of Jewish American businesspeople in finance|in finance]]
** [[List of Jewish American businesspeople in media|in media]]
** [[List of Jewish American businesspeople in real estate|in real estate]]
** [[List of Jewish American businesspeople in retail|in retail]]
 
==Entertainers==
*[[List of Jewish American composers|Composers]]
*[[List of Jewish American entertainers|Entertainers]] (actors and musicians)
 
==Legal system==
*[[List of Jewish American jurists|Jurists]]
*[[Demographics of the Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court Justices]]
 
==Military==
 
*[[List of Jewish Americans in the military|Military]]
 
==Politicians==
*[[List of Jewish American politicians|Politicians]]
** [[List of Jewish members of the United States Congress|Members of Congress]]
** [[List of Jewish United States Cabinet members|Cabinet members]]
** [[List of Jewish political milestones in the United States|Political milestones]]
 
==Sportspeople==
*[[List of Jewish American sportspeople|Sportspeople]]
 
==Writers==
* [[List of Jewish American authors|Authors]]
* [[List of Jewish American journalists|Journalists]]
* [[List of Jewish American playwrights|Playwrights]]
* [[List of Jewish American poets|Poets]]
 
==References==
* ''The Jewish Phenomenon: The 7 Keys to the Wealth of a People'', by Steven Silbiger, 2010, Evans Publishing.
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== Further reading==
 
* Hühner, Leon. " Jews in the legal and medical professions in America prior to 1800." ''Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society'', no. 22, 1914, pp.&nbsp;147–65. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/43057931 online]
* Siegel, Nicole. "American Jewish Physicians During the Era of Medical Professionalization, 1850–1950" (PhD Dissertation,  Fordham University; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,  2025. 31768388).
* Simon, Sydney M. “History of Jewish Physicians in the United States Up to About 1900,” ''Annals of Medical History'' 7, no. 3 (May 1935):285-29
 
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