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Dorfman
Dorfman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Allen Dorfman, Teamsters official * Ariel Dorfman, Chilean-American writer * Barnaby Dorfman, founder of Foodista.com, company director, executive film producer and inventor * Boris Dorfman (Boruch Dorfman), Ukrainian-Jewish public figure, writer and scholar * Dan Dorfman, newspaper columnist and former CNBC commentator * David Dorfman (other), multiple people, including: ** David Dorfman (born 1993), American attorney and retired actor ** David Dorfman (choreographer) (born 1955), American dancer, choreographer, musician, activist and teacher ** David S. Dorfman, American screenwriter * Donald Dorfman, American psychologist * Elena Dorfman, American fine art photographer * Elsa Dorfman, portrait photographer * Harvey Dorfman (1935–2011), American mental skills coach * (1898–1974), Soviet physicist * Irvin Dorfman, amateur American tennis player in the 1940s and 1950s * Irwin Dorfman, Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Dorfman
Allen Melnick Dorfman (January 6, 1923 – January 20, 1983) was an American insurance agency owner and a consultant to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Central States Pension Fund. He was a close associate of longtime IBT President Jimmy Hoffa and associated with organized crime via the Chicago Outfit. Dorfman was convicted on several felony counts and was murdered in 1983. Early years Allen Dorfman was born in Chicago, Illinois,''Cook County, Illinois Birth Index, 1916–1935'' in 1923 to a working-class Jewish family, the son or stepson of Paul J. "Red" Dorfman (1901–1971) and Rose Ritman (1907–2003). He attended Marshall High School in Chicago. He was born Allen Dorfman, even though his mother was not yet married to Dorfman, but as a teenager also went by the name Allen Melnick, which may have been his biological father's name. He enlisted in the US Marines and earned a Silver Star at the Battle of Iwo Jima. Paul "Red" Dorfman was the head of the Chicago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariel Dorfman
Vladimiro Ariel Dorfman (born May 6, 1942) is an Argentine-Chilean-American novelist, playwright, essayist, academic, and human rights activist. A citizen of the United States since 2004, he has been a professor of literature and Latin American Studies at Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina, since 1985. Background and education Dorfman was born in Buenos Aires on May 6, 1942, the son of Adolf Dorfman, who was born in Odessa (then Russian Empire) to a well-to-do Jewish family, and became a prominent Argentine professor of economics and the author of ''Historia de la Industria Argentina'', and Fanny Zelicovich Dorfman, who was born in Kishinev of Bessarabian Jewish descent. Shortly after his birth, they moved to the United States, where he spent his first ten years of childhood in New York until his family was forced to relocate due to political tensions. His family eventually settled in Chile in 1954. He attended and later worked as a professor at the University of Chile, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsa Dorfman
Elsa Dorfman (April 26, 1937May 30, 2020) was an American portrait photographer. She worked in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was known for her use of a large-format instant Polaroid camera. Early life and education Dorfman was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 26, 1937, and was raised in Roxbury and Newton. She was the eldest of three daughters of Arthur and Elaine (Kovitz). Her father worked at a grocery chain as a produce buyer; her mother was a housewife. Her family was of Jewish descent. She studied at Tufts University, where she majored in French literature. During her junior year, she went on exchange to Europe, where she worked in Brussels for Expo 58 and lived in Paris, living in the same student accommodation as Susan Sontag. Dorfman graduated in 1959 and subsequently moved to New York City, where she was employed as a secretary by Grove Press, a leading Beat publisher. When she returned to Boston, she pursued a master's degree in elementary education at Boston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Dorfman
Dan Dorfman (October 24, 1931 – June 16, 2012) was an American financial journalist, at one time a columnist for the ''New York Sun'' newspaper. Dorfman was a prominent CNBC commentator in the 1990s and a columnist for ''Money'' magazine. He also was a CNN financial news commentator in the 1980s, and a columnist for ''The Wall Street Journal'' early in his career. Personal life Dorfman grew up in a Brooklyn orphanage. He attended the New York School of Printing, graduating in 1949. Dorfman was divorced in 1986 from his wife Iris, and had one daughter, Leah Dorfman Kelly. His daughter died on November 30, 2008. He remarried, Harriet Kasenetz Dorfman, and until his death resided in New York City. Career As a CNBC "stock picker" in the mid-1990s, Dorfman's commentaries were closely followed by stock market traders. Stocks would move sharply as soon as a stock pick by Dorfman would be announced on CNBC. The Chicago Board Options Exchange went as far as to instituting a "Dorfman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irwin Dorfman
Irwin Dorfman, , (March 27, 1908 – November 9, 1993) was a Canadian lawyer from Winnipeg, Manitoba, eventually becoming senior counsel with the firm of Thompson Dorfman Sweatman. In addition to a busy legal practice in the areas of taxation and corporate matters, he was active in his community and in the profession. He served as president of the Law Society of Manitoba and as the national president of the Canadian Bar Association, the first Jewish president in the Association's history. Early life Born in Winnipeg in 1908, Dorfman was the son of Moses and Dora Dorfman. He attended St John's Technical High School and then the University of Manitoba, graduating in 1927 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He followed that with a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Manitoba Law School in 1931, graduating with the gold medal for his class. Practice of law Dorfman articled with the Winnipeg firm of Sparling and Sparling, and then entered into a partnership with Abraham M. Shinbane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Dorfman
Tommy Dorfman (born May 13, 1992) is an American actress, best known for playing Ryan Shaver in the Netflix series ''13 Reasons Why'' (2017). Early life and education Dorfman was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia to a Jewish family. Her cousin is Andi Dorfman, a former contestant on '' The Bachelorette''. Dorfman graduated from Fordham University's drama program in 2015 with a B.A. in theatre arts. Career After graduating from university, Dorfman was cast in the role of Ryan Shaver on the Netflix drama ''13 Reasons Why'', which premiered in 2017. Also that year, she helped design a fashion collection with ASOS, and in October was honored with the Rising Star Award by GLAAD. In the spring of 2019, Dorfman made her New York theatrical debut in The New Group's production of Jeremy O. Harris' play ''Daddy'', directed by Danya Taymor. Personal life Dorfman is queer. Dorfman and Peter Zurkuhlen became engaged in April 2015 and married in Portland, Maine on November 12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josif Dorfman
Josif (Josef, Iossif, Iosif) Davidovich Dorfman (born 1 May 1952, Zhytomyr) is a Soviet-French chess Grandmaster, coach, and chess writer. Tournament results Dorfman played in several USSR championships. In 1975, he took thirteenth in Yerevan (43rd URS-ch; Tigran Petrosian won). In 1976, he finished fifth in Moscow in the 44th Soviet championship as Anatoly Karpov won by a full point over Yuri Balashov. One of his most emphatic victories occurred in qualification for this championship, at the 1976 First League tournament, where he finished 1½ points clear of the field (+6 =11). In 1977, he was joint USSR Champion with Boris Gulko (both +4 =11, ahead of Petrosian, Polugaevsky and Tal). The subsequent play-off match was drawn (+1 –1 =4). In 1978, Dorfman shared thirteenth in Tbilisi as Tal won. In 1981, he tied for 8-9th in Frunze; Lev Psakhis and Garry Kasparov won). In 1984, he took 12th in Lvov (51st URS-ch; Andrei Sokolov won). In international tournaments, Dorfman tie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Dorfman
Yechiel Michel Dorfman (1913 – 30 July 2006) was a rabbi and leader of the Breslov community in Jerusalem, Israel after serving as the de facto head of the Breslover Hasidim living in post-Stalinist Russia. Due to his persistence and planning, the annual Breslover Rosh Hashana kibbutz (prayer gathering) at the grave of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov in Uman, Ukraine, which began in 1811, continued in secret despite the Communist ban on religious gatherings. Biography Rabbi Dorfman was born in Kamenetz-Podolsk in western Ukraine and became a Breslover Hasid in his early teens. He moved to Uman and became a close student of Rabbi Abraham Sternhartz, a leading Breslover figure. In February 1930 he married the granddaughter of Sternhartz, Rivkah, who was a descendant of Rabbi Nathan of Breslov through both her mother and father. During the Stalinist purges of the Ukraine in the late 1930s, Dorfman escaped to Leningrad, where he and his wife survived World War II. However, after the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Dorfman
Ralph Isadore Dorfman, (1911 – November 19, 1985) was a Jewish American biochemist. His work on metabolism in pharmacology and the use of steroid hormones contributed to the development of the combined oral contraceptive pill."Dr. Ralph I. Dorfman" '''', December 12, 1985, accessed February 5, 2019 Dorfman was born in Chicago, Illinois.Simoni, Robert D., Robert L. Hill, Martha Vaughan and Herbert Tabor "The Metabolism of Steroid Hormones: Ralph I. Dorfm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnaby Dorfman
Barnaby Dorfman is an American businessman and currently the Chief Technology Officer of Go1.com. He was Chief Engineering Officer and General Manager of the PayScale Consumer Products Division. He is the founder and former CEO of Foodista. His previous employment includes a role as chief product officer at kyte.tv, and executive positions at Peerflix.com and Amazon's A9.com. Early years Born in New York, New York, he is the grandson of American biochemist Ralph Dorfman. Barnaby Dorfman attended the Putney School in Vermont, where he later became a Board of Trustees member. After graduating from the Putney School in 1986, Dorfman attended the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Madrid, Spain, where in 1987 he obtained a Diploma de Estudios Hispanicos. In 1988, he attended San Francisco State University, where in 1991 he graduated ''magna cum laude'' with a Bachelor of Science in International Business. Through a portion of his college years, Dorfman spent time in Mexi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodrigo Dorfman
Rodrigo Dorfman (born 1967 in Santiago, Chile) is a film director, producer, cinematographer, multimedia artist, film critic and commentator living in Durham, North Carolina. He has worked with P.O.V., HBO, Salma Hayek's Ventanazul and the BBC among others. Early life Dorfman was born in Santiago, Chile to Angélica Malinarich and playwright Ariel Dorfman, who was a cultural advisor to president Salvador Allende. While in exile after the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, he lived in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He continues to live and work in Durham, North Carolina where his father works as a professor at Duke University since 1985. Career Rodrigo Dorfman also has worked locally in North Carolina creating short documentaries with NC Arts Council (Heritage Awards), the Wake County Magnet Schools, Duke University, North Carolina Humanities Council, El Futuro, National Farm Worker Ministry and NC Field. In 1995, Dorfman worked with his father on ''Prisoners of Time'', for which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Dorfman
Boris (Boruch) Mendelevich Dorfman ( uk, Борис (Борух) Менделевич Дорфман, yi, באָריס (ברוך) דאָרפמאַן; 23 May 1923 – 23 March 2022) was a Ukrainian Jewish public figure, writer, scholar of Jewish culture, and social activist. He authored about 1000 articles on Jewish issues in Yiddish, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, and German for publications including '' Birobidzhaner Shtern'' and ''Советиш Геймланд''. He was one of the founders of ''Shofar,'' the first Jewish newspaper in the former USSR. Dorfman was born in Cahul, Bessarabia on 23 May 1923. He died on 23 March 2022 in Lviv, two months before his 99th birthday, where he resided, and was buried at the local Yaniv cemetery. He was the father of Michael Dorfman Michael Dorfman ( uk, Мiхаель Дорфман, russian: link=no, Михаэль Дорфман he, מיכאל דורפמן) (born 17 September 1954) is a writer, essayist, journalist, human righ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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