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Garfunkel
Garfunkel is a Jewish surname that derives from Yiddish גאָרפֿינקל (gorfinkl), German Karfunkel, both ultimately from Latin Carbuncle (an archaic term for a number of red gemstones, usually red garnet), and may refer to: * Art Garfunkel (born 1941), American singer, poet and actor, best known as half of the folk music duo Simon & Garfunkel ** ''Garfunkel'' (album), 1988 compilation album by Art Garfunkel * Jerome Garfunkel, American computer scientist notable for his work on COBOL, brother of Art Garfunkel * Sol Garfunkel (born 1943), American mathematician * Leib Garfunkel (1896–1976), Jewish advocate, journalist, politician in Lithuania * Garfunkel and Oates, American comedy-folk duo being Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci ** Riki Lindhome aka Garfunkel ** ''Garfunkel and Oates'' (TV series), American comedy television series created by and starring the members of the titular musical duo above *Garfunkel's Restaurant, small chain of restaurants largely in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garfunkel And Oates (TV Series)
''Garfunkel and Oates'' is an American comedy television series created by and starring Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci, members of the titular musical duo. The series aired from August 7 through September 25, 2014, on IFC. On March 3, 2015, IFC decided not to renew the series for a second season. Plot The series follows the personal and professional lives of the comedy folk duo Riki "Garfunkel" Lindhome and Kate "Oates" Micucci, as they attempt to make it big in Hollywood one satirical song at a time. Cast * Riki Lindhome as Riki "Garfunkel" Lindhome * Kate Micucci as Kate "Oates" Micucci Recurring * Natasha Leggero as Vivian St. Charles * Busy Philipps as Karen * Sarah Burns as Cheryl Johnson * Artemis Pebdani as Janice Development and production On January 13, 2011, Garfunkel and Oates signed a deal with HBO for a pilot for a series loosely based on their lives. Lindhome has described it as "''Glee'' with dick jokes". Shortly afterward, HBO passed on the series. In August 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewish
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The people of the Kingdom of Israel and the ethnic and religious group known as the Jewish people that descended from them have been subjected to a number of forced migrations in their history" and Hebrews of historical History of ancient Israel and Judah, Israel and Judah. Jewish ethnicity, nationhood, and religion are strongly interrelated, "Historically, the religious and ethnic dimensions of Jewish identity have been closely interwoven. In fact, so closely bound are they, that the traditional Jewish lexicon hardly distinguishes between the two concepts. Jewish religious practice, by definition, was observed exclusively by the Jewish people, and notions of Jewish peoplehood, nation, and community were suffused with faith in the Jewish God, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leyb Gorfinkel
Leyb Gorfinkel (March 14, 1896 – September 7, 1976; also known as Leib Garfunkel and Levas Garfunkelis in Lithuanian) was an advocate, journalist, and politician. He was of Lithuanian and later of Israeli nationality. Early life and career Gorfinkel grew up in Kovno (now Kaunas), which was then in the Russian Empire but which is currently in Lithuania. While he was attending Petrograd University (now Saint Petersburg State University), Gorfinel studied jurisprudence. For a time, he moved to Gomel, and moved back to Konvo at the end of 1918. In Kovno, he participated in various Jewish and Zionist activities. In 1919, he helped organize the Zionist daily newspaper ''Di idishe shtime'' (The Jewish Voice), which he himself edited between February 1920 and February 1922. Gorfinkel was also a member of the presidium and then as vice chair of the Jewish National Council of Lithuania during this time. In addition, he edited the bi-weekly newspaper ''Unzer ruf'' (Our Call) in 1925-19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germanic-language Surnames
The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania and Southern Africa. The most widely spoken Germanic language, English, is also the world's most widely spoken language with an estimated 2 billion speakers. All Germanic languages are derived from Proto-Germanic, spoken in Iron Age Scandinavia. The West Germanic languages include the three most widely spoken Germanic languages: English with around 360–400 million native speakers; German, with over 100 million native speakers; and Dutch, with 24 million native speakers. Other West Germanic languages include Afrikaans, an offshoot of Dutch, with over 7.1 million native speakers; Low German, considered a separate collection of unstandardized dialects, with roughly 4.35–7.15 million native speakers and probably 6.7–10 million people who can understand it [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finkel
Finkel or Finckel is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Alan Finkel, Australia's Chief Scientist * Aryeh Finkel, rosh yeshiva of the Brachfeld branch of the Mir yeshiva * Benjamin Finkel, American mathematician and educator * Binyomin Beinush Finkel, rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem from 1965–1990 * Caroline Finkel, British historian * Edwin Finckel, jazz composer * Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva in Poland and in Jerusalem from 1917–1965 * Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, current rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem * Eliyahu Boruch Finkel, a lecturer at the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem * Frank Finkel, American who claimed to have been the only survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn * Fyvush Finkel, American actor * George Finkel, TV sports producer and director * Irving Finkel, British philologist and Assyriologist * Howard Finkel, professional wrestling announcer * Jon Finkel, American Magic: The Gathering champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finkelstein
Finkelstein ( he, פֿינק(ע)לשׁטײַן or , russian: Финкельштейн) is a German and Yiddish surname originating from Old High German ''funko'' (spark) and ''stein'' (stone). ''Fünkelstein'' meant pyrite (George J. Adler A Dictionary of the German and English Languages, 1848). The Yiddish version of pyrite, ''finkelstein'', could have denoted ''bareketh'', one of the 12 tribe stones of High Priest's breastplate (Exodus 28: Notable people Notable people with the surname include: * Abraham Finkelstein alias Arthur Fields (1884–1953), American singer and songwriter * Amy Finkelstein (born 1973), American professor of economics * Anthony Finkelstein (born 1959), British software engineer * Arthur J. Finkelstein (1945–2017), American political strategist * Avram Finkelstein, American gay rights activist * Ben-Ami Finkelstein (1910–1975), Swiss psychiatrist * Claire Finkelstein, American professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School * Clive F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garfinkel
Garfinkel is a Yiddish surname with variants Garfinkle, Garfinckel, Gurfinkel, Gorfinkel, Garfield etc. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles B. Garfinkel (1890–1969), New York assemblyman * Harold Garfinkel (1917–2011) sociologist * Jack Garfinkel (1918–2013), American basketball player *Lenora Garfinkel (1930–2020), American architect * Marian Garfinkel, yoga practitioner who pioneered the use of yoga to treat carpal tunnel * Simson Garfinkel, computer scientist, journalist and writer specializing in the field of computer security * Yosef Garfinkel, Israeli archaeologist Variant forms ;Garfinkle * John Garfield (born Garfinkle), American actor * Norton Garfinkle, economist * Richard Garfinkle, American science-fiction author ;Garfinckel * Julius Garfinckel (born Garfinkel), American merchant, founder of Washington, D.C., based department store chain, Garfinckel's ;Gurfinkel * David Gurfinkel (born 1938), Israeli cinematographer * Goldie Steinberg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karfunkel
Karfunkel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Aaron Karfunkel (died 1816), Bohemian rabbi *George Karfunkel (born 1948/49), American businessman See also *Garfunkel Garfunkel is a Jewish surname that derives from Yiddish גאָרפֿינקל (gorfinkl), German Karfunkel, both ultimately from Latin Carbuncle (an archaic term for a number of red gemstones, usually red garnet), and may refer to: * Art Garfunkel ... {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garfunkel's Restaurant
Garfunkel's were a small chain of restaurants in London. It was founded in 1979 by Phillip Kaye, and was part of the Restaurant Group. On 3 June 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom The COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom is a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In the United Kingdom, it has resulted in confir ..., Restaurant Group told employees a "large number" of its Garfunkel's outlets would not reopen after lockdown. References Restaurant chains in the United Kingdom {{UK-restaurant-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riki Lindhome
Erika "Riki" Lindhome (born March 5, 1979) is an American actress, comedian, and musician. She is best known as a singer and songwriter for the comedy folk duo Garfunkel and Oates. After making her television debut in 2002 with minor roles in the television series ''Titus'' and ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', she guest starred on the WB series ''Gilmore Girls'' (2005–2006), the CBS sitcom ''The Big Bang Theory'' (2008; 2017), and the HBO series '' Enlightened'' (2011). She co-created and starred in the Comedy Central period sitcom ''Another Period'' (2015–2018) with Natasha Leggero. She voiced the recurring role of Kimberly Harris in the Fox animated sitcom series '' Duncanville'' (2020–2022) and, as of 2022, stars as Dr. Valerie Kinbott in the Netflix comedy horror series ''Wednesday''. Lindhome made her feature film debut in the 2004 film ''Million Dollar Baby'' as Mardell Fitzgerald, and went on to star in the comedy horror films ''Hell Baby'' (2013) and ''The Wolf of Sn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garfunkel And Oates
Garfunkel and Oates is an American comedy folk duo consisting of actresses Riki Lindhome, who performs as Garfunkel, and Kate Micucci, who performs as Oates. Their fast-paced songs typically combine raunchy observational comedy with sweet-sounding melodies and vocals. The duo was formed in 2007 in Los Angeles, after Lindhome and Micucci met during an improv show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. They began releasing songs on YouTube in 2007, becoming popular through the website. Garfunkel and Oates' debut studio album, ''All Over Your Face'', was released in 2011, while their second studio album, ''Slippery When Moist'' (2012), topped the ''Billboard'' Comedy Albums chart. They released their third studio album, ''Secretions'', in 2015. Garfunkel and Oates went on their first tour in 2013. They starred in an eponymous comedy TV series (2014), which aired on IFC for one season. Their Vimeo comedy special, ''Garfunkel and Oates: Trying to Be Special'' (2016), was nomina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sol Garfunkel
Solomon "Sol" Garfunkel born 1943, in Brooklyn, New York, is an American mathematician who has dedicated his career to mathematics education. Since 1980, he has served as the executive director of the award-winning non-profit organization " Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications", working with teachers, students, and business people to create learning environments where mathematics is used to investigate and model real issues in our world. Garfunkel is best known for hosting the 1987 PBS series titled "For All Practical Purposes: An Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics", followed by the 1991 series, "Algebra: In Simplest Terms", both often used in classrooms. Early life At the age of 24, Garfunkel received his PhD in Mathematical Logic from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. While in attendance he worked with Howard Jerome Keisler, Michael D. Morley, and Stephen Kleene. Garfunkel then worked at Cornell University and the University of Connecticut at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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