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- Lawrence Harvey Zeiger was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 19. 1933. He moved to Florida in his 20s to pursue a career in broadcasting and was hired as an assistant at WAHR , a small station in Miami Beach. On May 1, 1957, he was put on the air for the first time when one of the station's announcers didn't show up. On that day, Larry King was born. As Larry stays home in quarantine with his son Chance during the COVID-19 pandemic, he reflects on his life, his family, growing older and his incredible career.
- Edna Rae Gillooly was born in Detroit, Michigan on December 7, 1932. Growing up in a troubled home, she learned how to handle adversity from an early age. She left high school early to pursue a career as a model and actress under various names including Erica Dean, Keri Flynn and Ellen McRae. In 1957, she had her Broadway debut in the comedy Fair Game. Over the next decade, she appeared in a number of popular television shows, regularly returning to the stage. By the late 1960s she joined The Actor's Studio under the direction of Lee Strasberg and came to be known as Ellen Burstyn. Unable to perform during the COVID-19 pandemic, Ellen is taking the time to reconnect with nature and reflecting on her storied career, her relationship with her late mother and the legacy she hopes to leave behind.
- As a young woman, Risa Igelfeld fled Austria in 1938 to escape Nazi persecution. First arriving in England and then moving to the US, she discovered her lifelong passion for working with children and musical performance, an activity she still enjoys today at the age of 102.
- Diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2002, artist and author Beverlye Hyman Fead beat the odds and wrote two award winning books about her experiences with the disease. Today, she tours the country sharing stories and insights about improving self esteem and learning how to age gracefully.
- Los Angeles native Florene Rozen has dedicated her life to helping others cultivate the divine spark within themselves. A devoted student of Jewish literature and mysticism, she continues to inspire others to tell their stories by sharing her own.
- When he was a young man, talent agent Budd Burton Moss dreamed of becoming a bullfighter and working with legendary actress Rita Hayworth. From enduring friendships and love affairs with some of Hollywood's biggest stars to backstabbing and betrayals, Budd continues to stay on the lookout for the next great star.
- Fisher family scion and matriarch Jane Sherman has the subject of legacy on her mind. Not only is she focused on ensuring the continuing tradition of her iconic family's philanthropic largesse in support of the Jewish people and the State of Israel established by her late father, businessman and informal presidential advisor Max M. Fisher (aka The Quiet Diplomat), but she's also focused on improving the lives of marginalized people, from Ethiopian Jews to Refuseniks. Sherman previews seminal moments that strengthened and deepened her Jewish identity throughout her life and offers insights into the Detroit Jewish communities steadfast commitment to Israel.
- Joel Katz never thought he'd take over the family business. But when his father Albert Katz (founder of Al's Plumbing and Heating Company) got injured, Joel applied his business acumen to ensuring the company continued to thrive. Joel shares memories about the civil disturbances in Detroit during the late 1960s, the experience of being an observant Jew in the midst of his military service in Vietnam and loving his kids even when they annoy him.
- Carl Levin, the late Michigan Senator who represented The Great Lakes State for 37 years until his retirement in 2015, was a big believer in oversight and bipartisanship. A model of leadership and authenticity, he recognized that effective governance required necessary compromise and worked to find common ground with political rivals and the opposing party from his days on the City Council, to the State House to Capitol Hill. When we interviewed him in early 2020 just before the start of the COVID pandemic (and about 18 months before his death in July 2021), he spoke passionately about his formidable family history and their many generations of public service, the importance of Judaism in his life and his enthusiasm about the bright future that lay ahead for the city of Detroit. His work and legacy live on in the work of the Levin Center at Wayne Law, whose mission is to build oversight capacity in legislative bodies at all levels to ensure effective governance.