Jack Black — actor with roots in the Russian Empire
Jack Black. Actor and musician, son of the aerospace engineer Judith Love Cohen. His mother, the aerospace engineer Judith Love Cohen (1933-2016), was born in Brooklyn to a Jewish family, the daughter of Sarah Roisman and Morris Bernard Cohen. Published sources do not document where in Europe the family came from.
Tracing the roots — Mother's Jewish family from Brooklyn (European origin not documented)
His mother, the aerospace engineer Judith Love Cohen (1933-2016), was born in Brooklyn to a Jewish family, the daughter of Sarah Roisman and Morris Bernard Cohen. Published sources do not document where in Europe the family came from.
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Mother's Jewish family from Brooklyn (European origin not documented). At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.
A career defined by ambition
"I'm not trying to be cool. I'm trying to be Jack Black."