Famous Azerbaijani Jews
Many world-renowned Jewish intellectuals, artists, sports personalities and others came from Azerbaijan, some of which included: Mirza Khazar an eminent Azerbaijani author, political analyst, legendary anchorman, radio journalist, publisher, translator of The New Testament into Azerbaijani language, Nobel Prize winning physicist Lev Landau, pianist Bella Davidovich, singers Sarit Hadad and Ella Leya, writer Lev Nussimbaum, chess players Garry Kasparov (world champion, a half-Jewish, half-Armenian), Emil Sutovsky, Tatiana Zatulovskaya, businessman Telman Ismailov, and a National Hero of Azerbaijan Albert Agarunov.
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Famous quotes containing the words famous and/or jews:
““Why visit the playhouse to see the famous Parisian models, ... when one can see the French damsels, Norma and Diana? Their names have been known on both continents, because everything goes as it will, and those that cannot be satisfied with these must surely be of a queer nature.””
—For the City of New Orleans, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“The rights of citizenship will be taken away from all Jews and other non-Aryans. They are inferior and therefore enemies of the state. It is the duty of all true Aryans to hate and despise them.”
—Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977)