Early Life and Education
He was born in The Bronx borough of New York City, New York, the son of Sally (née Kitzis) and Joseph Sidney Hirsch, an electrician. His father also was born in New York where the family had lived since the mid-1800s; his mother, Sally, was born in Russia. Hirsch was raised Jewish.
He attended DeWitt Clinton High School, located in The Bronx, and later earned a college degree from the City College of New York in physics.
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