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Chernow was born on March 3, 1949, in Brooklyn, New York. His father, Israel, was the owner of a discount store and creator of a stock brokerage firm; his mother, Ruth, was a bookkeeper. He is brother to Bart Chernow and uncle to Shandee Chernow. [4] He is of Jewish descent. [5]
For the record, Chernow — who grew up in an “overwhelmingly Jewish middle-class area” of Forest Hills, Queens — cannot recite the Decalogue in Hebrew.
The Jewish historian behind Broadway’s hip-hop hit ‘Hamilton’. Although he did not expect his book on Alexander Hamilton to be turned into a musical, biographer Ron Chernow is a believer. By...
Chernow's saga traces the fortunes of the influential German-Jewish banking family from its generation of great wealth, stimulated by the Franco-Prussian War, through the family's defamation and degradation by the Nazis, and its subsequent return to Hamburg following World War II.
Culture. “Hamilton” Fans Have This Jewish Biographer To Thank. By Abby Sher. Advertisement. Before getting jealous that you have to wait till 2018 for your chance to see “Hamilton” while a fellow...
The Schmooze. The Jewish Historian Who Made Sure ‘Hamilton’ Is Right for Broadway. By Curt Schleier September 4, 2015. (JTA) — Historian Ron Chernow has written successful biographies of the...
Ron Chernow. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Nov 15, 2016 - History - 880 pages. From the Pulitzer Prize–winning bestselling author of Alexander Hamilton, the inspiration for the hit Broadway...
