Although Jews have adopted the languages of the countries in which they live, they have always tended to retain traditional forms of greetings and congratulations either in Hebrew or Yiddish and occasionally in Aramaic, and some of these forms of greetings are adaptations of biblical verses while others are taken from the liturgy.
Harold Vernon Gould (December 10, 1923 â September 11, 2010) was an American actor best known for playing Miles Webber on the 1985-1992 sitcom The Golden Girls and Martin Morgenstern in the 1974-1978 sitcom Rhoda.n Soap, Gould played the hospital roommate of Jody Dallas (Billy Crystal) who has suicidal feelings while deciding whether or not to undergo a sex change. Gould's character sometimes refers to Jody as a 'fagela', which is Yiddish for a homosexual man. Gould as Martin Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1973.
'It's a bit desperate': Miley Cyrus' Hannah Montana mom Brooke Shields weighs in on THAT provocative MTV VMAs performance. Brooke Shields, who played Miley Cyrus' TV mother in Hannah Montana, has branded the singer's provocative performance at the MTV VMAs 'desperate'. The 48-year-old admitted on the Today show this morning that she was among the many who were left stunned by the former child star's routine at the Sunday night ceremony.