Jimmy Boyle (artist) Jimmy Boyle (artist) James Boyle (born 17 May 1944) is a Scottish gangster and convicted murderer who became a sculptor and novelist after his release from prison. In 1967, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of another gangland figure, William "Babs" Rooney, but released after 14 years. He has always denied killing Rooney but has acknowledged having been a violent and sometimes ruthless moneylender from the Gorbals, one of the roughest areas of Glasgow. During his incarceration in the special unit of Barlinnie Prison, he turned to art and wrote an autobiography, "A Sense of Freedom" (1977),
Mark S. Golub Mark S. Golub Mark S. Golub (born May 10, 1945) is an American rabbi, media entrepreneur, personality and educator. He created the first Russian language television channel produced in America, RTN (The Russian Television Network of America) and the Jewish television channel Shalom TV. Golub is the rabbi of two small congregations in Connecticut, Chavurah Aytz Chayim (Stamford, CT) and Chavurah Deevray Torah (Greenwich, CT), but is best known as the host of "L'Chayim", a talk show he created in 1979 in which he interviews prominent Jewish figures. Golub was born in New York City to Jewish parents Dr. Leo