Kirk Douglas
Belarus Jewish community holds memorial for Kirk Douglas
Douglas, who died last week in Los Angeles at the age of 103, was born Issur Danielovitch in Amsterdam, New York, to Yiddish-speaking Jewish parents.
Kirk Douglas: his on-screen Jewish legacy
The iconic American movie star passed away on Wednesday at age 103.
Kirk Douglas, Hollywood legend dies at 103
Douglas was born Issur Danielovitch in 1916 in the upstate New York town of Amsterdam, the son of an illiterate Russian-Jewish immigrant who supported his family as a rag picker and junk man.
