Eliot Spitzer

Spitzer in 2005, photo by prphotos

Birth Name: Eliot Laurence Spitzer

Place of Birth: Riverdale, The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.

Date of Birth: June 10, 1959

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Eliot Spitzer is an American politician, attorney, educator, real estate developer, and television host. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Attorney General of New York, from January 1, 1999 to December 31, 2006, and Governor of New York, from January 1, 2007 to March 17, 2008. He was the host of the show Parker Spitzer/In the Arena, from 2010 to 2011.

Eliot is the son of Anne (Goldhaber), a professor of English, and Bernard Spitzer (Bernard Emmanuel Spitzer), a real estate developer and philanthropist. His paternal grandparents were Polish Jewish/Ukrainian Jewish. His maternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from what is now Israel, then part of the Ottoman Empire.

Eliot has three children with his former wife, businessperson and lawyer Silda Wall Spitzer.

Eliot’s paternal grandfather was named Morris Spitzer (the son of Ephraim/Efraim Yosef ben Avraham Tzvi HaLevi Spitzer and Eva). Morris was born in Tovste, Zalishchyts’kyi district, Ternopil’s’ka oblast, Ukraine.

Eliot’s paternal grandmother was named Amalia/Amalie Sarah “Molly” Katz (the daughter of David Katz and Esther).

Eliot’s maternal grandfather was Joseph/Yosef Goldhaber (the son of Rabbi Yaakov Kapel Goldhaber and Dreija Kruthamer/Krothamer/Krauthamer). Joseph was born in Safed, Tzfat. Rabbi Yaakov was born in Bogopol, Pervomais’K, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine, the son of Yosef Goldhaber. Dreija was the daughter of Kehat Kruthamer and Peril/Pnina Wolf/Warhaftig, whose families were from Ukraine and Belarus.

Eliot’s maternal grandmother was named Zirel/Zeril/Seril “Shirley”/Shirly Heller.

Sources: Genealogies of Eliot Spitzer – http://www.wargs.com
http://www.geni.com

Eliot’s mother on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org