Jami Gertz
Jami Gertz – 2012 TCA Summer Press Tour – Disney ABC Television Group Party – Arrivals – Beverly Hilton Hotel – Beverly Hills, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Andrew Evans / PR Photos
Birth Name: Jami Beth Gertz
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 28, 1965
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Jami Gertz is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the films Mischief, Quicksilver, Crossroads (1986), Solarbabies, The Lost Boys, Less Than Zero, Listen to Me, Renegades (1989), Twister, Keeping Up with the Steins, and I Want You Back, and on the shows Square Pegs, Still Standing, and The Neighbors.
She was born to Jewish parents, was raised in Conservative Judaism, and is a practicing Jew. Jami is married to businessperson Tony Ressler, with whom she has three children. Tony is also Jewish. The two are part-owners of the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association.
Jami’s paternal grandfather was Sidney Gertz (the son of Wolf Gertz and Helen Silver). Sidney was born in Russia.
Jami’s paternal grandmother was named Rachel/Ray/Rae Morrel/Morall/Morell (the daughter of Bennie/Benjamin/Ben Morall/Morell/Morel and Minnie/Minna). Ray was born in Warsaw, Poland.
Jami’s maternal grandfather was Harold Hoffenberg (the son of Maurice/Morris Hoffenberg/Offenberg and Rose/Rosie/Rosa Korminski/Kaminsky). Harold was born in Illinois, to Jewish parents from Russia. Maurice was the son of Abraham Hoffenberg and Jety Cohen. Rose was the daughter of Morris Kaminsky and Gertrude Levine.
Jami’s maternal grandmother was Ruth Seeder (the daughter of Ike/Isaac Seeder/Sidor/Sider and Ida/Clara Chaja Brown). Ruth was born in Lithuania, to a Jewish family. They moved to the U.S. around 1917. Ike was the son of Lejba Sidor/Sider and Chaja Tauba/Toby Szulc. Ida was born in Lutvinovo, the daughter of Mandel Brown and Sarah Leah.
Sources: Death record of Jami’s paternal grandfather, Sidney Gertz – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Jami’s paternal grandmother, Rachel/Ray/Rae (Morrel/Morall/Morell) Gertz – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage records of Jami’s maternal great-grandparents, Maurice/Morris Hoffenberg/Offenberg and Rose/Rosie/Rosa Korminski/Kaminsky – https://www.familysearch.org
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Jami’s maternal grandmother, Ruth Seeder, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Her father Walter was born in Brooklyn to Rachel (Ray) Morrel and Sidney Gertz.
Ancestry.com. New York, New York, U.S., Birth Index, 1910-1965 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
Sidney was born in “Lvia” (Lviv?) Russia in 1905. Ray was born in 1903 in Warsaw, Poland. Sidney’s place of birth is spelled “Evia” on his draft card.
Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
I believe Ray is the Rae Morall who appears on the NY state census.
Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., State Census, 1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
If so, her parents were Bennie and Minnie Morall (how’s that for a cute rhyming pair?).
Jami’s maternal grandfather was Harold Hoffenberg (the son of Maurice Hoffenberg and Rose Korminski/Kaminsky). Harold was born in Illinois, to Jewish parents from Russia. Maurice was the son of Abraham Hoffenberg and Jety Cohen. Rose was the daughter of Morris Kaminsky and Gertrude Levine.
Jami’s maternal grandmother was Ruth Seeder (the daughter of Ike/Isaac Seeder and Ida). Rith was born in Lithuania.