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LOS ANGELES – FEB 24: Abrahams at the “Non-Stop” Premiere at Village Theatre on February 24, 2014 in Westwood, CA, photo by kathclick /bigstock.com
Birth Name: Jon Avery Abrahams
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 29, 1977
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Jon Abrahams is an American actor, and film director. His roles include the films Kids (1995), Masterminds (1997), Outside Providence , Boiler Room , Scary Movie , Meet the Parents , They (2002), My Boss’s Daughter , House of Wax , Prime (2005), Non-Stop , We Are Your Friends , and Terrifier 3 , and the show Boston Public . He has directed the films All at Once (2016) and Clover (2020), both of which he also starred in.
His father is artist Martin Abrahams. He is a great-nephew of actor Mack Gray and stuntperson and fight co-ordinator Joe Gray.
Jon’s paternal grandfather was Joseph “Joe” Abrahams (likely the son of Louis I. Abrahams and Millie/Minnie Blaivas). Joseph was born in New York. Louis was born in either New York or Pennsylvania, to Austrian Jewish parents, Lazarus Abrahams, and a woman surnamed Finkelstein. Millie was born in either Russia or England, to Jewish parents from Germany and Russia, Jacob Blaivas and Tauba Keningstein.
Jon’s paternal grandmother was Adele/Adell Greenberg (the daughter of Jacob “Jake” Greenberg and Anna/Clara Zuckerberg/Suckerback). Adele was born in New York, to Jewish emigrants. Jacob was born in England, to parents from Russia. Anna was born in Austria.
Jon’s maternal grandfather was Joseph George/Kahn Shulof (the son of Herman H./N. Shulof and Jennie Kahn/Kalin). Joseph was born in New York, to a Jewish family. Herman was born in Frankfurt, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany, the son of Gordon Shulof and Fannie Groldel/Groeldel. Jennie was the daughter of Joseph Kahn, who was born in Bavaria, Germany, and of Sarah/Sara Mooney, who was born in Indiana, also to German-born parents, from Bavaria.
Jon’s maternal grandmother was Elna Blanche Kahn (the daughter of Harry Kahn and Emma Yankauer/Yankaner/Yonkauer). Elna was born in New York. Harry was the son of German Jewish parents, Moses Kahn and Sabine/Sabina Blumenthal. Emma was the daughter of Siegmund/Sigmund Yonkauer/Yankauer and Fredeorika/Fredericka Lanterbash/Lauterbach, who were also German Jews, from Altenkunstadt, Oberfranken.
Sources: Jon’s paternal grandfather, Joseph “Joe” Abrahams, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Jon’s paternal grandmother, Adele/Adell (Greenberg) Abrahams – https://www.nytimes.com
Genealogies of Jon’s maternal grandparents, Joseph George/Kahn Shulof and Elna Blanche Kahn – https://www.geni.com
Marriage record of Jon’s maternal grandparents, Joseph George/Kahn Shulof and Elna Blanche Kahn – https://www.familysearch.org https://www.familysearch.org
Jon’s maternal grandfather, Joseph George/Kahn Shulof, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Jon’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Joseph Kahn and Sarah/Sara Mooney, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Jon’s mother (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Jon’s maternal grandmother, Elna Blanche Kahn, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Jon’s maternal grandmother, Elna Blanche (Kahn) Shulof – https://www.nytimes.com
Marriage record of Jon’s maternal great-grandparents, Moses Kahn and Sabine/Sabina Blumenthal – https://www.familysearch.org