Place of Birth: New York City, New York
Date of Birth: April 28, 1960
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Elena Kagan has served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, since 2010. She was previously Dean of Harvard Law School (from 2003 to 2009) and the United States Solicitor General (from 2009 to 2010).
Elena’s paternal grandparents were Irving/Itsche Louis Kagan (the son of Calke/Zalke Cohen/Kagan and Gitel Slowies) and Bertha. Irving was born in Bialystok, Poland. Bertha was born in New York, to parents from Russia.
Elena’s maternal grandparents were Laizar/Leizer/Leizar B. Gittelman (the son of Boruch/Benjamin Gittelman and Schiffe/Shifra/Shefra/Sophie) and Esther Brookman. Laizar was born in Vorowitzi, Ukraine. Esther was also born in Ukraine.
Sources: Genealogies of Elena Kagan – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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