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* [[Daniel Radcliffe]] (1989 – ) English actor (''Harry Potter'')<ref name="Radcliffe1">{{cite news | last =Kasriel| first =Alex| coauthors=Emily Rhodes| title =A nice Jewish wizard| page=2| publisher =The Jewish Chronicle| date =22 December 2006 | url =| accessdate =24 December 2006 }}</ref>
* [[Daniel Radcliffe]] (1989 – ) English actor (''Harry Potter'')<ref name="Radcliffe1">{{cite news | last =Kasriel| first =Alex| coauthors=Emily Rhodes| title =A nice Jewish wizard| page=2| publisher =The Jewish Chronicle| date =22 December 2006 | url =| accessdate =24 December 2006 }}</ref>
* [[Peter Sellers]], actor
* [[Peter Sellers]], actor
* [[Antony Sher]] <ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0792029/</ref>, actor
* [[Antony Sher]] <ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0792029/ Antony Sher - IMDb<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, actor
* [[Ione Skye]] <ref>{{cite web|last=Englert |first=Dya |url=http://www.yogajournal.com/views/301.cfm |title=Yoga News & Trends – Mad about Yoga: Ione Skye |publisher=Yoga Journal |date= |accessdate=5 December 2010}}</ref>, actress (UK-born; Jewish mother)
* [[Ione Skye]] <ref>{{cite web|last=Englert |first=Dya |url=http://www.yogajournal.com/views/301.cfm |title=Yoga News & Trends – Mad about Yoga: Ione Skye |publisher=Yoga Journal |date= |accessdate=5 December 2010}}</ref>, actress (UK-born; Jewish mother)
* [[Janet Suzman]] <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/belief/scripts/beliefsuzman.html ]{{dead link|date=December 2010}}</ref>, actress
* [[Janet Suzman]] <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/belief/scripts/beliefsuzman.html ]{{dead link|date=December 2010}}</ref>, actress
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* [[Alex Kramer (British TV personality)|Alex Kramer]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Alex_Kramer |title=Alex Kramer |publisher=UKGameshows |date=4 April 2009 |accessdate=5 December 2010}}</ref>, TV presenter
* [[Alex Kramer (British TV personality)|Alex Kramer]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Alex_Kramer |title=Alex Kramer |publisher=UKGameshows |date=4 April 2009 |accessdate=5 December 2010}}</ref>, TV presenter
* [[Jerry Springer]] <ref>[http://wcpo.com/wcpo/localshows/iteam/11072004_springer.html ]{{dead link|date=December 2010}}</ref>, TV presenter (UK-born)
* [[Jerry Springer]] <ref>[http://wcpo.com/wcpo/localshows/iteam/11072004_springer.html ]{{dead link|date=December 2010}}</ref>, TV presenter (UK-born)
* [[Sharon Osbourne]], (Jewish father) – wife of [[Ozzy Osbourne]], former talk show host, and star of ''[[The Osbournes]]''<ref name="forward.com">[http://www.forward.com/issues/2002/02.11.29/featherman.html]"Sharon Osbourne elaborated on her background in a 16 November interview with The Scotsman daily. She is described as "the daughter of the infamously hard-nosed music promoter Don Arden, who shaped the careers of Gene Vincent, The Small Faces" and the Electric Light Orchestra. "People expected Ozzy to have a big-[bosomed], blonde trophy wife," she said, "and instead he's got me, a short, fat, hairy half Jew. I had a lot to fight against in this industry."</ref>
* [[Sharon Osbourne]], (Jewish father) – wife of [[Ozzy Osbourne]], former talk show host, and star of ''[[The Osbournes]]''<ref name="forward.com">[http://www.forward.com/issues/2002/02.11.29/featherman.html]{{dead link|date=December 2010}}"Sharon Osbourne elaborated on her background in a 16 November interview with The Scotsman daily. She is described as "the daughter of the infamously hard-nosed music promoter Don Arden, who shaped the careers of Gene Vincent, The Small Faces" and the Electric Light Orchestra. "People expected Ozzy to have a big-[bosomed], blonde trophy wife," she said, "and instead he's got me, a short, fat, hairy half Jew. I had a lot to fight against in this industry."</ref>
* [[Esther Rantzen]] <ref>[http://www.norwood.org.uk/news_f_annual_dinner3.htm ]{{dead link|date=December 2010}}</ref>, presenter of ''[[That's Life!]]'', founder of [[ChildLine]]
* [[Esther Rantzen]] <ref>[http://www.norwood.org.uk/news_f_annual_dinner3.htm ]{{dead link|date=December 2010}}</ref>, presenter of ''[[That's Life!]]'', founder of [[ChildLine]]
* [[Gaby Roslin]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/513_jewish_showbiz_news.htm |title=Jewish Showbiz News |publisher=www.somethingjewish.co.uk |date=20 October 2003 |accessdate=5 December 2010}}</ref>, TV presenter
* [[Gaby Roslin]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/513_jewish_showbiz_news.htm |title=Jewish Showbiz News |publisher=www.somethingjewish.co.uk |date=20 October 2003 |accessdate=5 December 2010}}</ref>, TV presenter
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* [[John Schlesinger]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adherents.com/people/ps/John_Schlesinger.html |title=The religion of director John Schlesinger |publisher=Adherents.com |date=3 August 2005 |accessdate=5 December 2010}}</ref>, director
* [[John Schlesinger]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adherents.com/people/ps/John_Schlesinger.html |title=The religion of director John Schlesinger |publisher=Adherents.com |date=3 August 2005 |accessdate=5 December 2010}}</ref>, director
* [[Vivian Van Damm]] <ref>[http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1644514,00.html]: "Van Damm, who came from a middle-class London family of Dutch Jewish origin"</ref>
* [[Vivian Van Damm]] <ref>[http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1644514,00.html]: "Van Damm, who came from a middle-class London family of Dutch Jewish origin"</ref>
* [[Michael Winner]] <ref>http://www.foyles.co.uk/foyles/display.asp?K=700000000091392&TAG=&CID=</ref>, director
* [[Michael Winner]] <ref>[http://www.foyles.co.uk/foyles/display.asp?K=700000000091392&TAG=&CID=]{{dead link|date=December 2010}}</ref>, director
* [[Alan Yentob]] <ref>[http://www.jewishobserver-la.com/WorldNews.html ]{{dead link|date=December 2010}}</ref>, BBC executive
* [[Alan Yentob]] <ref>[http://www.jewishobserver-la.com/WorldNews.html ]{{dead link|date=December 2010}}</ref>, BBC executive
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* [[Jono Coleman]] <ref name="somethingjewish1"/>, radio broadcaster
* [[Jono Coleman]] <ref name="somethingjewish1"/>, radio broadcaster
* [[Mark Damazer]], Controller [[BBC Radio 4]] and [[BBC 7]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/1201_sj_super_7.htm |title=SJ Super 7 |publisher=www.somethingjewish.co.uk |date=28 September 2004 |accessdate=5 December 2010}}</ref>
* [[Mark Damazer]], Controller [[BBC Radio 4]] and [[BBC 7]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/1201_sj_super_7.htm |title=SJ Super 7 |publisher=www.somethingjewish.co.uk |date=28 September 2004 |accessdate=5 December 2010}}</ref>
* Sir [[Clement Freud]] (1973) <ref>http://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/prod-productions_details.asp?pid=35</ref>, radio broadcaster
* Sir [[Clement Freud]] (1973) <ref>[http://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/prod-productions_details.asp?pid=35]{{dead link|date=December 2010}}</ref>, radio broadcaster
* [[David Jacobs (disc jockey)|David Jacobs]], radio broadcaster (JYB 2005 p256)
* [[David Jacobs (disc jockey)|David Jacobs]], radio broadcaster (JYB 2005 p256)
* [[Ludwig Karl Koch]] <ref>Oxford [[Dictionary of National Biography]]: "Being a Jew, Koch's life under the Nazi regime became increasingly intolerable"</ref>, broadcaster and sound recordist
* [[Ludwig Karl Koch]] <ref>Oxford [[Dictionary of National Biography]]: "Being a Jew, Koch's life under the Nazi regime became increasingly intolerable"</ref>, broadcaster and sound recordist
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* [[Gilad Atzmon]], jazz saxophonist, former member [[Ian Dury and the Blockheads]]<ref>Stephen Robb, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6253257.stm The old Blockheads shows go on], [[BBC News]], 25 January 2007.</ref> and musical producer<ref>Barnaby Smith, [http://www.tourdates.co.uk/LondonTourdates/issue-007/2007/10/05/222-Sax-With-An-Axe-To-Grind Sax With An Axe To Grind], [http://www.tourdates.co.uk/ London Tour Dates], 5 October 2007.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/features/39I-thought-music-could-heal.3804991.jp?CommentPage=1&CommentPageLength=1000|title='I thought music could heal the wounds of the past. I may have got that wrong'|last=Gilchrist|first=Jim|date=22 February 2008|work=[[The Scotsman]]|accessdate=21 March 2009}}</ref>
* [[Gilad Atzmon]], jazz saxophonist, former member [[Ian Dury and the Blockheads]]<ref>Stephen Robb, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6253257.stm The old Blockheads shows go on], [[BBC News]], 25 January 2007.</ref> and musical producer<ref>Barnaby Smith, [http://www.tourdates.co.uk/LondonTourdates/issue-007/2007/10/05/222-Sax-With-An-Axe-To-Grind Sax With An Axe To Grind], [http://www.tourdates.co.uk/ London Tour Dates], 5 October 2007.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/features/39I-thought-music-could-heal.3804991.jp?CommentPage=1&CommentPageLength=1000|title='I thought music could heal the wounds of the past. I may have got that wrong'|last=Gilchrist|first=Jim|date=22 February 2008|work=[[The Scotsman]]|accessdate=21 March 2009}}</ref>
* [[Nicole Appleton|Nicole]], [[Natalie Appleton]] & [[Melanie Blatt]] <ref>http://www.jewsrock.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=challah.view&page=A</ref>, members of [[All Saints (band)|All Saints]]
* [[Nicole Appleton|Nicole]], [[Natalie Appleton]] & [[Melanie Blatt]] <ref>http://www.jewsrock.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=challah.view&page=A</ref>, members of [[All Saints (band)|All Saints]]
* [[Stanley Black]] <ref>CD sleeve note cited at [http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Music%20Of%20A%20People%20%2F%20Spirit%20Of%20A%20People:1922088075]: "Born Solomon Schwartz on 14 June 1913 in Whitechapel within London's Jewish East End, he was directly descended from Polish and Rumanian Jews."</ref>, bandleader
* [[Stanley Black]] <ref>CD sleeve note cited at [http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Music%20Of%20A%20People%20%2F%20Spirit%20Of%20A%20People:1922088075]{{dead link|date=December 2010}}: "Born Solomon Schwartz on 14 June 1913 in Whitechapel within London's Jewish East End, he was directly descended from Polish and Rumanian Jews."</ref>, bandleader
* [[Marc Bolan]] <ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web|url=http://www.jmi.org.uk/performance/ |title=JEWISH MUSIC INSTITUTE – Performances, Jewish Music Live |publisher=Jmi.org.uk |date= |accessdate=5 December 2010}}</ref>, member of [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]]
* [[Marc Bolan]] <ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web|url=http://www.jmi.org.uk/performance/ |title=JEWISH MUSIC INSTITUTE – Performances, Jewish Music Live |publisher=Jmi.org.uk |date= |accessdate=5 December 2010}}</ref>, member of [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]]
* [[Elkie Brooks]], singer<ref>''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'' 14/2/1992 p10, "Elkie Brooks and Graham Gouldman are two Jewish pop star graduates of Sedgley Park Primary School, Prestwich"</ref>
* [[Elkie Brooks]], singer<ref>''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'' 14/2/1992 p10, "Elkie Brooks and Graham Gouldman are two Jewish pop star graduates of Sedgley Park Primary School, Prestwich"</ref>
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* [[Brian Epstein]] <ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/725873.stm |title=ENTERTAINMENT &#124; Brian Epstein collection on sale |publisher=BBC News |date=25 April 2000 |accessdate=5 December 2010}}</ref>, manager of [[the Beatles]]
* [[Brian Epstein]] <ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/725873.stm |title=ENTERTAINMENT &#124; Brian Epstein collection on sale |publisher=BBC News |date=25 April 2000 |accessdate=5 December 2010}}</ref>, manager of [[the Beatles]]
* [[Harvey Goldsmith]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://totallyjewish.com/lifestyle/features/?disp_feature=THBXeN |title=TotallyJewish.com |publisher=TotallyJewish.com |date= |accessdate=5 December 2010}}</ref>, rock impresario
* [[Harvey Goldsmith]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://totallyjewish.com/lifestyle/features/?disp_feature=THBXeN |title=TotallyJewish.com |publisher=TotallyJewish.com |date= |accessdate=5 December 2010}}</ref>, rock impresario
* [[Trevor Horn]] <ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/11/01/bmwk30.xml</ref>, founder of [[ZTT Records]] (not ethnically, but attends synagogue)
* [[Trevor Horn]] <ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/11/01/bmwk30.xml My week: Trevor Horn, record producer - Telegraph<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, founder of [[ZTT Records]] (not ethnically, but attends synagogue)
* [[Nathan Joseph]], founder of [[Transatlantic Records]] <ref>Obituary, ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', 11 Nov 2005, p.27</ref>
* [[Nathan Joseph]], founder of [[Transatlantic Records]] <ref>Obituary, ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', 11 Nov 2005, p.27</ref>
* [[Malcolm McLaren]] <ref>http://www.jewsrock.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=words.view&wordid=11A21299-D20E-4019-90F0B8DCDB4853A5</ref>, manager of the [[Sex Pistols]] (Jewish mother; raised Jewish)
* [[Malcolm McLaren]] <ref>http://www.jewsrock.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=words.view&wordid=11A21299-D20E-4019-90F0B8DCDB4853A5</ref>, manager of the [[Sex Pistols]] (Jewish mother; raised Jewish)
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* [[Benno Moiseiwitsch]] <ref name="jinfo3"/>, pianist
* [[Benno Moiseiwitsch]] <ref name="jinfo3"/>, pianist
* [[Isaac Nathan]] <ref>Oxford [[Dictionary of National Biography]]: "born in Canterbury, Kent, of Polish–Jewish descent. His parents intended him to become a rabbi"</ref>
* [[Isaac Nathan]] <ref>Oxford [[Dictionary of National Biography]]: "born in Canterbury, Kent, of Polish–Jewish descent. His parents intended him to become a rabbi"</ref>
* [[Yfrah Neaman]] <ref>http://members.aol.com/violinwettbewerb/Neaman_engl.htm</ref>, violinist & teacher
* [[Yfrah Neaman]] <ref>[http://members.aol.com/violinwettbewerb/Neaman_engl.htm]{{dead link|date=December 2010}}</ref>, violinist & teacher
* [[Michael Nyman]] <ref name="jinfo1"/>, composer
* [[Michael Nyman]] <ref name="jinfo1"/>, composer
* [[Murray Perahia]] <ref name="jinfo3"/>, pianist (UK-based)
* [[Murray Perahia]] <ref name="jinfo3"/>, pianist (UK-based)
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* [[Lionel Tertis]] <ref>{{cite web|author=JINFO |url=http://www.jinfo.org/Violinists.html |title=Jewish Violinists |publisher=Jinfo.org |date=5 April 2002 |accessdate=5 December 2010}}</ref>, violist
* [[Lionel Tertis]] <ref>{{cite web|author=JINFO |url=http://www.jinfo.org/Violinists.html |title=Jewish Violinists |publisher=Jinfo.org |date=5 April 2002 |accessdate=5 December 2010}}</ref>, violist
* [[Simon Waley Waley]] <ref>Concise [[Dictionary of National Biography]]: "a leading member of the London Jews"</ref>, musician
* [[Simon Waley Waley]] <ref>Concise [[Dictionary of National Biography]]: "a leading member of the London Jews"</ref>, musician
* [[Egon Wellesz]] <ref>http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:111223932&num=7</ref>, composer
* [[Egon Wellesz]] <ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:111223932&num=7 NEW RELEASES.(Features) - Search results from HighBeam Research<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, composer
* [[Benjamin Zander]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.benjaminzander.com/news/detail.asp?id=236 |title=Latest News |publisher=Benjamin Zander |date=28 January 2004 |accessdate=5 December 2010}}</ref>, music director
* [[Benjamin Zander]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.benjaminzander.com/news/detail.asp?id=236 |title=Latest News |publisher=Benjamin Zander |date=28 January 2004 |accessdate=5 December 2010}}</ref>, music director
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* [[Lionel Bart]] <ref>[http://myweb.lsbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/lionelbart.html ]{{dead link|date=December 2010}}</ref>, musical writer
* [[Lionel Bart]] <ref>[http://myweb.lsbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/lionelbart.html ]{{dead link|date=December 2010}}</ref>, musical writer
* [[Don Black (lyricist)|Don Black]] <ref>http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/theatre/interviews/article180741.ece</ref>, lyricist
* [[Don Black (lyricist)|Don Black]] <ref>[http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/theatre/interviews/article180741.ece Don Black: In the Bombay mix - Features, Theatre & Dance - The Independent<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, lyricist
*[[Graham Gouldman]], member of [[10cc]] and writer of [[Bus Stop (song)|Bus Stop]]
*[[Graham Gouldman]], member of [[10cc]] and writer of [[Bus Stop (song)|Bus Stop]]
* [[Eric Maschwitz]] <ref>http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:MasTddAEw0gJ:www.irdp.co.uk/GIELGUD/valbbc9.htm+%22Eric+Maschwitz%22+Jewish&hl=en</ref>, lyricist, writer & broadcaster
* [[Eric Maschwitz]] <ref>http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:MasTddAEw0gJ:www.irdp.co.uk/GIELGUD/valbbc9.htm+%22Eric+Maschwitz%22+Jewish&hl=en</ref>, lyricist, writer & broadcaster
* [[Mitch Murray]]
* [[Mitch Murray]]
* [[Monty Norman]] <ref>http://www.totallyjewish.com/news/national/?content_id=2033</ref>, lyricist, composer & singer (creator of "[[The James Bond Theme]]")
* [[Monty Norman]] <ref>[http://www.totallyjewish.com/news/national/?content_id=2033 TotallyJewish.com | News | National<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, lyricist, composer & singer (creator of "[[The James Bond Theme]]")
* [[David Rose]] <ref>http://www.jewhoo.com/get_entry_information.asp?p_category_id=&p_parent_id=</ref>, songwriter & composer
* [[David Rose]] <ref>http://www.jewhoo.com/get_entry_information.asp?p_category_id=&p_parent_id=</ref>, songwriter & composer
* [[Jule Styne]] <ref>http://www.jewhoo.com/editor/columns/121499.html</ref>, songwriter (UK-born)
* [[Jule Styne]] <ref>http://www.jewhoo.com/editor/columns/121499.html</ref>, songwriter (UK-born)
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* [[Celia Franca]] <ref>Obituary, ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', 13 Apr 2007, p.20</ref>, ballerina
* [[Celia Franca]] <ref>Obituary, ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', 13 Apr 2007, p.20</ref>, ballerina
* [[Alicia Markova]] <ref>http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20041203/ai_n12819919</ref>, ballerina
* [[Alicia Markova]] <ref>[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20041203/ai_n12819919]{{dead link|date=December 2010}}</ref>, ballerina
* [[Marie Rambert]] <ref>[http://www.musikinesis.com/October06%20article.htm]: "She was Jewish" Accessed 9 Feb 2007</ref>, ballerina
* [[Marie Rambert]] <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070927235923/http://www.musikinesis.com/October06+article.htm]: "She was Jewish" Accessed 9 Feb 2007</ref>, ballerina
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* [[Lotte Berk]], dancer and health guru <ref>Oxford [[Dictionary of National Biography]]: "the only daughter of Jewish parents"</ref>
* [[Lotte Berk]], dancer and health guru <ref>Oxford [[Dictionary of National Biography]]: "the only daughter of Jewish parents"</ref>
* [[Caprice Bourret]] <ref>http://www.newstatesman.com/200003060014</ref>, model (American born & raised)
* [[Caprice Bourret]] <ref>[http://www.newstatesman.com/200003060014 New Statesman - The New Statesman Profile - Caprice<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, model (American born & raised)
* [[David Bret]] [http://www.davidbret.com] biographer and chansonnier (Jewish father)
* [[David Bret]] [http://www.davidbret.com/] biographer and chansonnier (Jewish father)
* [[Sharon Osbourne]] – wife of [[Ozzy Osbourne]], former talk show host, and star of ''[[The Osbournes]]''<ref name="forward.com"/>
* [[Sharon Osbourne]] – wife of [[Ozzy Osbourne]], former talk show host, and star of ''[[The Osbournes]]''<ref name="forward.com"/>
* [[Hedi Stadlen]] <ref>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-983745,00.html</ref>, musicologist, philosopher and Communist.
* [[Hedi Stadlen]] <ref>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-983745,00.html</ref>, musicologist, philosopher and Communist.
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.jinfo.org Jinfo]
* [http://www.jinfo.org/ Jinfo]


==See also==
==See also==

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