Birth Name: Alan Morton Dershowitz
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York
Date of Birth: September 1, 1938
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Alan Dershowitz is an American lawyer, author, and political commentator. He is the son of Clair (Ringel) and Harry Dershowitz. He is of Polish Jewish descent.
Alan’s paternal grandparents were Yekusiel Yehuda (Louis Alexander) Dershowitz (the son of Zachariah Derschowitz and Lena Bender) and Eidel “Ida” Maultasch (the daughter of Alter Yitschok Maultasch and Rochma Bleema Steinhardt). Zachariah was born in Pilzno, Poland.
Alan’s maternal grandparents were Naftali Ringel and Blima Newman. Naftali was born in Przemyśl, Poland. Blima was born in Cieszanów, Poland.
Source: Genealogy of Alan Dershowitz – http://www.geni.com
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