Jew Of the Day<p>✡️ Today's Jew of the Day is Bea Arthur!</p><p>Bea Arthur was stage and television actor. She is best known for her work on the television where she played Maude Findlay on Maude and All In The Family, and on the Golden Girls and The Golden Palace, where she played Dorothy Zbornak.</p><p>Before and after Made/Golden Girls, Arthur performed on stage in various shows, including her one woman show Just Between Friends and in small television roles, such as on Futurama as the Femputer, and on the Star Wars Holiday Special as Ackmena.</p><p>Arthur embraced several causes in her life, primarily around children, as well as embracing the LGBTQ+ movement which had supported her/her work during her career first on Maude, then Golden Girls. Her will left an endowment to both the Ali Forney Center and the American Indian College Fund. The Ali Forney Center has a facility named in her honor.</p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JewOfTheDay</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/BeaArthur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeaArthur</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Actor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Actor</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/GayIcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GayIcon</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/GoldenGirls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoldenGirls</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/StarWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarWars</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Futurama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Futurama</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewdiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewdiverse</span></a></p>