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Thomas Friedman was born in St. Louis Park, Minnesota — a suburb of Minneapolis — on July 20, 1953. He is the son of Harold and Margaret Friedman. Harold Friedman, who was vice president of a ball-bearing company, United Bearing, died of a heart attack in 1973, when Tom was nineteen years old. Margaret Friedman, who served in the U.S. Navy in World War II and studied home economics at the University of Wisconsin, was a housewife and a part-time bookkeeper. She also was a Senior Life Master Championship bridge player and died in 2008. Friedman has two older sisters, Shelly and Jane. From an early age, Friedman, whose father often brought him to the golf course for a round after work, wanted to be a professional golfer.
He attended Hebrew school five days a week until his Bar Mitzvah,[1] then St. Louis Park High School where he wrote articles for his school's newspaper.[2] He became enamored of Israel after a visit there in December 1
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He attended Hebrew school five days a week until his Bar Mitzvah,[1] then St. Louis Park High School where he wrote articles for his school's newspaper.[2] He became enamored of Israel after a visit there in December 1
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