Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Portman akaberekwa musi waJune 9, 1981, muJerusarema. Vabereki vake vaJudha. Vabereki vake vakamupa zita rechiHebheru rechinyakare rokuti "Neta-Lee". Iye ndiye mwana oga waShelley (née Stevens), mukadzi wemba wekuAmerica anoshanda semumiriri waPortman, naAvner Hershlag, nyanzvi yekuzvarwa yeIsrael uye gynecologist. Vanasekuru navanambuya vake, Bernice (née Hurwitz) naArthur Stevens (avo vane zita remhuri pakutanga raiva Edelstein), vaibva kumhuri dzechiJudha dzakatamira kuUnited States kubva kuAustria neRussia. Vanasekuru vababa vaPortman, Mania (née Portman) naZvi Yehuda Hershlag, vaive vatorwa vechiJuda vakaenda kuIsrael. Zvi, akaberekerwa kuPoland, akatamira kune yaimbova Mandatory Palestine muna 1938 uye akazova purofesa wezveupfumi. Vabereki vake vakafira mumusasa wevasungwa weAuschwitz. Mumwe waamai vababa vaPortman akaberekerwa muRomania uye aive musori weBritish Intelligence panguva yeHondo Yenyika II. Vabereki vaPortman vakasangana panzvimbo yevadzidzi vechiJuda paOhio State University, uko amai vake vaitengesa matikiti. Vakanyorerana tsamba pashure pokunge baba vake vadzokera kuIsrael uye vakaroorana amai vake pavakamushanyira makore mashomanana gare gare. Muna 1984, apo Portman akanga ane makore matatu, mhuri yakatamira kuUnited States, uko baba vake vakagamuchira dzidzo yavo yezvokurapa. Portman, mugari wenyika mbiri dzeUnited States neIsrael, akataura kuti kunyange zvazvo "achida chaizvo United States... mwoyo wangu uri muJerusarema. Ndipo pandinonzwa ndiri pamba pangu". Portman nemhuri yake vakatanga kugara muWashington, D.C., asi vakatamira kuConnecticut muna 1988 ndokuzotamira kuJericho, New York, paLong Island, muna 1990. Achigara muWashington, D.C. nzvimbo, Portman akapinda Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School muRockville, Maryland. Portman akadzidza kutaura chiHebheru paaigara kuLong Island uye akapinda chikoro chepuraimari chechiJudha, Solomon Schechter Day School yeNassau County muJericho, New York. Akapedza kudzidza kuSyosset High School muSyosset, Long Island muna 1999. Akadzidza ballet nomutambo wemazuva ano paAmerican Theater Dance Workshop muNew...  Mubvunzo: Portman akaberekwa mugore ripi?
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