Iyada oo ay tahay ilmaha kaliya ee Shelley (née Stevens), guriyaha Maraykanka ah ee u shaqeeya sida wakiilka Portman ee, iyo Avner Hershlag, takhasusle bacriminta Israa'iil iyo dhakhaatiirta haweenka. awoowayaasheed dhinaca hooyada, Bernice (née Hurwitz) iyo Arthur Stevens (oo qoyska magaciisu asal ahaan ahaa Edelstein), waxay ka soo jeedeen qoysas Yuhuudi ah oo u soo guuray Maraykanka oo ka yimid Austria iyo Ruushka. awoowayaashii Portman ee dhinaca aabbo, Mania (née Portman) iyo Yehuda Hershlag, waxay ahaayeen muhaajiriin Yuhuudi ah oo u soo guuray Israel.
Sanadkii 1981