Editing Alan Arkin (section)

==Early life and education ==
Alan Wolf Arkin was born in [[Brooklyn]], a borough of [[New York City]], on March 26, 1934, the son of teacher, painter, writer and lyricist [[David I. Arkin]] (1906–1980) (co-writer of the hit [[Three Dog Night]] song "[[Black and White (Three Dog Night song)|Black and White]]"), and his wife, Beatrice (née Wortis) (1909–1991), a teacher.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} The family lived in [[Crown Heights, Brooklyn|Crown Heights]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1940 |title=1940 United States Federal Census, New York, Kings, 242060-A |url=https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/4080889:2442 |access-date=July 10, 2023}}</ref> He was raised in a Jewish family with "no emphasis on religion".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/interfaith_celebrities_85th_annual_academy_awards/|title=Interfaith Celebrities: 85th Annual Academy Awards|last=Bloom|first=Nate|date=February 19, 2013|website=InterfaithFamily.com|access-date=May 25, 2018}}</ref> His grandparents were [[European Jews|Jewish]] immigrants from Ukraine, Russia, and Germany.<ref name="ArkinJournal07">{{cite news | last=Sierchio | first=Pat | title=Alan Arkin—not just another kid From Brooklyn | publisher=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles | date=February 16, 2007 | url=http://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/14415/ | access-date =February 16, 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070223023918/http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=17205| archive-date= February 23, 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Jan/27/il/il01a.html |title=Actor brings creative ways to Honolulu for workshops &#124; Hawaii's Newspaper |work=The Honolulu Advertiser |date=January 27, 2004 |access-date=March 28, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Alan Arkin: Room for improvisation|url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2012/10/argo_alan_arkin_ben_affleck_fi.html|first=Stephen|last=Whitty|date=October 14, 2012|work=[[The Star-Ledger]]|access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|
title=Stardom Was a Catch-22 for Alan Arkin, but His Wife and a Guru Helped Beat the System|url=http://people.com/archive/stardom-was-a-catch-22-for-alan-arkin-but-his-wife-and-a-guru-helped-beat-the-system-vol-11-no-12/|first=Louise|last=Lague|date=March 26, 1979|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref> His parents moved to Los Angeles when Alan was 11,<ref name="ArkinJournal07" /> but an 8-month Hollywood strike cost his father his job as a [[set designer]]. During the 1950s [[Second Red Scare|Red Scare]], Arkin's parents were accused of being [[Communist]]s, and his father was fired when he refused to answer questions about his political ideology. David Arkin challenged the dismissal, but he was vindicated only after his death.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Marks |first=Scott |date=September 24, 2014 |title=You do realize that you're Alan Arkin? |language=en-GB |work=[[San Diego Reader]] |url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2014/sep/24/you-do-realize-youre-alan-arkin/ |access-date=July 1, 2023}}</ref>

Arkin, who had been taking acting lessons since age 10, became a scholarship student at various drama academies, including one run by the [[Konstantin Stanislavski|Stanislavsky]] student Benjamin Zemach, who taught Arkin a psychological approach to acting.<ref>Farrell, Barry. "Yossarian in Connecticut: Since ''Catch-22'', actor's actor Alan Arkin finally stars as ... Alan Arkin" ''Life''. October 1970.</ref> Arkin attended [[California State University, Los Angeles|Los Angeles State College]] from 1951 to 1953. He also attended [[Bennington College]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bennington.edu/bennington-network/outsized-impact/alan-arkin|title=Alan Arkin &#124; Bennington College|website=www.bennington.edu}}</ref>