Peter Fonda, who died in 2019, would have celebrated his 81st birthday today (February 23). Besides being a member of one of Hollywood’s most lauded family dynasties — his father was Henry Fonda, his older sister is Jane Fonda, and his daughter is Bridget Fonda — Peter Fonda is best remembered for his role in “Easy Rider,” the iconic 1969 film that attempted to encapsulate that decade’s counterculture. While there is nothing ostensibly Jewish about the film, and none of the principals were Jewish, there were a number of small but significant contributions made by Jewish artists, musicians, and film industry personnel to the film that is often credited with helping to launch the “New Hollywood” style of filmmaking of the 1970s.