15 Celebrities You Might Not Have Realized Are Jewish

Or at least Jew-ish. Happy Hanukkah, guys!

Paula Abdul

Paula Abdul

Her father is a Syrian Jew whose family immigrated to Brazil, and her mother is Canadian with Jewish roots.

Source: ca.askmen.com

Lisa Bonet

Lisa Bonet

Bonet, a former Cosby kid, is half-Jewish (on her mother's side).

Source: time.com

Lenny Kravitz

Lenny Kravitz

Speaking of Lisa Bonet, her ex-husband Lenny Kravitz also happens to have one Jewish parent, his father. Though he has spent much of his life practicing Christianity, he has described himself in interviews as "half Jewish."

Source: biography.com

Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis

Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis has a Jewish mother, although in a 2002 interview he identified as Agnostic.

Source: hollywoodreporter.com


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15 Celebrities You Might Not Have Realized Are Jewish

Or at least Jew-ish. Happy Hanukkah, guys!

Paula Abdul

Paula Abdul

Her father is a Syrian Jew whose family immigrated to Brazil, and her mother is Canadian with Jewish roots.

Source: ca.askmen.com

Lisa Bonet

Lisa Bonet

Bonet, a former Cosby kid, is half-Jewish (on her mother's side).

Source: time.com

Lenny Kravitz

Lenny Kravitz

Speaking of Lisa Bonet, her ex-husband Lenny Kravitz also happens to have one Jewish parent, his father. Though he has spent much of his life practicing Christianity, he has described himself in interviews as "half Jewish."

Source: biography.com

Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis

Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis has a Jewish mother, although in a 2002 interview he identified as Agnostic.

Source: hollywoodreporter.com


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