Bette Midler (en.wikipedia.org)
Bette Midler was born in Honolulu,[8][9] where her family was one of the few Jewish families in a mostly Asian neighborhood.[10]
Michael David Rapaport (en.wikipedia.org)
Rapaport grew up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, near 70th and York.[8] He is Ashkenazi Jewish; his family is originally from Poland and Russia.[9]
Zachary Israel Braff (en.wikipedia.org)
Braff's father was born into a Jewish family,[16][17][18] and Braff's mother, originally a Protestant, converted to Judaism before marrying his father.[19][20] Braff said that he had a "very strong Conservative/Orthodox upbringing." He had his bar mitzvah service at Oheb Shalom Congregation.[21][12][22] In 2005, he stated that he was "not a huge organized religion guy,"[23] and in 2013, he said that "the religion doesn't necessarily work for me," although he identifies as Jewish.[24][25][26][27]
Albert Brooks (en.wikipedia.org) (born Albert Lawrence Einstein
Brooks was born Albert Lawrence Einstein into a Jewish show business family in Beverly Hills, California,[2]
Jay Scott Greenspan (en.wikipedia.org)[1][2][3](born September 23, 1959),[2] known by his stage name Jason Alexander
Alexander was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Jewish parents Ruth Minnie (née Simon), a nurse and health care administrator, and Alexander B. Greenspan
Larry Charles (en.wikipedia.org)
Charles was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York to a Jewish family.[1] He was raised in Trump Village
Chelsea Handler (en.wikipedia.org)
Her American father is Ashkenazi Jewish; her German-born mother, who came to the United States in 1958, was a Mormon.[7][10] Her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1989,[11] and battled the disease for over 15 years before dying of it in 2006.[12] Handler was raised in Reform Judaism and had a Bat Mitzvah ceremony.[13][14][15]
Robert Norman Reiner (en.wikipedia.org)
Reiner was born into a Jewish family in the Bronx, New York, on March 6, 1947.
Julia Scarlett Elizabeth Louis-Dreyfus Hall (en.wikipedia.org)
Her American-born mother, Judith (née LeFever), was a writer and special needs tutor,[1] and her French-born Jewish father, billionaire Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, chaired the Louis Dreyfus Company. Her paternal grandfather, Pierre Louis-Dreyfus, was president of the Louis Dreyfus Group;[5] he was a member of a Jewish family from Alsace[6][7] and served as a cavalry officer and member of the French Resistance during World War II.[8] She is also a great-great-granddaughter of Léopold Louis-Dreyfus, who in 1851 founded the Louis Dreyfus Group, a French commodities and shipping conglomerate, which members of her family still control;[9] and is distantly related to Alfred Dreyfus of the infamous Dreyfus affair.[10] Her paternal grandmother was born in the US to Jewish parents of Brazilian and Mexican origin
Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (en.wikipedia.org)
Sacha Noam Baron Cohen was born on 13 October 1971 in Hammersmith, London to Jewish parents.[12] His mother, photographer Daniella Naomi (née Weiser), was born in Israel.[13] His father, Gerald Baron Cohen (1932–2016), an editor-turned-clothing store owner, was born in London and raised in Wales.[14][15][16] Baron Cohen was raised Jewish[17][18][19][20] and is fluent in Hebrew.[21][22]
Baron Cohen's maternal family were German Jewish emigrants to Israel.[13][23] His paternal family were also Ashkenazi Jews, who moved to Pontypridd and London in the United Kingdom.[24] His paternal grandfather, Morris Cohen, added "Baron" to his surname.[15][25] His maternal grandmother, Liesel, who lived in Haifa, Israel, trained as a ballet dancer in Germany before fleeing the Nazis in 1936.[14][26][27][28][16]
Sandra Bernhard (en.wikipedia.org)
Bernhard was born in Flint, Michigan, the daughter of Jeanette (née LaZebnik) and proctologist Jerome Bernhard.[3][4] Her parents raised her as a Conservative Jew.[5]
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