Is Will Kopelman Jewish?

Yes, Will Kopelman is a Jew. The art consultant began dating Drew Barrymore in early 2011 and became engaged to the actress in January 2012.

Will Kopelman is the son of former Chanel CEO Arie Kopelman. The couple announced their engagement in January 2012.

Is Drew Barrymore Jewish?

Drew Barrymore is currently not a Jew according to Rabbi Jason Miller on his blog. However, the actress is planning to convert to Judaism in 2012 before she marries her fiancee Will Kopelman.

Drew Barrymore's friend and frequent co-star Adam Sandler is reportedly offering guidance to Barrymore during her transition to the Jewish faith.

According to her Wikipedia entry, "Barrymore was born in Culver City, California to actor John Drew Barrymore and Jaid Barrymore (née Makó). Her mother was born in a Displaced Persons camp in Brannenburg, West Germany to Hungarian World War II refugees. Barrymore's father was of mainly English and Irish ancestry."

Is Brooke Burke Jewish?

Yes, Brooke Burke is a Jew. While she has French, Irish, and Portuguese ancestry, her mother is Jewish. The actress and model is married to David Charvet, who was raised Jewish in France.

Brook Burke was quoted as saying the couple celebrates Hanukkah in an "intimate" way, lighting the candles and saying the prayers.

Is Jamie Lynn Sigler Jewish?

Yes, Jamie Lynn Sigler is a Jew. She grew up in Queens, NY with her parents Steve and Connie Sigler. Her father is a Sephardic Jew and her mother was born in Cuba and converted to Judaism.

The Sopranos actress grew up with lots of Hanukkah tradition in her home in Queens. Her family enjoyed making and eating latkes and matzo ball soup, which she has said she helped make. She's said, "Rolling matzo balls was a big deal! And when they were cooked, I'd claim to know which ones I'd made."

Is Dianna Agron Jewish?

Yes, Dianna Agron is a Jew. Dianna is a star on the television show "Glee." She is the daughter of Mary (née Barnes) and Ronald S. Agron, a general manager of Hyatt hotels. Dianna Agron's father's family is originally from Russia where their original last name was Agronsky.

Agron's father is Jewish and her mother converted to Judaism. The actress attended Hebrew school and had a bat mitzvah.

Is Lea Michelle Jewish?

Lea Michele is Jewish. The actress known for her role on the television series "Glee" considers herself Jewish. Her mother is an Italian American and Roman Catholic, but her father is a Sephardic Jew.

Lea Michele Sarfati was born August 29, 1986 to Edith, a nurse, and Marc Sarfati, a delicatessen owner. Her mother is Italian American and Roman Catholic, while her father is a Spanish Sephardic Jew.

Michele was raised Catholic, and has stated that her father "gladly" attends church with her and her mother. She grew up in Tenafly, New Jersey. She attended Rockland Country Day School for elementary school in New York and then Tenafly High School.

Michele has stated that she changed her last name (a Sephardic Jewish name) because she was teased about the pronunciation of her last name.

Michele was in a relationship with her Glee costar, Canadian actor Cory Monteith, who was not Jewish, until his death on July 13, 2013

Lea Michele was named one of the ten most important people under 32 working in the "Jewish sphere" by the Jerusalem Post in 2011.

Is David Lee Roth Jewish?

Yes, David Lee Roth is a Jew. The lead singer of Van Halen was raised Jewish by his Jewish father Nathan Roth, an ophthalmologist, and his non-Jewish mother Sibyl Roth.

David Lee Roth is included in the original Adam Sandler Hanukkah Song.

Is Scott Disick Jewish?

Yes, Scott Disick is a Jew. Disick is Kourtney Kardashian's boyfriend and he has appeared in episodes of the reality TV series "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" as well as "Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami" and "Kourtney and Kim Take New York."

In the Kardashians story line, Disick and Kourtney Kardashian have had a rocky romance, but reconciled when she learned she was pregnant. Their son, Mason Dash Disick, was born in December 2009. In an episode that aired in December 2011, Scott Disick goes on a quest to get back in touch with his Jewish faith, which mostly involved him talking to a Rabbi.

Is Rachel Weisz Jewish?

Yes, Rachel Weisz is a Jew. Her father's a Hungarian-born Jew and her mother is said to be "Catholic Viennese," but some accounts describe Rachel Weisz as having prominent Jewish ancestors on her mother's side as well.

She is quoted in Index magazine as having said, "I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname and I said. "Why? Jews run Hollywood." He said "Exactly." He had a theory that all the executives think acting's a job for shiksas."

Is Rashida Jones Jewish?

Rashida Jones is a Jew. The TV and movie actress (and occasional singer) Rashida Jones was born in Los Angeles, the younger daughter of media mogul, producer, and musician Quincy Jones, and actress Peggy Lipton. She has an older sister, Kidada Jones, and five half-siblings by her father's other relationships.

The Parks and Recreation star's mother is Ashkenazi Jewish (a descendant of immigrants from Russia and Latvia) making her Jewish. Her father, Quincy Jones is of mostly African-American, as well as Welsh, ancestry.

Rashida attended Hebrew school, but never had a bat mitzvah. She was raised in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California. In November 2012 Rashida Jones joined Jimmy Fallon on his late-night TV show to sing about spinning dreidels on Hanukkah.

According to an article in American Jewish Life Magazine:

Ironically, Jones had “identified strongly with black culture” in high school and considered that criteria in her college choice, but in the end found her niche with Jewish friends. “Junior year, I started dating a guy who was Conservative and had an Orthodox brother and practiced more than I did, was more devout than I was,” she explains. “We had a group of friends who were Jewish so I naturally gravitated towards that culturally and religiously, which was cool because I didn’t have a bat mitzvah. I left Hebrew school when I was 10 because the girls were kind of snotty and I hadn’t gone back to exploring it. Being biracial and Jewish, I’m kind of given permission to explore whatever culture goes along with that. If I were just black and not Jewish I wouldn’t have had that entrée.”

Jones, whose mother grew up in an observant home in Lawrence, New York, has fond memories of Jewish celebrations of her youth. “We always celebrated the High Holidays. I did fast in high school for Yom Kippur and attend services. We always went to seder for Passover. I really liked the cultural and the familial side of Judaism. It was always the most comfortable place for me, making time for family and community.”

When she was 10, Jones attended a Passover seder at Beverly Hills’ Chasen’s restaurant. “I remember I found the afikomen and I got $100, which at the time was a ridiculous amount of money. I was actually happier about the candy I got than the money,” she laughs, noting that she traditionally celebrates the holiday with good family friends, the Ostins. “My memories of Jewish holidays were associated with them and have always had that positive aspect, very comforting,” she notes.

While she sometimes regrets not having a bat mitzvah, it doesn’t diminish her faith. “In this day and age, you can choose how you practice and what is your relationship with God. I feel pretty strongly about my connection, definitely through the Jewish traditions and the things that I learned dating the guy that I dated. My boyfriends tend to be Jewish and also be practicing,” she muses. “I don’t see it as a necessity, but there’s something about it that I connect with for whatever reason. I think it probably has a lot to do with my mom, the way I grew up, and the family friends that we had and the paradigm that I saw of family life and what I would want for myself, and that was all kind of interconnected.”

In 1994, Jones published an open letter in response to Tupac Shakur's criticism of her parents' interracial marriage. Before Tupac Shakur's murder, Rashida Jones became friends with the rapper, who was engaged to Rashida's sister before he was killed.

Is Sandra Bullock Jewish?

Sandra Bullock is not Jewish. She was born in Arlington, Virginia but her mother was from Nuernberg, German. While many have surmised that she might be half-Jewish based on her mother's name (Helga Meyer), the actress is not a Jew.

Some of the speculation surrounding Sandra Bullock's heritage comes from the bris (ritual circumcision) she arranged for her adopted baby boy, Louis Bardo Bullock, to have.

Is Tom Cruise Jewish?

Tom Cruise is not Jewish.

The actor is of German, Irish, and English ancestry. Tom Cruise grew up in a Catholic family. He briefly attended a Franciscan seminary in Cincinnati on a church scholarship and aspired to become a Catholic priest. Today, he is famously known as a follower of the Church of Scientology.

Is Sarah Silverman Jewish?

Yes, Sarah Silverman is Jewish. Sarah Silverman, the youngest of four daughters, was born in Bedford, New Hampshire. Both of her parents are Jewish. Sarah Silverman has an older sister who is a Reform rabbi and lives with her husband and their children in Israel. While she wasn't raised in a traditional Jewish household, she has spoken about being a proud member of the Jewish people and has embraced her Jewishness (or in her words: "Jewy-ness").


Sarah Silverman spoke to Piers Morgan about her Jewish identity and later restated it in an interview for Boston University's Elie Weisel Center for Judaic Studies alongside her sister Rabbi Susan Silverman. She said, "I don't have religion personally. But I'm Jewish in that it's in my bones."

In February 2014, US Weekly reported that Sarah Silverman is dating actor Michael Sheen. Michael Sheen is the star of “Masters of Sex.” Sheen is not Jewish. Silverman’s on-again-off-again five-year relationship with Jimmy Kimmel ended in 2009. In the past, Michael Sheen has been linked to VH1 “Morning Buzz” host Carrie Keagan and “Midnight in Paris” co-star Rachel McAdams since his split with Kate Beckinsale.

Is Benjamin Millepied Jewish?

Is Benjamin Millepied Jewish? That seems to be the question everyone wants to know. Natalie Portman, the Jewish actress with Israeli roots who started dating the French Millepied during filming of the film "Black Swan," plans to marry Benjamin Millepied in the near future. The two became parents of a baby son named Aleph in 2011.

Millepied was born in Bordeaux, France and raised in Dakar, Senegal. He is the youngest of three sons.[3] His ballet training started at the age of eight with his mother, Catherine Flori, a former ballet dancer. His father is Denys Millepied. Between the ages of 13 and 16 he studied with Michel Rahn at the Conservatoire National in Lyon, France.

Benjamin Millepied was not born Jewish according to reports, however it is rumored that he converted to Judaism before the couple's August 2012 wedding (see update below regarding Benjamin Millepied's conversion to Judaism). The wedding was reported to be a Jewish ceremony and took place in a private residence in Sag Harbor, NY.

UPDATE: On January 29, 2014 JTA.org posted the following news about Benjamin Millepied:

French choreographer Benjamin Millepied, the husband of Jewish actress Natalie Portman, told an Israeli newspaper that he is converting to Judaism.

Millepied told the Hebrew-language Yediot Acharonot in an article published Wednesday that he is “in the middle of the conversion process.” He added that he hopes the process will “come to an end soon and I will become a Jew.”

Becoming Jewish is “very important for me,” Millepied told the newspaper.

The couple is in Israel through March as Portman casts the movie that she is directing based on “A Tale of Love and Darkness,” a book by Israeli author Amos Oz.

The couple will relocate to Paris, where Millepied will work as director of dance at the Paris Opera Ballet
Portman said in September in an interview with the French magazine Madame Figaro that she is interested in becoming a French citizen.

“I don’t have the French nationality, but I would be love to get it. But I don’t know if it’s possible because I already have an American and an Israeli passport,” she said.

Portman and Millepied, who have a son named Aleph, were married in a Jewish wedding ceremony last year.