Is Chuck Todd Jewish?

Chuck Todd is Jewish. The NBC news correspondent and journalist was born in Miami, Florida, the son of Lois Cheri (née Bernstein) and Stephen Randolph Todd. He is Jewish on his mother's side, and was raised in a Jewish home.

Todd resides in Arlington, Virginia, with his wife, Kristian Denny Todd, daughter Margaret, and son Harrison.


During President Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's joint press conference in Jerusalem during Obama's March 2013 visit of the Jewish State, Chuck Todd asked several questions. That led to Obama joking with Chuck Todd that he was asking too many questions. Todd joked that Passover was approaching and he was entitled to ask four questions. Appearing later on the Today Show, Todd made several other Passover references asking Matt Lauer, "Why is this press conference different from all other press conferences?"

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Is Shiri Appleby Jewish

Shiri Appleby is Jewish. The actress who played roles in the final season of ER and in Charlie Wilson's War is currently playing a supporting role in HBO's Girls.

Appleby was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Dina Bouader, a Hebrew school teacher, and Jerry Appleby, a telecommunications executive. Her mother is Israeli-born and of Sephardic Moroccan Jewish background, and her father is an American Jew.

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Is Joan Rivers Jewish?

Joan Rivers is Jewish. The comedian and celebrity fashion critic (mostly seen on the red carpet before and after award ceremonies), Joan Rivers was born Joan Alexandra Molinsky in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants Beatrice (née Grushman; January 6, 1906 – October 1975) and Meyer C. Molinsky (December 7, 1900 – January 1985).

Rivers was raised in Brooklyn, New York. She attended Connecticut College between 1950 and 1952 and graduated from Barnard College in 1954 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and anthropology. Her agent Tony Rivers advised her to change her name, so she chose Joan Rivers as her stage name.


Rivers' first marriage was in 1955 to James Sanger, the son of a Bond Clothing Stores merchandise manager. The marriage lasted only six weeks and was annulled on the basis that Sanger did not want children and had not informed Rivers before the wedding.

Rivers then married Edgar Rosenberg in 1965. Rosenberg committed suicide in 1987. Their only child, Melissa Warburg Rosenberg (now known as Melissa Rivers), was born on January 20, 1968. She has one grandson, Melissa's son Cooper (born Edgar Cooper Endicott on December 1, 2000).

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Is Seth Rogen Jewish?

Yes, Seth Rogen is a Jew. Rogen is a comedian and actor known for his roles in The 40-Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up and Funny People.

Rogen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. His mother, Sandy, is a social worker and his father, Mark Rogen, worked for non-profit organizations and as an assistant director of a Workmen's Circle. He has described his parents, who met at an Israeli kibbutz, as radical Jewish socialists. He has one older sister, Danya. Rogen attended Vancouver Talmud Torah Elementary School and Point Grey Secondary School (although he never graduated). Rogen was known for the stand-up comedy he performed at Camp Miriam, a Habonim Dror camp.

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Is Charlize Theron Jewish?

No, Charlize Theron is not a Jew. Theron is a South African actress known for her roles in Mighty Joe Young, The Cider House Rules, Monster, Young Adult, Snow White & the Huntsman and Prometheus.

Theron was born in Benoni, South Africa. She is the only child of Gerda and Charles Theron. Her ancestry includes French, German, and Dutch and her French forebears were early settlers in South Africa.

Theron's career began at age 16 when she began modeling and moved to Milan, Italy. A year later she came to the US and after struggling in New York, moved to LA. A short time later she got her first role in a film in Children of the Corn III. Her career took off from there.

Although Theron is not a Jew, she has been spotted wearing a red string bracelet, a sign of her connection to Kabbalah.

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Is Alan Arkin Jewish?

Yes, Alan Arkin is a Jew. Arkin is an actor, director, musician and singer known for his roles in Wait Until Dark, Catch-22, The In-Laws, Edward Scissorhands, Little Miss Sunshine, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Argo.

Arkin was born in Brooklyn, New York City. He is the son of Beatrice, a teacher, and David I. Arkin, a painter and writer who mostly worked as a teacher. Arkin was raised in a Jewish family. His grandparents were immigrants from Odessa, Ukraine, Russia, and Germany. Arkin's family moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles when Arkin was 11 years old.

Arkin began taking acting lessons at age 10 and has been acting ever since. He is one of only a few actors to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his first film appearance, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming.

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Is C. Everett Koop Jewish?

No, C. Everett Koop was not a Jew. Koop served as the thirteenth Surgeon General of the United States under President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1989.

Koop was born in Brooklyn, New York. His parents, John Everett Koop (1883–1972) and Helen Koop (1894–1970), were both children of German immigrants, and Koop was their only child. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1937 and earned his MD degree from Cornell Medical College in 1941. During the 1940s and 1950s he rose in the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine to become professor of pediatric surgery and, later, professor of pediatrics. In February 1981, President Ronald Reagan appointed Koop as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health with the promise that he would be nominated as Surgeon General.

As Surgeon General, Koop brought frank talk about the AIDS pandemic into U.S. homes.

Koop died on February 25, 2013 at 96 years old.

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