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 Demi Lovato Jewish?

Demi Lovato is not Jewish. The famous teen actress and singer announced in a tweet on Twitter that she is part Jewish. The teenage celeb using her Twitter handle @ddlovato tweeted to @jCarolinaa_ that she found out that she's Jewish in addition to several other nationalities and races. (see the tweet below)

demetria lovato ‏@ddlovato

@jCarolinaa_ actually - I found out that I am Irish, Hispanic, Native American, Portuguese and Jewish!!!

According to her Wikipedia entry, Lovato's ancestry includes Mexican, Irish, Italian, and English roots. She was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on August 20, 1992, and raised in Dallas, Texas. She is the daughter of Dianna Hart de la Garza (born Dianna Lee Smith) and Patrick Martin Lovato. She has an older sister, Dallas Lovato, and a younger half-sister, Madison de la Garza, from her mother's re-marriage. Her mother was a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and country music recording artist.

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Is Danica Patrick Jewish?

Danica Patrick is not Jewish. She converted to Roman Catholicism upon marrying Paul Edward Hospenthal in 2005. Her parents, T.J. and Bev Patrick, are not Jewish.

Danica Patrick is now known to be the top female auto racer finishing in NASCAR and INDY. She also has a very strong career as an advertising spokeswoman.

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Is Dr. Jack Kevorkian Jewish?

Dr. Jack Kevorkian was not Jewish. Jack Kevorkian was born as Murad Kevorkian in 1928 in Pontiac Michigan to Armenian parents, Levon and Satenig Kevorkian. Jack Kevorkian was a Medical Doctor who believed in and actually performed assisted suicides.

Starting in 1991 Jack Kevorkian was embroiled in legal battles where he was charged with murder. He was defended by attorney Geoffrey Fieger and finally lost in 1999.

Dr. Jack Kevorkian served approximately eight years in prison and was paroled in 2007. He died in 2011.

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Is Geoffrey Fieger Jewish?

Geoffrey Fieger is considered to be half Jewish.  Geoffrey Fieger's father, the late Bernard Fieger, was a New York civil rights activist and was Jewish by birth.  Fieger's mother, the late June Oberer Fieger, was a Norwegian-American and was not Jewish.  Geoffrey Fieger's younger brother Douglas Fieger was the lead singer of the rock group The Knack.

Geoffrey Fieger was the attorney who defended Dr. Jack Kevorkian in 1994 in the high profile assisted suicide case.

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Is Jay-Z Jewish?

Jay-Z is not Jewish.  Jay-Z was born on December 4, 1969 as Shawn Corey Carter.  His early life was marked by a very tough existence in the projects of New York.  In 1994, Jay-Z became interested in music and now is known the world over as a music and entertainment mogul.

Jay-Z is married to the beautiful R&B genius, Beyonce, and enjoys the beautiful daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, they had together on February 10, 2012.

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Is Clive Davis Jewish?

Clive Davis is a Jew. The record producer and music industry executive was born to Herman and Florence Davis. Both of his parents were Jewish. Clive Davis, who was born in 1932, is most famous for his discovery of Whitney Houston.

Both of his parents died when Clive Davis was only a teenager. At Whitney Houston's funeral on February 18, 2012, Clive Davis explained that he was an orphan with no money during his teenage years. Davis received a full scholarship to New York University and then received a full scholarship to Harvard Law School. Each year at the Grammy, Clive Davis hosts a star-studded party.

Clive Davis is the founder of Arista Records and Chairman and CEO of BMG Label Group. He has been responsible for launching the musical careers of Barry Manilow, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Keys, Janis Joplin, Whitney Houston, Santana and others. He is known as a Jewish philanthropist. He recently had his famous Hanukkah potato latke recipe published by the 92nd St. Y in New York City.

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Is Bobbi Brown Jewish?

Bobbi Brown is a Jew. Not to be confused with the singer Bobby Brown who is not Jewish, the founder and CEO of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics is Jewish. Bobbi Brown was born to Joe Brown and Sandra Cain. Her parents divorced around the time of her bat mitzvah. Bobbi Brown is married to Steven Plofker. The couple has three sons, Duke, Dylan, and Dakota.

An article on the Jewish Women International blog explains that, "In the late 1960s, petite, dark-eyed Bobbi Brown was struggling to reconcile her Semitic beauty with that of the leggy blonde-and-blue cover girls of her youth."

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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."

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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.


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. The wedding was reported to be a Jewish ceremony and took place in a private residence in Sag Harbor, NY.

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