Is Caleb Moore Jewish?

No, Caleb Moore was not a Jew. Moore was a snowmobile rider and a Winter X Games competitor.

Moore began his career riding ATVs and later switched to snowmobiles. Soon after learning to ride snowmobiles he won the bronze medal at the Winter X Games in 2010. In his career he won four medals.

During the 2013 Winter X Games, Moore crashed while doing a backflip. He walked off the course with a concussion but the injuries he sustained later claimed his life on January 31, 2013.

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Is Lance Armstrong Jewish?

Lance Armstrong is not Jewish. The man famous for winning more Tour de France cycling competitions than any other cyclist and then being disgraced amid doping charges, is Christian.

Armstrong was born to Linda Gayle (née Mooneyham), a secretary, and Eddie Charles Gunderson, a route manager for The Dallas Morning News. His great-grandfather was the son of Norwegian immigrants. He was named after Lance Rentzel, a Dallas Cowboys wide receiver. His parents divorced when Lance was two and his father has two children from another relationship. His mother later married Terry Keith Armstrong, a wholesale salesman, who adopted Lance in 1974. Armstrong refused to meet his birth father.

Armstrong began dating singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow in late 2003 and revealed their relationship in January 2004. The couple announced their engagement in September 2005 and their split in February 2006. In December 2008, Armstrong announced that his girlfriend, Anna Hansen, was pregnant with his child. The couple started dating in July 2008 after meeting through Armstrong's charity work. Although it was believed that Armstrong could no longer father children, after having undergone chemotherapy for testicular cancer, this child was conceived naturally. The baby boy, Maxwell Edward Armstrong, was born in 2009 in Aspen, Colorado. Armstrong announced the birth via Twitter.

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Is Jim Schwartz Jewish?

Jim Schwartz is not a Jew. Schwartz is the head coach for the Detroit Lions and previously coached the Tennessee Titans and the Baltimore Ravens.

Schwartz was born just outside Baltimore, Maryland and attended Mount Saint Joseph High School, an all-male Catholic school, where he played football. He then played for Georgetown University where he was the team captain. 

In 2011, Schwartz led the Detroit Lions to the playoffs for the first time since 1999. 

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Is Novak Djokovic Jewish?

Tennis star Novak Djokovic is not Jewish. He was born in Belgrade, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, to parents Srđan and Dijana Đoković. His religion is Serbian Orthodox Christian.

While the tennis champion isn't Jewish, he has many close relationships with Israeli Jews, including his long-time managers and fitness coaches.

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Is Jose Bautista Jewish?

Jose Bautista is Jewish. The right-handed pitcher was born José Joaquín Bautista Arias in 1964 in Baní, Dominican Republic. Bautista was born to a Dominican father and an Israeli mother.

Bautista's mother's family was originally from Russia. His father was born in the Dominican. Jose Bautista and his wife, who is Russian, are observant Jews. The Bautistas maintain a Kosher home.

The Dominican Republic has a small (around 300) Jewish community and Jose Bautista is the only Major League Baseball player from the Dominican Jewish community.

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Is Aly Raisman Jewish?

Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman is Jewish. Alexandra Raisman began gymnastics as a toddler when her mother Lynn, a former high school gymnast, put her in a "Mommy & Me" class at 18 months old. She has three younger siblings.

In a recent competition Aly performed to music that is traditionally played at Jewish weddings during the Horah dance called "Siman Tov U'Mazel Tov".

Aly will compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

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Is Gary Bettman Jewish?

Gary Bettman is Jewish. The current commissioner of the National Hockey League (NHL), Gary Bettman was born in Queens, New York. He attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where he was a member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity (AEPi). He graduated Cornell in 1974 and received his law degree from New York University School of Law.

Bettman lives with his wife, Shelli, and their three children Lauren, Jordan, and Brittany in Saddle River, New Jersey.

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Is David Stern Jewish?

Yes, David Stern is Jewish. David Stern has been the Commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) since 1984. He announced in March 2012 that he will retire in 2014.

David Stern was born in New York City to a Jewish mother and a Jewish father. He grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey. He was a member of the Sigma Delta Chapter of Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity (Sammies) at Rutgers University. He is currently married to Dianne Bock Stern and they have two adult sons.

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