Celebrities: Jewish or Not? 

Celebrities you might not have known are Jewish….or maybe you did…

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Arlo Guthrie – Jewish

Arlo Guthrie was born to a Jewish mother, the daughter of immigrants from Ukraine. He received bar mitzvah training from Rabbi Meir Kahane, who later started the Jewish Defense League. Later in life, he converted to Catholicism, but has since adopted interfaith beliefs.

Guthrie is an American folk singer-songwriter. He is the son of Woody Guthrie, a fellow folk singer. His best-known work is “Alice’s Restaurant,” a satirical blues song that has now become a Thanksgiving anthem. He has scored one Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, a cover of Steve Goodman’s “City of New Orleans.”

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