Celebrities: Jewish or Not? 

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

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Jack Antonoff – Jewish

Jack Antonoff was born in New Jersey to Jewish parents. He attended a Jewish day school and dated the actress and writer Lena Dunham, who is also Jewish, for five years. He married actress Margaret Qualley in 2023.

Antonoff is an American singer and producer. He was previously the guitarist and drummer of the band Fun, before starting his solo project, Bleachers, which has since released 4 albums. He has worked with singers like Lorde, Lana Del Rey, Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, Kendrick Lamar and St. Vincent for critically acclaimed albums like Melodrama (Lorde, 2017), Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd (Del Rey, 2023), Short ‘n’ Sweet (Carpenter, 2024) and MASSEDUCTION (St. Vincent, 2017). He has won 11 Grammy awards, including 3 for Album Of the Year, all by Swift: 1989 (2014), folklore (2020) and Midnights (2022).

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