Celebrities: Jewish or Not?
Celebrities you might not have known are Jewish….or maybe you did…
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Shia LaBeouf – Not Jewish
Shia LaBeouf is an American actor, director and artist, born in Los Angeles, CA, to Shayna (née Saide) and Jeffrey LaBeouf. He is of mixed French, German and Jewish descent. LaBeouf had a bar mitzvah as a child but never embraced Judaism. He converted to Catholicism in 2023. LaBeouf gained fame at a young age for his role in the Disney Channel series Even Stevens (2000–2003), which earned him a Daytime Emmy Award. He later starred in blockbuster films such as Transformers (2007) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).