Celebrities: Jewish or Not?
Celebrities you might not have known are Jewish….or maybe you did…
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Mayim Bialik – Jewish
Mayim Chaya Bialik was born in San Diego, CA, to Beverly (née Winkleman) and Barry Bialik, who were Jewish immigrants who lived in the Bronx, NY. Her grandparents were European refugees who migrated from Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Bialik is known for her roles on the NBC show Blossom and the CBS show The Big Bang Theory. When Blossom ended, Bialik earned degrees in neuroscience, Hebrew and Jewish Studies in 2000 from UCLA and in 2007 earned a PhD in neuroscience from UCLA. “I want to leave this world a little more repaired than when I entered it,” Bialik said at an event at American Jewish University. “That is straight from what our people have been told to do, and I believe that spiritually, historically, genetically, and culturally, I am connected to a legacy.”