Posts Tagged: Finding Your Roots
Michael Douglas, Lena Dunham Make Shocking Discoveries About Their Jewish Ancestry
Actor Michael Douglas and writer-director Lena Dunham made shocking revelations about their Jewish ancestors and family roots stemming from Eastern Europe in Thursday's episode of...
Actors David Duchovny and Richard Kind Learn Jarring Information About Jewish Past on ‘Finding Your Roots’
Most of us don’t know the histories of our families as well as we should. On Tuesday night, the popular PBS show “Finding Your Roots” had...
Actress Learns of Family Ties to Holocaust for the First Time in New Episode of Genealogy Series
Actress, producer and writer Pamela Adlon first discovered she had family members who were murdered in the Holocaust in Tuesday's episode of the PBS genealogy show...
Amy Schumer Discovers Shared Hebrew Name With Jewish Ancestor; Maya Rudolph Learns About Lithuanian Jewish Roots
Actress-comedians Amy Schumer and Maya Rudolph made some discoveries about their Jewish ancestors on Tuesday night's episode of the PBS series "Finding Your Roots." Schumer had tears in...
Scarlett Johansson Acknowledges Feeling ‘Deeply Connected’ to Her Jewish Roots After Learning About Family Members Who Died in Warsaw Ghetto
American actress Scarlett Johansson's learned during Tuesday's episode of the PBS series "Finding Your Roots" that she had relatives who died in the Warsaw Ghetto. The show's host, historian Henry Louis...
‘I Feel Closer to My Religion,’ American-Jewish Actor Paul Rudd Says Upon Learning of Antisemitism His Grandfather Endured in London After World War II
American-Jewish actor Paul Rudd recently learned about the antisemitism his grandfather experienced in England following World War II. Rudd discovered facts about his family while taping an upcoming...
Bernie Sanders Visibly Moved After Learning Relative Died Fighting Nazis in World War II
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders recently choked up after he learned that one of his relatives died while fighting the Nazis during World War II. The Jewish former Democratic...
Jewish Actor Dustin Hoffman Weeps After Discovering Great-Grandmother Escaped Soviet Concentration Camp (VIDEO)
Famed actor Dustin Hoffman was reduced to tears on Tuesday after learning that his great-grandmother had escaped a Soviet concentration camp before starting a life...
