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Finding Your Roots

Lena Dunham attends the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts American Songbook Gala at Alice Tully Hall in New York on May 29, 2018. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
March 30, 2024, 8:07 am
Lena Dunham discovers familial connection to Holocaust on TV show
‘Girls’ creator learns her great-great-great uncle survived the Holocaust, but his daughter was likely killed in Nazi massacre at Kamianets-Podilskyi; Michael Douglas also features
By jacob gurvis
Alanis Morissette shown on PBS' celebrity genealogy series 'Finding Your Roots.' (Screenshot from YouTube via JTA)
January 4, 2024, 1:55 pm
Alanis Morissette uncovers family’s Holocaust history on TV show
Rock star tells PBS’s ‘Finding Your Roots’ she only found out she’s Jewish in her late 20s, believes maternal grandparents were so terrified of antisemitism they kept heritage hidden
By jacob gurvis
Screen capture from vidoe of Pamela Adlon appears in season 8 of Finding Your Roots (YouTube via JTA)
January 25, 2022, 9:22 am
Pamela Adlon kvells over rabbi forefather
On ‘Finding Your Roots,’ comedian and actress makes ‘mind-blowing’ discovery her great-great-grandfather was a famous rabbinic figure
By CALEB GUEDES-REED
Mandy Patinkin cries during his episode of "Finding Your Roots." (Screen capture: YouTube)
April 27, 2021, 12:28 am
Mandy Patinkin breaks down in tears learning he lost family in Holocaust
In latest ‘Finding Your Roots’ episode, Jewish actor discovers relatives were rounded up in northeastern Poland, and sent to the Treblinka death camp
By Gabe Friedman
Screen capture from video of NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg in an episode of PBS' 'Finding Your Roots.' (JTA)
January 26, 2021, 8:33 am
Finding her roots, reporter Nina Totenberg learns of family Holocaust escape
NPR correspondent hears how her grandmother bolted Europe via Portugal; TV personality Andy Cohen finds out that ancestors came from Pale of Settlement
By Gabe Friedman
Jeff Goldblum poses at the Disney + launch event promoting "The World According to Jeff Goldblum" at the London West Hollywood hotel on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019, in West Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Mark Von Holden/Invision/AP)
January 23, 2020, 3:38 am
Jeff Goldblum decided to be an actor while studying for his bar mitzvah
Hollywood star reveals his inspiration on PBS celebrity genealogy show ‘Finding Your Roots’
By JTA
Jeff Goldblum on an episode of "Finding Your Roots." (Screenshot from PBS via JTA)
January 23, 2020, 3:11 am
Jeff Goldblum, Terry Gross and Marc Maron get emotional tracing Jewish roots
Latest episode of PBS’ celebrity genealogy show ‘Finding Your Roots’ helps three celebrities discover details on their ancestors who fled anti-Semitism in Europe
By Gabe Friedman
Marc Maron arrives at the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall on January 27, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
January 16, 2020, 9:39 am
In ‘Finding Your Roots,’ Marc Maron hints at tragic family history
Comedian one of three prominent Jews whose ancestries will be examined on next episode of the PBS show
By Gabe Friedman
Sarah Silverman L) with “Finding Your Roots” host Henry Louis Gates Jr. (PBS via JTA)
February 13, 2019, 4:52 am
Sarah Silverman felt like the only Jew in town growing up
On ‘Finding Your Roots,’ the comedian talks about how feeling different fuels her comedy; show also explores the backgrounds of fellow comics Seth Meyers and Tig Notaro
By Curt Schleier
George R.R. Martin, left, shown with “Finding Your Roots” host Henry Louis Gates, Jr., was shocked by his DNA test. (Courtesy of McGee Media/Ark Media via JTA)
January 4, 2019, 11:04 pm
Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin discovers he’s a quarter Jewish
‘You’ve uprooted my worldview,’ says author on PBS’ celebrity genealogy show ‘Finding Your Roots’ as he discovers he is 22.4 percent Ashkenazi Jew
By Curt Schleier
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