Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt Jewish?

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Well, to make a long story short, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Jewish!

Since Joseph Gordon-Levitt's mother is Jewish, and in Orthodox Judaism and Conservative Judaism, those with a Jewish mother (or those who underwent a halakhic conversion) are considered Jewish, then that makes him Jewish. His father is Jewish too.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt (whose full birth name is Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt) was born on February 17, 1981 in Los Angeles, California, U.S..

As a child star, he appeared in the films A River Runs Through It (1992), Angels in the Outfield (1994), Beethoven, and 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), and as Tommy Solomon in the TV series 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001). Some of the films he starred in include Brick (2005), 500 Days of Summer (2009), Inception (2010), 50/50 (2011), Premium Rush (2012), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Brick, Looper (2012), Lincoln (2012), Snowden (2016) and The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020). In 2022 he starred in Showtime's anthology series Super Pumped.

(Added: 21/12/2013)

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