Are The Coen Brothers Jewish?

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Well, to make a long story short, The Coen Brothers are Jewish!

Since The Coen Brothers'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 them Jewish. Their father is Jewish too.

The Coen Brothers (whose full birth name is Joel David Coen and Ethan Jesse Coen) were born on November 29, 1954 (Joel) and September 21, 195 (Etan) in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, U.S..

Their films include Blood Simple, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, No Country for Old Men, Burn After Reading and True Grit. Ethan and Joel have each been nominated for thirteen Academy Awards (twice under their alias Roderick Jaynes) and have won four

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