Finding Your Roots

Arts, Entertainment, Lifestyle, News, Television Jan 22, 2020

Jeff Goldblum, Terry Gross and Marc Maron get emotional tracing their Jewish heritage on ‘Finding Your Roots’

by Gabe Friedman (JTA) — The latest episode of PBS’ celebrity genealogy show “Finding Your Roots” was a lesson in Jewish history. Titled “Beyond the…

Lifestyle, Television Nov 3, 2017

Jewish family learns they are related to Scarlett Johansson by watching PBS show

By Curt Schleier (JTA) — Turns out you don’t actually have to be a guest on Henry Louis Gates’ PBS show “Finding Your Roots” to,…

Arts, Lifestyle, News, Television, Uncategorized Nov 2, 2017

Scarlett Johansson cries when she discovers her family’s tragic Holocaust history on ‘Finding Your Roots’

(JTA) — Scarlett Johansson knew that her mother’s side of the family came from Jewish communities in Eastern Europe, but she didn’t know much else about…