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Birth Name:
Jonathan Adam Saunders Baruchel
Birthplace:
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Date of Birth:
April 9, 1982
Race or Ethnicity:
Jewish Irish, French
Jay Baruchel is Jewish on his father’s side and his mother’s side Irish-Catholic. When talking about actor Ben Stiller he stated:
“We have a kind of shared heritage, with the whole half-Irish, half-Jewish thing,”
In an article in Now Magazine, it states that Baruchel is a quarter Jewish and also has French heritage.
Source:
- http://www.the-frat-pack.com/reviews/tropicthunder.html
- http://www.nowtoronto.com/movies/story.cfm?content=174991
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I think there was an interveiw where he mentioned having haters for being Jewish.
I thnik hes really cute. Lol
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According to this, Jay Baruchel is one quarter Jewish, with the other bits being French (presumably on his father’s side) and Irish Catholic
http://www.nowtoronto.com/movies/story.cfm?content=174991
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thanks Dave. His surname appears to be French. So I wouldnt doubt that. But he seems to regard his dad as Jewish as seen in the quote above.
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To Ethnic
just curious,your did like the picture?
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excuse,meant to say didn’t like the pictures?
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Fuzzybear,
the ones you submitted? They are great but Im just worried about the copyright on those. If they aint free then I shouldnt put them up.
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