Paula Abdul
Abdul in 2011, joe seer/bigstock.com
Birth Name: Paula Julie Abdul
Place of Birth: San Fernando, Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: June 19, 1962
Ethnicity:
*father – Syrian Jewish
*mother – Ukrainian Jewish, Russian Jewish
Paula Abdul is an American dancer, choreographer, singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality. She is known for being a judge on the show American Idol.
Paula’s father, Harry Abdul, was a Syrian Jew from Aleppo, who emigrated to Brazil, and then to the U.S. Paula’s mother, Lorraine (Rykiss), is Ashkenazi Jewish, and is originally from Saint Boniface, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. All four of Paula’s maternal great-grandparents were born in Eastern Europe, Russia and Ukraine.
Some have associated her with the black community, because of her style of music.
Paula’s maternal grandfather was William Alexander Rykiss (the son of Avram/Avraham Rykiss and Bessie Peshe “Passy” Malamed). William was born in Katerburg, Ukraine. Bessie was the daughter of Moishe Malamed and Dvora/Dovrah Berg.
Paula’s maternal grandmother was Sally/Sarah Naomi Riceberg (the daughter of Moishe Leib “Maurice” Riceberg and Mariam Goldbreski/Golubitsky). Sally was born in Manitoba, Canada, to parents who were born in Russia and Ovruch, Ukraine.
Sources: Genealogy of Paula Abdul – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Paula Abdul (focusing on her mother’s side) – http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com
Paula talks about being Jewish – http://www.ynetnews.com
to me she’s always a beautiful woman inside & out, i just love me some paula abdul. she looks spanish but she’s not. paula abdul looks more of her dad. i been a big fan of hers since ’89 and still is. i know she dances like a black person and that’s all. i believe hen she says she’s not a black person. i really miss her so freakin’ bad on a. i. please come baby.
Are you drunk?? Spanish is a LANGUAGE!!! Spanish is spoken across many nations of different races. If you’re saying she looks like a Spaniard you need to put your crack pipe down, boy, cos Spaniards are WHITES!!! Fool! You might as well claim that Sitting Bull looks “British” to you, that pretty much equals the same type of idiocy you wrote there!
Can be easily cause they’re half Arabs lot of them are dark as —-.
yeh Thats what I thought.
Paula’s 47 years old. What are you talking about ‘in her 50’s? The only time she’s said she was 50 on American Idol is when Simon jokes about her age, even though HE just turned 50.
that arabian knight dude is smart.
Paula,
We are proud to have you as part of the Black Community and that is the race that you identify with. Maybe you can teach Tiger Woods to be proud of his heritage. That boy has a problem! Paula you are the BOMB!