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Platten was born on May 20, 1981, in New York City to Paul and Pamela Platten, [9] but grew up in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, where she attended Mason-Rice Elementary School and Oak Hill Middle School. [10] Her mother is a therapist. [11] She was raised Jewish. She has a younger sister, Melanie.
Platten is Jewish through her father Paul's side: her grandparents Sumner Platten and Celia Grushka, who spoke Yiddish, and her mother's mother, Bobbi Abrams. Rachel first met her husband Kevin Lazan in New York City.
- Lazan Worked in Management Consulting & Has an MBA from New York University. According to Lazan’s LinkedIn page, he earned his B.A. in Legal Studies and Journalism from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2002.
- Lazan & Platten First Met in 2006 & Got Married in a Jewish Ceremony in 2012. Lazan and Platten first met in 2006. In an interview with Southern New England Weddings, Platten said that the clicked right away.
- The Song ‘Superman’ Was Inspired by Lazan’s Struggles With His Father’s Illness. The last song on Platten’s Wildfire is “Superman,” which she told Glamour is a very personal song.
- They Didn’t Go to a Great Place for a Date on Their First Date. In a 2016 interview with AndPop, Platten described her first date with Lazan, which didn’t go that well.
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Jan 13, 2023 · A Hebrew version of Rachel Platten's "Fight Song" accompanies a key scene in the FX limited series “Fleishman Is in Trouble."
Nice to note: In 2012, Platten married attorney KEVIN LAZAN, 34, in a traditional Jewish wedding. Last week it was announced that musical legend CAROLE KING , 73, is one of five artists selected to receive Kennedy Center Honors this year.
