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  2. Nov 1, 2017 · (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 her Jewish ancestors.

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  4. Dec 27, 2007 · Scarlett’s father is Danish, from Copenhagen, and is of Danish and Swedish descent. Scarlett’s mother, who is American-born, is Jewish (of Polish Jewish, Belarusian Jewish, and Russian Jewish descent). Scarlett has described herself as Jewish. She celebrates Christmas and Hanukkah.

  5. Scarlett Johansson is a Jewish American actress, and singer. Johansson (born November 22, 1984) was born in New York City. Her father, Karsten Johansson, is a Danish -born architect, while her mother, Melanie Sloan, a producer, comes from an Ashkenazi Jewish family from the Bronx.

  6. Her mother, Melanie Sloan, a producer, comes from an Ashkenazi Jewish family from Poland and Russia. Johansson has described herself as Jewish. She has an older sister, Vanessa, also an actress; an older brother, Adrian; and a twin brother, Hunter.

  7. Nov 3, 2017 · 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 her Jewish ancestors. When the movie star appeared on the PBS show “Finding Your Roots” on Tuesday night, she learned some specifics about those branches of her family tree — and broke down ...

  8. Oct 28, 2017 · In the forthcoming episode of the PBS series “Finding Your Roots,” American Jewish actress Scarlett Johansson discovers the tragic fate of her relatives who died in the Holocaust.

  9. In an episode of the PBS program Finding Your Roots, actress Scarlett Johansson, was moved to tears when she learned that her great great uncle and his family met their deaths in the Warsaw Ghetto. For the first time, Johansson discovered the fate of her maternal grandfather's brother and his children thanks to information on a Page of ...

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