Is Matthew Broderick Jewish? The Actor Is Tight-Lipped About Religion
Is Matthew Broderick Jewish? The Actor's Religion Isn't Something He Discusses
By Larry StansburyMar. 15 2020, Updated 4:Forty seven p.m. ET
Everyone knows Matthew Broderick as the actor behind the titular persona in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, the voice behind adult Mufasa on Disney's animated model of The Lion King — oh, and Sarah Jessica Parker's husband, in fact. What some enthusiasts may not be aware of is what the actor/singer/producer's religion is. That's most commonly because he never actually brings it up.
Considering his family members background and his wife's religion, a number of folks have assumed Matthew is a follower of Judaism. In mild of the actor's sister contracting COVID-19 at an Episcopal church, alternatively, fans have a renewed curiosity: Is Matthew actually Jewish? Let's take a closer look at the proof handy.
Matthew's sister shrunk COVID-19 at an Episcopal church.
On March 14, Matthew opened up with People about his sister, Janet Broderick, who is getting better after being hospitalized and testing certain for the novel coronavirus.
“My entire family members is grateful for the fear about, and the neatly wishes for, my sister Janet. I’m glad to say she is feeling a lot better and is on the highway to a complete recovery,” Matthew told People. “We are all very appreciative for the glorious care she received from the amazing doctors and nurses at Cedars-Sinai.”
Janet feel unwell after attending the Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes conference in Louisville, Ky. on March 11. Another attendee tested positive for the virus, as neatly.
“She is receiving the very best hospital therapy to be had and her medical doctors’ diagnosis is for a whole and entire recovery,” the church said of Janet in a observation. “It will take a little time, but Janet is resting comfortably at Cedars until the time she is released and will return home to finish her recovery.”
Matthew comes from a Jewish and Catholic background.
Matthew was born in Manhattan, New York — and his mom, Patricia, used to be Jewish. His grandparents on his mother’s facet have been Jewish immigrants. His dad, James, was a Catholic and has an English and Irish descent.
Matthew and Sarah have been married in a historic synagogue.
On May 19, 1997, Matthew and Sarah exchanged vows all the way through a civil ceremony in a historic deconsecrated synagogue in New York. (Fun truth: Janet was if truth be told the person who officiated.)
As for Sarah's religious upbringing? Her father is from Brooklyn and is Jewish — and Sarah herself as identifies as being Jewish.
Matthew and Sarah percentage a son, James Wilke Broderick, who was once born on Oct. 28, 2002. Matthew and Sarah even have twin daughters, Marion Loretta Elwell and Tabitha Hodge, who were born by way of surrogacy on June 22, 2009.
Matthew was once invited to be in the Manhattan Jewish Hall of Fame.
Before a performance of his off-Broadway play Evening at the Talkhouse, a member of the target audience approached Matthew and said they sought after to invite him and his spouse to be in the Manhattan Jewish Hall of Fame. Matthew thanked the patron and kept their business card — despite the fact that it was awkward timing.
Speaking of performs, Matthew and Sarah recently introduced they had been postponing their Broadway revival of Neil Simon's Plaza Suite because of the ongoing threat of the coronavirus pandemic.
"Broadway doesn't stay quiet for long. We will be back...,” Sarah wrote on the Instagram post. "We depend the days until the marquees are as soon as once more lit. In the period in-between, we bring to mind all those affected and hope for everybody's just right well being."
And there you have it! Even though Matthew doesn't really ever talk about his religion, all signs point to the fact that he does, in fact, identify as Jewish — even though his sister, Janet is an Episcopalian.
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