French-Moroccan Jewish comedian Gad Elmaleh's son, Raphael, was recently baptized in the royal chapel of Monaco with his mother, Charlotte Casiraghi, who is of royal descent.

James Salter, a prolific writer known for his spare war stories and magnum opus "All That Is," recounts his transformation from Jewish roots as Horowitz at West Point to assuming the name Salter and pursuing a military career in the Air Force during the Korean War.

Sam Halpern, father of Justin Halpern, has written a novel, "A Far Piece to Canaan," published by HarperCollins, which reflects his childhood on a Jewish sharecropping farm in Kentucky in the 1940s.

Eating Chinese food on Christmas has become a sacred tradition for American Jews, blending cultural influences and asserting Jewish-American identity.

The text discusses the idea of Jewish celebrities reclaiming their birth names as a way to celebrate their Jewish heritage and combat past anti-Semitism.