Her father, Robert Lawrence Berenson, was an American career diplomat turned shipping executive ; he was of Lithuanian Jewish descent, and his family's original surname was Valvrojenski.

Her family is Jewish, and her grandparents emigrated from Russia.

Her story is the basis for the celebration of Purim in Jewish tradition.

Her story was greatly developed, during the Middle Ages, in the tradition of Aggadic midrashim, the Zohar and Jewish mysticism.

Her family was Jewish.

Her father was Czech Jewish and her mother was Austrian-Slovene Catholic — she was Ludwig's maternal grandparent and only non-Jewish grandparent, whose ancestry was Austrian < ref >

Her law decisions were minor but set a crucial ancient precedent for modern Jewish women.

Her mother, born Marcia Kaye Vilensky, the daughter of a Lithuanian Jewish father and a Russian-Romanian Jewish mother ; is an author who uses the name Marcia Lewis.

Her character stood out as a positive portrayal of a Jewish woman and at the height of her popularity, she fell in love with another woman, a witch named Tara Maclay.

Her testament of June 6, 1939 states, " I beg the Lord to take my life and my death … for all concerns of the sacred hearts of Jesus and Mary and the holy church, especially for the preservation of our holy order, in particular the Carmelite monasteries of Cologne and Echt, as atonement for the unbelief of the Jewish People and that the Lord will be received by his own people and his kingdom shall come in glory, for the salvation of Germany and the peace of the world, at last for my loved ones, living or dead, and for all God gave to me: that none of them shall go astray.

* Life in a Jewish Family: Her Unfinished Autobiographical Account, translated by Josephine Koeppel, 1986, from The Collected Works of Edith Stein, Volume One, ICS Publications

Her paternal grandfather, Juan de Toledo, was a marrano ( Jewish convert to Christianity ) and was condemned by the Spanish Inquisition for allegedly returning to the Jewish faith.

Her father was Presbyterian and her mother was Jewish, the daughter of immigrants from Hungary ; Hawn had a Jewish upbringing.

Her son, Williams ' father, married a Puerto Rican woman of French Basque and Dutch Jewish descent.

Her father, a native of South Africa, was Jewish, and her British mother was Anglican.

Her mother's family had left Germany before World War II to avoid the Nazi regime ( Newton-John's maternal grandfather was Jewish, and her maternal grandmother was of paternal Jewish ancestry ).

Her father was of Italian descent and her mother was Jewish.

Her work is deeply rooted in Western culture ( for instance, the Odyssey ) and Jewish culture.

Her ancestors were learned people, fluent in many languages, known authorities on sacred Jewish texts and founders of a school of Talmudic studies.

Her father, a pioneering interpreter who worked in the League of Nations, was a French-born Jewish army officer of Polish descent, who brought the family to Neuilly-sur-Seine on the outskirts of Paris.

Her paternal grandparents were Hungarian Jewish immigrants and two of her maternal great-grandparents were Danish.

Her social background was similar to what Ventris ' had been: her family was well-to-do, she had travelled in Europe, and she was interested in architecture, in addition to which she was popular and was considered very beautiful.

Her cynicism grew when one of the two pictures she submitted in 1875 was refused by the jury, only to be accepted the following year after she darkened the background.

Her supposed Mustique indiscretions form an important part of the background of the quasi-historical 2008 film The Bank Job.

Her first professional recording with Ike Turner was singing background for him on Ike's record, " Box Top ".

Her game concept included animated color graphics, a pseudo 3D-perspective where the main character was visible on the screen, a more competent text parser that would understand advanced commands from the player, and music playing in the background through the PCjr sound hardware.

Her father, Robert Goulden, came from a modest Manchester merchant family with its own background of political activity.

Her background and performances earned her the nickname " the Flying Housewife ".

Her presence creates an awkward situation, but when Samia, a pompous family friend, ridicules Rayette's background, Robert gives a fiery defense of her.

Her story, retold in the first person, closely mirrors Joan's story and background.

Her speech as Delight in Endless Nights takes the same form, with somewhat orderly lettering and a faint rainbow background.

Her classical educational background is clearly seen in her poetry, which captures her literary talent.

" Her texts usually take place in the South and revolve around morally flawed characters, while the issue of race often appears in the background.

Her Danish background made her situation more difficult ; while Charles was away to inspect his troops or pursuing his pastimes, she was often lonely and sad.

Her mother, Annie Grayce Yarbrough, had a similar background of an uneducated working-class family in Greene County, Georgia.

Her contributions to the songs had been reduced to periodic eight-bar raps, and studio session singers such as Debra Killings often took her place on the background vocals for the group's songs.

Her father, from Nebraska, came from an Irish-American Catholic background, and her mother, originally from Kansas, came from a Methodist family.

Her father was a sportswriter for The Denver Post and her mother, from a heavily Irish Catholic background died when she was 16.

Her parents, Adebisi Adu, a Nigerian lecturer in economics of Yoruba background, and Anne Hayes, an English district nurse, met in London, married in 1955 and moved to Nigeria.

Her father, Mont Clair Carpenter ( 1877 – 1974 ), was a dentist who came from a working-class background and attended dental college in Kansas City.

Her first marriage to Jeffrey Ross was revealed in the press for the first time, her educational background was clarified, she appeared in a Barbara Walters interview on 20 / 20, and her estranged relations with Rudy Giuliani's children were examined.

Her business background made the offer at least defensible, but she had no knowledge of Australian politics or economics, and not much experience of managing a large and complex office.

Her parents initially disapproved of him due to the many differences in background, age, and politics.

Her most recent album, Journey to The Snow Queen, is more of an audio book — she reads the Snow Queen fairy tale with Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker in the background.

Her career background includes being the Director of the Greenwich Racial Equality Council as well as a Community and Equal Opportunities Worker.