Nate Bloom is an American columnist and genealogist who focuses on Jewish genealogy.

Biography

Bloom writes a syndicated column on Jewish celebrities that appears in Jewish-oriented newspapers including '' American Israelite'', '' Cleveland Jewish News'', '' Detroit Jewish News'', ''

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''), '' J. The Jewish News of Northern California'', '' JWeekly'', and '' Jewish World Review''.Sorry, Charlie: We have more than enough meshuganas By Nate Bloom
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. He is often cited by major publications and books for his research on Jewish celebrities and public figures. In Bloom's columns, he researches whether a celebrity is of full or partial Jewish descent, if they were raised in Judaism or another faith, what faith the practice as an adult, and whether they are converts; those deemed Jewish are indicated in the column by bold type.

References

American genealogists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Oakland, California Historians from California {{US-journalist-stub