Is jacob pechenik jewish star

Zooey Deschanel takes her life as a married woman seriously - so much that she adopted a new religion for the man she loves.

The New Girl star revealed that she converted to Judaism for her husband Jacob Pechenik before they wed in June, according to Us Weekly.

Zooey, who gave birth to the couple's daughter Elsie four months ago, was raised with an open mind by her Roman Catholic mother and her Quaker dad, and encouraged to find her own spiritual path in life.

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'My family is liberal.

I was raised in the "you can be whatever you want" kind of way. And in the end, I was like, "Eh."'

In the end, the 35-year-old Zooey wanted to be as one with husband.

'Zooey converted to