He didn't just do that Mila Kunis She finds love through her marriage with Ashton KutcherBut she also found a new perspective on her Jewish identity.
While chatting with the activist Noah Tishby About Hanukkah on Thursday, December 26th YouTube videoThe 41-year-old actress revealed that she credits Kutcher, 46, with making her feel “Jewish and proud.”
“(He is Jewish) by choice. By choice? So I said to her: 'Why did you choose this?'” she joked before adding: “I fell in love with my religion because he explained it to me. The thing about being Jewish is that it's like a choose your own adventure, where you can pick and choose the things that resonate with you. There is no right or wrong way to be Jewish.
While Kunis was born and raised Jewish in present-day Ukraine, Kutcher was raised Catholic but has been practicing Kabbalah (a form of Judaism focusing on Jewish mysticism) for several years. He even described Kabbalah as “one of the essential ingredients” in his marriage to her Demi Moore In a March 2008 interview with Harper's Bazaar. (Kutcher and Moore, 62 years old, They were married From 2005 to 2013.)
OC's Seth Cohen may have been the one who introduced the world to “Chrismukkah,” but the tradition lives on! In fact, many celebrity couples celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah during the holiday season. For example, Mila Kunis was raised Jewish, while her husband, Ashton Kutcher, was raised Christian. They chose different traditions for their daughter Wyatt and her son (…)
“Every time we face a challenge, we turn to the tools we've learned and the solution comes,” Kutcher told the outlet. “Imagine waking up every day knowing with certainty that whatever obstacles you will face, you will be able to overcome them to reach the best possible outcome. This is what our spiritual foundation provides.
During an interview on Thursday, Kunis revealed that she was told “never” not to talk about being Jewish during her childhood. “I think I was in a country that didn't allow religion,” she explained. “Culturally, I was raised Jewish, so it’s a culture for me.”
Kunis also joked that she “grew up with a lot of guilt,” and that carried over into her adult life. “I think I'm afraid of not getting enough to eat. My fear is that someone will go hungry. The worst thing my kids can say to me is that I'm hungry,” she added. “Food fixes everything. are you tired? Eat some food. Are you weird? Eat some food. …It's just something that's ingrained in me.
Kunis and Kutcher They married in 2015 She went on to welcome two children – daughter Wyatt, 10, and son Dimitri, 8. While speaking with Tishby, 49, about the holiday season, Kunis said she “never lit Hanukkah candles until I had kids.”
To channel Adam Brody's character on The OC, this year was truly Chrismukkah, as the first night of Hanukkah fell on Christmas Day. Gwyneth Paltrow began the celebrations on Wednesday, December 25, by lighting the menorah with activist and fellow actress Noah Tishby. “I think my favorite (memory) is when I come back (…)
Now, Kunis is experiencing new aspects of her culture through her and Kutcher's children. “My kids identify very much with the religious aspect of it,” she said. “I was like, 'Okay, I guess we'll celebrate (Saturday) and we'll light the candles.' “There are a lot of beautiful traditions there.”
Kunis helped Tisby light the candles on the second night of Hanukkah during a video on Thursday, and the duo even called out Kutcher to explain how they should do it. “It's from right to left, honey,” he told Kunis over the phone. “You can load it from right to left, but you fire it — you start with the center candle, so it's like a fixing candle, and then you fire it from left to right.”
After successfully lighting the menorah, Tishby joked, “If you're in doubt about Judaism, call Ashton Kutcher, I guess.”
