No She is not Jewish.
Her Mother is from Canada and is of Irish decent, and her Father of Russian descent. Rachel Maddow was raised as a Catholic.
On the January 28, 2010 episode of The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC, Maddow said she was "distantly" Jewish during an interview with Tracey Ullman.
Maddow is in fact of Jewish descent on her father's side. The name Maddow was changed from her paternal grandfather's name of Medwedof (Medvedev).
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She was raised Catholic, but I am not sure if she is a practicing Catholic today.
She was raised Catholic, but I am not sure if she is a practicing Catholic today.
The Rachel Maddow Show - TV series - was created on 2008-09-08.
According to the editors of TV Guide, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow currently (2013) makes $7 million a year.
Rachel Maddow initially became famous after becoming a regular political host on MSNBC's Tucker. Rachel first started on a radio show in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Today she is famous for her own television show "The Rachel Maddow Show" currently on MSNBC.
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The Colbert Report - 2005 Rachel Maddow 9-22 was released on: USA: 8 November 2012