 Braun said "I am Jewish", and "I 'm extremely proud to be a role model for young Jewish kids." "It's something I 'm really proud of. But I don't want to make it into something more than what it is. I didn 't have a Bar Mitzvah .... I didn't celebrate the holidays." He reiterated: "It's something that draws a lot of interest and something I take pride in." Braun's mother, however, said he is not Jewish.
