The Disney mishpachah is welcoming Jewish actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler (“The Sopranos”) as she is set to voice a Latino Jewish princess in an upcoming Hanukkah-themed episode of “Elena of Avalor.”
“I am so excited to voice Disney’s first Jewish princess,” Sigler wrote on Twitter Sept. 17.
I am so excited to voice Disney’s first Jewish princess 💁🏽♀️❤️❤️❤️ https://t.co/TISMnknDyQ
— Jamie-Lynn Sigler (@JamieLSigler) September 17, 2019
Though comedian Sarah Silverman voiced the first ever Jewish princess when she played Venelope von Schweetz in “Wreck It Ralph,” Sigler, who is both of Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jewish heritage, is playing the first Disney princess’ to have Judaism identified in the plot line.
Many on social are praising the news and Disney for representing Sephardic Jews on a major children’s television program.
From one Jewish Latina Voice Actor Princess to another: MAZEL TOV!!!!
— Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld (@AlysonRosenfeld) September 18, 2019
https://twitter.com/EmmaLeighEld/status/1174512927723835394?s=20
That’s pretty awesome 😎
— DaDa Rocks! (@dadarocks) September 18, 2019
Sigler is a proud Jewish mom to sons Beau, 6, and Jack, 1 and very connected with her Jewish roots. The 38-year-old actress has attended Hebrew school, became a Bat Mitzvah and attended Birthright where she said Israel was “one of the most beautiful inspiring places [she’s] ever been to.”
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