JewBus: Jewish Buddhist like Rob Reiner

(Judaism Unpacked)

Rob Reiner: The Buddha's cool

Murdered father (and beloved Hollywood actor, director, comedian, and genius) Rob Reiner, son of Carl Reiner, said his childhood home was not observantly Jewish, although he did have a bar mitzvah ceremony [63]. [What Jewish kid wouldn't, given the money and friendships to be made?]

His father, Carl Reiner, had become an atheist in response to Hitler and the Jewish Holocaust [64].

Rob Reiner identified as an atheist on the Jan. 13, 2012, episode of Real Time with Bill Maher [65][66].

He later said that, while he rejected organized religion, he was sympathetic to the ideas of Buddhism [65].

In a September 2025 interview with Piers Morgan, Rob Reiner said, "I'm Jewish, but I believe in the teachings of Jesus, and I believe in 'do unto others,' and I believe in forgiveness" [all very nice Buddhist "ideas"] [67]. More