His parents, who were among the founders of the Progressive Jewish Alliance, are Ashkenazi Jews from a “not strictly religious” background. Dennis Levitt, the father of Gordon.
Joseph Gordon Levitt Parents
Joseph Gordon-Levitt was born in on February 17, 1981, in Los Angeles, California to Dennis Levitt and Jane Gordon. His father worked as news director of ‘KPFK ‘, the Pacifica radio.