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<\/a>Israeli-born actress Natalie Portman has been vocal about her Jewish faith, even speaking out against Dior designer John Galliano (who was fired from his post after making anti-Semitic comments) despite being the face of a Dior perfume. Now, she\u2019s showing her commitment to raising newborn son Aleph<\/a> in the Jewish faith. In a rare public appearance since her son\u2019s birth, Portman was photographed attending services at Ohr HaTorah synagogue<\/a> in Los Angeles. Aleph, whose name is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, is quite the cutie. As for his dad, Benjamin Millepied, rumor has it that the Catholic-raised dancer and choreographer is in the proces of converting to Judaism so that he and Portman can marry.