DUSTIN HOFFMAN FINDS HIS ROOTS: Just recently the Oscar winning Actor discovered his connection to his Jewish roots, and found out the truth about his family. "People ask me all the time what I am, and I say I'm a Jew. I'm a Jew. They all survived for me to be here". Dustin Hoffman just recently discovered his connection to his Jewish roots, and found out the truth about his family. His grandmother Libba, survived a Russian concentration camp, while her husband and son were killed. Most people d