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== Personal life == Rob Reiner married actress/director [[Penny Marshall]] in 1971. He adopted Marshall's daughter, actress [[Tracy Reiner]] (''A League of Their Own''), from a previous marriage to Michael Henry. Reiner and Marshall divorced in 1981.<ref>Abramowitz, p. 291</ref> Reiner was introduced to his future wife, photographer Michele Singer, while directing ''When Harry Met Sally''. The meeting not only resulted in his decision to change the ending of that film,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ihnat |first1=Gwen |url=https://www.avclub.com/article/rob-reiner-his-favorite-films-and-why-he-changed-e-242010 |title=Rob Reiner on his favorite films, and why he changed the ending of When Harry Met Sally… |date=2016-09-03 |work=The A.V. Club |access-date=2016-09-04 |archive-date=2016-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160905171252/https://www.avclub.com/article/rob-reiner-his-favorite-films-and-why-he-changed-e-242010}}</ref> but he also married Singer in 1989. They have three children, Jake (born 1991), Nick (born 1993), and Romy (born 1997). In 1997, Reiner and Singer founded the "I Am Your Child Foundation", and in 2004, they founded the "Parents' Action for Children", a non-profit organization with a dual purpose: 1) to raise awareness of the importance of a child's early years by producing and distributing celebrity-hosted educational videos for parents, and 2) to advance public policy through parental education and advocacy.<ref>{{cite book |last=Lavoie |first=Richard|title=It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend |year=2005 |publisher=Touchstone |location=New York |isbn=978-0-7432-5463-2 |page=xvii |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/itssomuchworktob00rich}}</ref> Reiner has stated that his childhood home was not observantly Jewish, although he did have a [[Bar and Bat Mitzvah|bar mitzvah]] ceremony;<ref name="thejc">{{cite web |url=http://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-features/76866/rob-reiner-at-last-i%E2%80%99m-having-what-she%E2%80%99s-having |title=Rob Reiner: At last, I'm having what she's having |access-date=2013-04-12 |archive-date=2013-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130913023207/http://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-features/76866/rob-reiner-at-last-i%E2%80%99m-having-what-she%E2%80%99s-having |url-status=dead}}</ref> Reiner's father Carl acknowledged that he himself had become [[Atheism|atheistic]] as the [[Holocaust]] progressed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.momentmag.com/funnyman-carl-reiner/ |title=Funnyman Carl Reiner |date=2013-05-01}}</ref> Reiner identified himself as having no religious affiliation and as atheistic on the January 13, 2012, episode of ''[[Real Time with Bill Maher]]''.<ref name="reinerbelief">{{cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/debra-ollivier/rob-reiner-on-the-magic-o_b_1618957.html |title=Debra Ollivier: Rob Reiner On The Magic Of Belle Isle And 'Living Your Life Until You Can't' |publisher=HuffPost |date= June 23, 2012 |access-date=2012-10-11}}</ref><ref>"We're not equal? How are we not equal?" Rob Reiner on Real Time with Bill Maher, in response to Maher's statement, "I would argue atheists are [not considered equal under the law]". Maher then stated, "For a group that is about 17 percent now... no representation in congress..." to which Reiner replied, "You're right about that-that we don't have that representation. I include myself in that same 17 percent...." "Real Time with Bill Maher".</ref> Reiner later said that while he rejected organized religion, he was sympathetic to the ideas of [[Buddhism]].<ref name="reinerbelief" />
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