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==Personal life== Dylan married his girlfriend Paige, a screenwriter, in 1992.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sounes|first1=Howard|title=Down the Highway|url=https://archive.org/details/downhighwaylifeo0000soun|url-access=registration|date=2001|publisher=Grove Press|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/downhighwaylifeo0000soun/page/400 400]}}</ref> The couple have four sons together and live in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Jakob Dylan interview|journal=Patcast Podcast|issue=Episode 61|url=http://patcast.com/|access-date=November 16, 2014|archive-date=November 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129213512/http://patcast.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> The couple are raising their children in the Jewish faith.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Aschenbrand|first1=Periel|title=The Chosen Ones: An Interview With Paige Dylan|url=https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/215984/the-chosen-ones-an-interview-with-paige-dylan|website=Tablet|date=October 21, 2016|access-date=June 26, 2019|archive-date=June 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626155258/https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/215984/the-chosen-ones-an-interview-with-paige-dylan|url-status=live}}</ref> Dylan had a [[bar mitzvah]], the ceremony that marks Jewish teenage boys' religious coming of age.<ref>{{cite web|last1=McCormick|first1=Neil|title=Jakob Dylan: 'My father doesn't own acoustic music'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3557611/Jakob-Dylan-My-father-doesnt-own-acoustic-music.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3557611/Jakob-Dylan-My-father-doesnt-own-acoustic-music.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=The Telegraph|date=August 2, 2008 |access-date=June 26, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Rogovy|first1=Seth|title=Jakob Dylan Has Been Born Again|url=https://forward.com/culture/167207/jakob-dylan-has-been-born-again/|website=Forward|date=December 5, 2012|access-date=June 26, 2019|archive-date=June 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626162310/https://forward.com/culture/167207/jakob-dylan-has-been-born-again/|url-status=live}}</ref> As an adult, Jakob has said that he considers himself Jewish, regardless of his parents' past or current religious affiliations.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Stern|first1=Howard|title=jakob dylan's bar mitzvah |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjyTvL_DpBI| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211113/HjyTvL_DpBI| archive-date=2021-11-13 | url-status=live|website=YouTube|date=April 29, 2018 |access-date=June 26, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2005, Dylan spoke about his relationship with his father, [[Bob Dylan]], for the first time in an interview with ''[[The New York Times]]''. Because Dylan rarely speaks about his father, there have been ongoing rumors that their relationship is strained. Dylan rebuffed these claims, speaking of his father as "affectionate" towards him and went on to say the two have a "great relationship".<ref>{{cite news|last1=DeCurtis|first1=Anthony|title=A Different Set of Chronicles|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/08/arts/music/08decu.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 8, 2005|access-date=November 21, 2014|archive-date=October 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026200527/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/08/arts/music/08decu.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2011, Dylan was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from [[Idaho State University]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Two-time Grammy Award-winner Jakob Dylan to receive honorary Doctor of Letters from Idaho State University|url=http://www.isu.edu/headlines/?p=3006|website=Idaho State University|access-date=November 16, 2014|date=March 14, 2011|archive-date=November 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129155736/http://www.isu.edu/headlines/?p=3006|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Philanthropy=== Dylan is a supporter of [[Diabetes mellitus|diabetes]] awareness and was given a Father of the Year award from the [[American Diabetes Association]] on June 4, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jakob Dylan |url=http://main.diabetes.org/site/TR/FatheroftheYear/FOTYContent?px=9944283&pg=personal&fr_id=9575 |website=American Diabetes Association |access-date=January 14, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705025413/http://main.diabetes.org/site/TR/FatheroftheYear/FOTYContent?px=9944283&pg=personal&fr_id=9575 |archive-date=July 5, 2014 }}</ref> The award recognizes men who "have made family a priority, while balancing a demanding career and community involvement".<ref>{{cite web|title=American Diabetes Association and the Father's Day Council|url=http://main.diabetes.org/site/PageServer?pagename=FOTY_ADA_Fathers_Day_Council|website=American Diabetes Association|access-date=January 14, 2015|archive-date=March 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317044605/http://main.diabetes.org/site/PageServer?pagename=FOTY_ADA_Fathers_Day_Council|url-status=live}}</ref> Dylan is also a supporter of [[Crohn's disease|Crohn's]] and [[colitis]] awareness. Each year since 2012, he has provided musical entertainment for an annual event put on by Connecting to Cure, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting awareness and funding research to cure Crohn's and colitis.<ref>{{cite web|title=Connecting to Cure Crohn's and Colitis|url=http://www.connectingtocure.org/|website=Connecting to Cure|access-date=May 3, 2015|archive-date=March 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330142904/http://www.connectingtocure.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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