Well, to make a long story short, Billy Joel is Jewish! Since Billy Joel's mother is Jewish, and in Judaism one's religion is based on one's mother's religion, then that makes him also Jewish.
Bird-eating spider redirects here. Bird-eating spider may also refer to Eastern tarantula. The Goliath birdeater spider (Theraphosa blondi) belongs to the tarantula family Theraphosidae. Found in northern South America, it is the largest spider in the world by mass and size, but it is second to the giant huntsman spider by leg-span.
The biggest spider ever, the Goliath birdeater, was discovered in the South American forests. Piotr Nasrecki, a Harvard entymologist, recounted his tangles with the humongous tarantula recently and said its about the size of a puppy. (Photo: Reuters/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)A tarantula is seen in this file photo. The biggest spider known to man was seen in Guyana. The South American Goliath birdeater, or Theraphosa blondi, was huge compared to other tarantulas, Naskrecki said.