Zuckerberg was born in 1984 in White Plains, New York.[13] He is the son of dentist Edward Zuckerberg and psychiatrist Karen Kempner.[14] He and his three sisters, Randi, Donna, and Arielle,[15] were brought up in Dobbs Ferry, New York, a small Westchester County village about 21 miles north of Midtown Manhattan.[15] Zuckerberg was raised Jewish and had his bar mitzvah when he turned 13.[16] Afterward, he became an atheist.[17][18][19] Although a sworn atheist, he has a firm belief in karma and has previously stated that Buddhism as a religion is amazing