</ref> Klein is also known for co-creating h3h3Productions and the H3 Podcast with her husband Ethan Klein. Personal life Klein was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, on December 12, 1987, and was raised in Holon. Her father, a Maghrebi Jew, was from Libya and her mother, a Mizrahi Jew, hailed from Turkey. Klein also has distant Ashkenazi Jewish roots, as well as having distant ancestry tracing to Italy and Spain. She has three siblings, including Los Angeles-based artist Moses Hacmon, who is married to fellow YouTuber Trisha Paytas. She first met Ethan Klein in Israel, at the Holocaust Yad Vashem Museum during her service in the Israel Defense Forces in 2007. The couple married in October 2012. They have three sons, born in 2019, 2022, and 2024. The Kleins live in Bel Air, California. She became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2019. Career The Klein’s began creating videos for YouTube under the banner of h3h3Productions in 2011. The Kleins later expanded their content creating several channels including the H3 Podcast. The Kleins were featured as videogame characters in a Payday 2 DLC, with the proceeds funding their defense of a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against the channel. Klein founded the Los Angeles based street wear brand Teddy Fresh in 2017 and is currently the CEO and principal designer. The brand has collaborated with animated series, SpongeBob SquarePants and Rick and Morty, as well as with singer Elton John and Care Bears. In 2021, Teddy Fresh hosted a pop-up event in Los Angeles for its collaboration with Looney Tunes.
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