Profile: Louis Armstrong

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=665

Every now and then I just get into the musical mood and burst into song. No, not like that. More like this. And this. As much as I like what I've come up with here, though, I know it's nowhere near as good as what one can find on YouTube. Oh well, something to reach for I guess.

Satchmo was suggested by Cliff from New York. Thanks Cliff!

Profile: Kyle Kosier

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=664

I'm a pretty open minded fellow when it comes to sports, honestly. I don't do a lot on this site to hide my loyalties to the Yankees, Giants, Devils and Terriers. But at the same time, my hatreds are pretty minimal. I don't hate the Red Sox or the Redskins or the Flyers. I'd like to see them lose, sure, but I'm not actively rooting for their demise. On the other hand, there are 3 teams that I absolutely completely abhor. And those 3, I don't just want them to lose, I want them to sink into the Earth, swallowed whole never to return to the sports universe again.

Dallas is one of those teams. BC is another. The third? Well, you'll just have to wait a few weeks to find out THAT one...

Profile: Agnes Keleti

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=663

A loyal reader might point out that last year's Jewies took place in July, but this year's are in November. We will tell that loyal reader that he or she have way too much free time on their hands.

Profile: Rod Serling

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=662

Those with a numerical eye may notice we're up to profile number 662. Mightn't we want to do something special for profile number 666? And mightn't Rod Serling and his scary Twilight series about that Zone be perfect for profile 666? And mightn't we, as writers, want to use a real word instead of something made up like "mightn't"?

Actually no. Yes, profile 666 is deserving of something special, but we found someone even scarier than Serling. Stay tuned....

Profile: Crazy Eddie

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=660

If you're older than 30, younger than 65, and you grew up in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut area then this is a nice little blast from the past.

That's a pretty small window of people if you think about it, so for the rest of the world, there's this.

Top 10 Profiles: October

1. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (+12)
2. Adolf Hitler (0)
3. Mel Gibson (0)
4. Joseph Stalin (+5)
5. Sandra Bullock (0)
6. Daniel Craig (0)
7. Julia Louis-Dreyfus (+10)
8. Jesus Christ (+7)
9. Harrison Ford (-1)
10. Sean Penn (-3)

Profile: Stephen Breyer

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=661

The order we post the profiles is pretty much the order we write them in... But to have a Supreme Court judge follow Daphne Rosen? That was intentional.

Profile: Daphne Rosen

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=658

A reader who wishes to remain anonymous suggested Ms. Rosen a while back. You'd think that a porn star profile would basically write itself and you'd be right. The problem is, it wrote itself in June 2008. So, Daphne sat around the queue, gathering dust, till we figured out the solution above.

Ordinarily, at this point, we'd link some photos or video or whatever of our profilee's work, but in this case we'll just leave it to you, our intrepid reader, to satisfy your own curiosity...

Profile: Danny Elfman

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=656

Danny Elfman is related, but not by blood, to actress Jenna Elfman, who, for those wondering, and if you're reading this, you most likely are, is not Jewish.

Profile: Dolph Schayes

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=659

The NBA season starts today, so seems a perfect time to profile arguably the best Jewish player in NBA history.

Schayes was suggested by Joel from California, Howard from Washington DC, and Andrew from San Francisco.

Profile: Michael Douglas

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=657

Here's the podcast, the Jew or Not Jew talk starts about 25 minutes into the discussion. Yakov was actually on the airplane when he heard this, and it took two stewardesses to calm him down.

Oh, and Bill? Scarlett Johansson.

Jews in the News: Ivanka Trump is a Jewish wife

We get a lot of requests to profile Donald Trump from the "rich = Jewish" crowd. Ummmm. No. Donald Trump = Not a Jew.

But his daughter, Ivanka, is! Ivanka converted to Judaism for fiance, and now husband, Jared Kushner.


If only this happened when "The Apprentice" was at its peak, she would have made a worthy profile. Now... meh.

Profile: Christoph Waltz

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=655

When I said I can get half a dozen profiles from Ingolorious Basterds, little did I know that Christopher Waltz would be one.

So once again, a profile which would not have been possible without help from a reader. This time, Joe from Scranton.

Profile: Nadira

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=654

When consulting an Indian co-worker on exactly why all Bollywood movies burst into song, he said one of the reasons is to... relieve sexual tension. Hmmmm.

Profile: Arthur Eichengrun

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=653

What is this, obscure Jews named Arthur week? One of the toughest photo finds in JONJ history.