Thursday, February 11, 2010

Profile: Joy Behar


http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=734

I was actually sure that Joy Behar was Jewish. And according to the ever-reliable Wikipedia, "she is mistakenly thought to be Jewish, and has quipped that she is pleased to be 'an honorary shiksa non-grata'."

Whew. Close one.

8 comments:

  1. It's all those 90 year old borscht belt guys she has writing horrible jokes for her that makes her seem Jewish.

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  2. Behar is her husband's name, her husband is Jewish. She's Italian. A lot of Italians and Jews have some similar mannerisms, etc.

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  3. Her ex-husband's name is Behar. Her current husband is the one who is Jewish. And I think it's Joy's Zionism more than her mannerisms that had people thinking she was Jewish.

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  4. Behar is a Sephardic Jewish name.

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  5. Joy's first husband was a Sephardic Jew, and she kept his name for professional purposes. She has a long, Italian name. Her second husband is also Jewish, but I don't know his last name.

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  6. Last commentator got it right. Her second husband's name is Steve Janowitz.

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