Thanks to Johnny from California for the suggestions, who writes, "About five years ago, Dolph from the Simpsons mentioned that he had to go to Hebrew School. Then a year or two later, when the bullies were picking on a Muslim kid, Lisa pointed out that Dolph is Jewish, Jimbo Jones is Christian, and Kearney belonged to the Cult of Moe."
But of course.
Did you know that Yarrow spent three months in prison for schtuping a 14-year-old groupie? Or that he was on the forefront of the drive to get Jews out of the USSR? Or that he was suggested by Shannon from Troy, NY, Ronald from New Jersey, and Mark from Coral Springs, FL?
More beards. More suggestions by Mila from Alexandria... as well as John from Wisconsin.
Another entrant in the Museum of Jewish Beards? HELL YES!
So many choices for the picture... from young:
to not so young:
Suggestions by Josh from Arizona, Eric from Connecticut, Stuart from Las Vegas, and Wendy from Rohnert Park, CA.
Kaufmann was recently the subject of a long profile in the NY Times.
Rosa's brother?/uncle?/father?/husband? Lazar Kaganovich actually outlived most (all?) of his Stalinist cohorts. He died in 1991.
Eva is actually a half Swedish, half French/Algerian Jew... And yet another Jewish Bond girl...
Suggestions by Dee from Hartford, Justin from Jackson, TN, and Ulf from Linkoping, Sweden.
For those interested in the subject, Richards was a subject of a documentary, "Renee", which might still be available at ESPN On Demand.
The prominent discoverer of dwarf planets is Michael Brown, who is not a Jew, but is in our gallery of Michael Browns...
We profiled animals, plants, and companies... why not places?
The picture is a sign for Birobidzhan, the capital of the region.
Yeah, today's profile chronicles what actually happened: Zev asked me what score we should give Garfield and I thought he meant the furry fellow pictured above. The profile, as written, is more or less the conversation that followed.
On the plus side, this trailer doesn't look half bad. Y'know, for a reboot that no one is asking for and fewer will understand.
Suggestions by Esther from Canada, Jason from Vancouver, Paige from Pittsburgh, Rozzie from Oakland, Noga from Israel, Laurie from North Carolina, and Jeff from Phoenix.
This actually started as a completely different profile, but once I got into Borat mode, I couldn't stop. Apologies.
More about Schechtman and the Jewish origins of basketball can be seen in the film, The First Basket.
Suggestion by Ezra from New York.
Well, at least her show was a tad better than Jerry or Maury...
Suggestions by Bruce from Cambridge, IL and Miriam from Burbank.
How big was Alanis in the 90s? Kevin Smith cast her as G-d in the (somewhat) classic Dogma in 1999. How many times did Eddie Vedder play an almighty deity?
Exactly.
Suggestions by Slava from Baltimore, Nazmir from Malaysia, Malcolm from Antwerp, and Max from San Diego.
Mark from New York suggested we profile Irene Adler, Sherlock Holmes' femme fatale. It's not clear whether Adler was Jewish (one can easy make an argument one way or another), but one of the theories was that she was based on Menken...
For those who read Russian, Israeli website NEWSRu.co.il did a lengthy profile and interview with us. For those who don't, here's the English translation.
Creators of the website posses not only a brilliant style, but a real Jewish self-irony. Articles are often turned into small studies that show significant historical and cultural knowledge.Thank you, Pavel, for the opportunity!
"In Hollywood, no one knows anything." -- William Goldman
Goldman is often confused with Lord of the Flies author, William Golding: Not a Jew.
Suggested by Steve from Southampton, PA.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/1426/saturday-night-live-the-death-of-franco
Suggestions by Keith from New Mexico, David from New York, and Silvio from San Marino.
"Oh Brother" is probably my favorite Coen Brothers movie... After "The Big Lebowski", of course.
Thanks to James from North Carolina for the suggestion.
