Profile: Warner Bros

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=833

So let's see...

Hirsch -> Harry. OK.
Abraham -> Albert. Fine.
Schmuel -> Sam. Obviously.
Jacob -> Jack. WHY?

Interesting that today Jacob is the #1 boy's name in America, and has been for the last few years...

Profile: Barry Manilow

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=832

Manilow was suggested by Ron from Dallas, Chris from Leeds, Alan from Miami, Sten from Ottawa, and Mila from Alexandria, who was kind enough to point us to the incidents described in this profile.

Profile: Dr. Katz

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=831

I'm pretty sure that readers will now point out the Jewish family sitcoms that we somehow did not know about...

Profile: Muammar Gaddafi

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=830

Gaddafi was suggested by Menahem from Israel.

Profile: David Cameron

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=829

Mila from Alexandria, VA and Jacob from Stockholm suggested Cameron. Gotta love the British headline, though: David Cameron ‘could be a direct descendant of Moses’. As. If.

Jews in the News: Jews in the World Cup

Prior to the World Cup, we had some trouble finding a Jew. We already profiled Jonathan Bornstein and Benny Feilhaber, and Jonathan Spector's Jewishness was suspect (he turns out to be 1/4th)... besides, we wanted to profile a non-American. Thankfully, confirmation of Walter Samuel's Jewishness was printed in Haaretz, so we went with him.

But we almost went with... wait for it... Algeria's goalkeeper, Rais M'Bolhi. An Israeli website reprinted a rumor from a French publication that M'Bolhi's mother was a Jewish Algerian. There is no confirmation, and M'Bolhi is Mulsim (as is his Congolese father), so we'd probably go with "Not a Jew"... Except we didn't want to profile a third-string Algerian goalkeeper who never even played for his national team until a month ago.


Well, the Algerian starter messed up in the opening game, and M'Bolhi was called upon. He shut out England, and almost did so to the US, only to be denied by an amazing last minute goal from Landon Donovan (both Bornstein, who started the match, and Feilhaber, who came off the bench in the second half, played in the game).

Sorry, M'Bolhi. You came close again, but no cigar. Still, Not a Jew.

Profile: Lothar Matthaus

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=828

According to Wikipedia,

In December 2008, 47-year-old Matthäus married then 21-year old Ukrainian model Kristina Liliana Chudinova. The ceremony was held in Las Vegas. They met a year earlier at an Oktoberfest beer festival. They currently live in Tel Aviv, Israel, where Liliana studies journalism in a local university there.

Supposed Jewish grandmother, living in Israel... who knows, maybe there's some hope for Lothar afterall...

And here's my favorite clip from Lothar's stay with the MetroStars of MLS. He tries to teach DC's thug Ben Olsen that the ball is... round.

Profile: Steve Martin

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=827

Steve Martin, always one of our most-searched queries, peaked when he hosted this year's Oscars. Strangely, very few searched for his co-host, Alec Baldwin...

Martin was suggested by Frank from Prospect Park, PA, Marc from Israel, and Max from New Jersey.

Profile: Sophie Winkleman

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=826

So, since Sophie is supposed to be an actress, what has she been in? A couple of British TV shows, and not much else.

We previously mentioned Sophie in "Jews in the News".

Profile: Bruce Lee

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=825

Wow. Never thought we'd profile this one. Thanks to Adam from California for sending us on the path.

Oh, those meshuggenah goyim! Trucks

So I'm driving home from work yesterday, and I see... THIS:



Not only is there huge signage on the side, but also on the back, on the cabin, and on the front.

Turns out that the truck is from a shipping company Sam Kholi Transport, whose website says the following:

Our main focus at Sam Kholi transport is To present to the world that Jesus Christ is lord not a swear word.

If you notice on our trailers you will see the name of Jesus Christ. Our heart yearns for the world to know that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior. Hollywood has portrayed a different image, an image that portrays Jesus Christ as trash as a bad word. The Most Holy, the Most Majestic created our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and our mission is to use trucking to spread the word to America and God willing all the way to England.

I'm glad with their main focus is not delivery of goods (bibles? holy water? community wafers?) safe and on time, but rather spreading the gospel.

Five minutes after seeing the truck, I was almost ran off the road by a psycho SUV. My first thought? "Jesus f@#$ing Christ". Now I wonder if that would have been my first thought if I hadn't seen that truck...

Profile: Stephen Strasburg

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=824

Strasburg struck out Fred from Cincinnati, Wayne from San Diego, Sam from California, Jim from Tampa, Jonathan from LA, John from St. Pete, Eric from Ohio, Mike from DC, Stephen from Montreal, and Wayne from Poughquag, NY....pardon, Strasburg was suggested by all those guys. Easy mistake. Thanks guys!

Profile: Sid Gillman

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=823

Interesting, why are there so many Jews associated with the San Diego Chargers? Gillman, Ron Mix, Igor Olshansky, David Binn...

Gillman was suggested by Glen from New Jersey and Jeff from New York.

Profile: Chuck Schumer

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=822

Interestingly, Schumer is only the third Jewish Senator from New York (no, NOT her). The first two were Herbert Lehmann and Jacob Javits.

Schumer was suggested by Hana from DC.

Profile: Hannibal Lecter

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=820

Now, that being said, it's not like Hannibal's backstory is completely accurate in the first place. For one, he had a sister named Misha, which is not a girl's name in either Lithuania, Russia, or Poland. It's the shortened version of the male name Mikhail, making Misha a Russian version of Mike.

Hannibal was suggested by Stephen from Montreal.