Profile: Rebecca Black

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1048

Yes, we have her under "Musicians and Singers"... which somehow seems very, very wrong.

Rebecca was suggested by Adam from New Jersey, John from New Hampshire, Phil from California, Steve from Philadelphia, Slava from Baltimore, and Tamara from Arcata, CA.

Thanks?

Jews in the News: Carimi is a Bear

Wisconsin's mammoth Jewish offensive tackle, Gabe Carimi, was taken by Chicago with the 29th pick in today's NFL Draft. Hopefully, a profile sooner rather than later...

Profile: Siegfried Marcus

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1049

It's not often that we get a suggestion of someone we never heard of and immediately say, "we must profile him!" (or her. Could be a her, I guess). Thanks, Ben from London!

Profile: Stella McCartney

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1050

So what terrible company am I talking about? Well, I can't reveal the name, but it is in telecommunications, their logo is red, and it rhymes with "Shmerizon Shmireless".

McCartney was also suggested by Miriam from Burbank.

Profile: Samm Levine

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1047

And here's Levine in Inglourious Basterds:


Levine was suggested by Michael from Sherman Oaks.

Profile: Maury Povich

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1046

So we finally profile Maury, some four years after Connie. Well, she is the less obvious Jew, that's for sure...

Maury was suggested by Jason from Vancouver.

Profile: Moe Berg

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1045

Don't look now, but we have enough spies for their own category!

Berg was suggested by Paul from Yardley, PA, Jerry from Boston, Fred from Herkimer County, NY, Yosef from Eilat, Michael from Maryland, as well as multiple-time returning suggesters Joe from Scranton and Bruce from Cambridge, IL.

Profile: Christopher Mintz-Plasse

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1044

"Year One" is one of those movies that looked promising on paper, but turned to be a terrible crapfest. But at least it gave us a good lead-in for this profile.

Mintz-Plasse was suggested by Esther from Canada.

Profile: Ed Sabol

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1043

No one suggested Ed, even with the recent Hall of Fame vote, but Dave from New York did suggest Ed's son Steve, who was also a major part of NFL Films. Steve is currently battling a brain tumor, our best wishes as he fights for recovery...

Profile: Norman Greenbaum

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1042

Yakov is spending Passover in sunny Buffalo, NY, so here is where I say... Happy Passover!

Greenbaum was suggested by William from Ireland, Steve from Tennessee, and Scott from Rockville, MD.

Settling the Score: Courtney Love

Thanks to commenter Julia for pointing out that Courtney Love's supposed Jewish roots were just a bunch of BS. (And yes, it checks out.) So down to "Not a Jew" she goes. Hooray!

Profile: Noah

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1041

Originally, this profile was going to be about Noah's possible rape by his son... But I decided to take the high road. Sort of.

Profile: Julianna Margulies

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1040

One of our most requested profiles: Howard from DC, Randy from LA, Loren from Las Vegas, Gary from DC, Daniels from Southern California, Linda from Bellevue, WA, Joel from Oakland, Mike from Raleigh, Meryl from Nyack, NY, Ilene from Naples, FL, Marianne from Bayside, NY, Ed from Scarsdale, NY, and Sam from Boynton Beach, FL.

Wow. This might be close to a record. Julianna Marguiles? One of our most requested profiles? Go figure...

Profile: Tony Gonzalez

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1039

Here's the story about Tony's father told by a surprising Jew, FOX's Jay Glazer:

His stepfather is Jewish, and he's the one who raised him. I remember that the first time I met him at the Pro Bowl, he said, "My son Tony" and I was in shock, haha. He's just this little Jewish guy, maybe 5-foot-7, who looks like Walter Mattheau. I said later, "Hey Tony, I met this crazy old Jewish guy who claims he's your dad." He said to me, "Wait, you hadn't met him yet?" He's my guy, he has awesome cookouts and is just a great dad.

Settling the Score: Boris Becker

David from Hartford comes through again, finding a quote from Boris Becker about his heritage. Originally we said that Becker's mother was a Czech Jew, but, according to him, "she is Catholic, like my father, but part of her family is Jewish." So our guess is that she does have some Jewish heritage, but that knocks Boris from an I of 2 to 1. Still "Barely a Jew", of course.

Settling the Score: Adrien Brody

Thanks to reader David from Hartford for pointing out that although Adrien Brody is 3/4 Jewish, he calls himself "Jewish AND Catholic". 3/4 Jews are usually an I of 4, but because of the split self-identification, we had to dock him a point and lower him to "Borderline Jew"...

Profile: Charl Schwartzel

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1038

“I like working with my hands. I like to sweat. There’s nothing like early mornings on the farm.” -- Charl Schwartzel

Yep... Not a Jew.

Schwartzel was suggested by Brian from Miami Beach, Lenny from New Jersey, Steven from Hollywood, FL, and Kevin from Niagara, Ontario.

Profile: Hermione Granger

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1037

Prove me wrong, J.K. Prove. Me. Wrong.

Hermione was suggested by Bergit from Charlottesville and Esther from Forest Hills, NY.

Profile: Fritz Lang

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1036

I'm willing to bet there are very few Jews named Fritz...

Lang was suggested by Aaron from Asheville, NC, Dave from London, and Pierre from Paris.

Profile: Jaclyn Smith

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1035

This profile pretty much rehashes the conversation we had recently.

Jaclyn was suggested by Olen from Mays Landing, NJ and Daniel from New York.

Profile: Matisyahu

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1034

Sad to say, when we write about rappers, everyone loses...

Matisyahu was suggested by... M. from New Jersey, Moishe from La Jolla, Shari from North Carolina, Rebecca from Netwon, MA, AJ from Ann Arbor, Brazilai from Chicago, Jory from Kansas, Jess from Seattle, Arlyn from Brooklyn, Dan from New Jersey, Paula from Kingston, PA, Hiob from the UK, and Joel from Georgia.

Apparently, people care about Matisyahu.

Profile: Tony Curtis

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1033

We wrote this while in Las Vegas... And yes, people can actually bet on who the death montage anchor is gonna be. Absurd, but not as stupid as playing the card game War for money...

Curtis was suggested by Les from New York, Moishe from La Jolla, and John from Carlsbad, CA.

Profile: Neal Walk

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1032

Say what you want about Neal Walk's career... But that's a hall of fame mustache.

Profile: Ilya Ilf

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1031

Yes, it's that time of the month when I profile Russian Jewish authors. Plenty more where that came from, I guarantee!

Profile: Danny McBride

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1030

Yes, it's April Fools Day, but we're not doing an April Fools profile. Been there, done that.

And before anyone asks... Kenny Powers: Not a Jew.

Top 10 Profiles: March

1. Harry Houdini (+550!)
2. Charlie Sheen (NEW)
3. Mel Gibson (+1)
4. Ben Affleck (-2)
5. Jesus Christ (0)
6. Adolf Hitler (0)
7. Sandra Bullock (0)
8. Steve Jobs (0)
9. Scarlett Johansson (0)
10. Mel Brooks (0)