Friday, April 29, 2011

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?

Thursday, April 28, 2011

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!

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

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.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

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.

Monday, April 25, 2011

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.

Friday, April 22, 2011

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.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

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.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

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...

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

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.

Monday, April 18, 2011

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.

Friday, April 15, 2011

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...

Thursday, April 14, 2011

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.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

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.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

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.

Monday, April 11, 2011

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.

Friday, April 8, 2011

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.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

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.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

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.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

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.

Monday, April 4, 2011

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!

Friday, April 1, 2011

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)