Profile: Michel Hazanavicius

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1251

Hazanavicius is married to his film's star, also Oscar-nominated, the lovely (but not Jewish), Berenice Bejo.

Profile: Lorenzo Da Ponte

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1250

Da Ponte also ran a grocery store... A true renaissance man!

Suggestions from Ivan from Canton, MI and Mark from Washington.

Profile: Richard Dreyfuss

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1249

I have no idea why it took us so long to profile Dreyfuss... But one night, "Stakeout" was on cable, I decided to watch, and that's all it took.

Suggestions from Ann in California, Justin from Texas, and Ron from Vancouver.

Just for the record

The "Jewish Hoagie" at Old Nelson Food Co in Center City, Philadelphia.

Verdict: Sadly, Not a Jew. I 2, O 4, K 3

Y'know, in case you were wondering...

Profile: Frances Bay

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1248

Ah, the marble rye...

Profile: Christian Anfinsen

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1247

Anfinsen was suggested by Yizhaq from Jerusalem and David from Highland Park, IL, who writes, "You are fond of noting that there are no Jews named 'Christian'." Well, we do have three Christophers and four Chrises...

Profile: Robert Dover

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1246

Robert got his first horse as a bar mitzvah present...

Profile: Robots

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1245

This is how robots looked in Capek's 1920 play:

Scary.

Profile: Hymie Weiss

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1244

Weiss was suggested by Simon from Houston... as well as Yakov's old office, who once ordered lunch from a place called Hymie's.

Profile: Arnold Schoenberg

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1243

The whole fear of 13 is kinda weird, considering he was BORN ON THE 13TH...

Suggestions from Martha from London, Jonathan from Montreal, Igor from Brazil, and David from Hungary.

Profile: Holy Ghost

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1242

And then there is that whole thing that people were supposed to "leave room for the Holy Ghost" when dancing, etc. As if... the Holy Ghost is... rubbing up against them? Men and women? I just don't get the whole concept... sorry.

Profile: Mike Wallace

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1241

Hard to believe the star Steelers wide receiver is Jewish, but then...

Waitaminute, you mean we profiled the other Mike Wallace? Well that makes a heck of a lot more sense.

Mike Wallace was suggested by Daniel from North Carolina and Penny from New York. You did mean the 60 Minutes journalist, right?

Profile: Gloria Allred

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1240

I had no idea how to profile Allred... And then I went to her website.

Suggestions from Mila from Alexandria, Miriam from Burbank, and Clay from California.

Profile: Don Rickles

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1239

Rickles has been in the queue forever-ever, but once I figured out the angle for his profile, it was an easy one to write. And quite a bit of fun, too, as you can probably tell.

Of course, as Zev points out, to a whole younger generation Rickles is not a mean man at all, but rather the voice of Mr. Potato Head. Second careers are so odd, aren't they?

Rickles was suggested by Edwin from Chicago, Gary from DC, Zacharias from Germany, and Vincent from Sacramento.

Profile: Schmidt

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1238

It really bothers my partner in crime that we only know one name for "Schmidt." This from someone who goes only by "Zev." Stone, meet glass house.

Schmidt was suggested by the one dude watching that stupid show: Me. Hurray!

Profile: Philipp Reis

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1237

People thought Reis had Portuguese Jewish ancestry... Alas, there is no proof.

Thanks to Jerry from Virginia for the suggestion.

Profile: Brett Ratner

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1236

Ratner was suggested by... no one? No one cares about douchebag directors, I guess.

Profile: Red Klotz

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1235

Great Klotz article here from 1995... Not much has changed since.

Profile: Yossi Benayoun

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1233

Does this mean we're putting a kibosh on our soccer profiles? Well, maybe for a short while...

Suggestions by Levi from Sweden and Max from San Diego.

Profile: Arno Penzias

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1234

In one of the wackiest turns of the wacky story, Penzias and Wilson blame each other for shooting the pigeons...

Profile: The Jesuits

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1232

Yet another terrific suggestion by Joe from Scranton. Further details here.

Profile: Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1231

Liza from Austin wrote, "You mention that few people ever write in pairs (in Ilf and Petrov profile). Strugatsky brothers did and they are Jews of some sort... not sure what their score would be."

Thanks, Liza!

Profile: Twilight Sparkle

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1230

Did you know there are fans out there who re-imagine ponies as humans? Oh, the depths of human mind...

Thanks(?) to Eve from Boston for the suggestion.

Top 10 Profiles: December

1. Ben Affleck (+1)
2. Jesus Christ (+1)
3. Mel Gibson (+1)
4. Scarlett Johansson (+2)
5. Adolf Hitler (0)
6. Mikhail Prokhorov (+588)
7. Sandra Bullock (+12)
8. Charlie Chaplin (+3)
9. Robert De Niro (0)
10. Sean Penn (+5)