Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Profile: Hedy Lamarr


http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=617

Our first Actress/Scientist cross-over. Still waiting for that elusive Artist/Comedian...

Thanks to Scott from Minnesota for the suggestion.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Profile: Alexander Pushkin


http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=615

Russians do love those Jewish rumors, but they would never make one up about their greatest author. He's off limits. So they were probably pretty pissed when the Israelis suggested that Pushkin was Jewish earlier this year.

Top 10 Profiles: August



1. Mel Gibson (+1)
2. Adolf Hitler (-1)
3. Sage Rosenfels (+72)
4. Daniel Craig (0)
5. Sandra Bullock (-2)
6. Ben Roethlisberger (0)
7. Ringo Starr (+1)
8. Kevin Bacon (+9)
9. Scarlett Johannson (+10)
10. Harrison Ford (+7)

Monday, August 31, 2009

Profile: Jamie Lee Curtis


http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=616

Yes, Jamie's father Tony Curtis definitely deserves a profile. G-d knows when we'll get to him, however. Too... many... Jews.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Profile: Duff Goldman


http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=614

Yes, indeed, today is JONJ's 3rd birthday! Happy Birthday JONJ!

At this rate, JONJ will be bar mitzvah in 2019 with over 2600 profiles. That's...man, we love this site. Love writing it, love posting it, love the response it gets (yes, even the haters). But if we hit profile #2600....let's just say someone else will be doing the writing chores by then.

Seriously, that's a lot of Jews....

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Jews in the News: DJ AM dies


DJ AM, real name Adam Goldstein, dater of Nicole Richie and Mandy Moore (she likes good Jewish boys, remember?), dropped dead yesterday at the age of 36. A drug overdose is suspected.

A year ago, he survived a plane crash and then told People magazine, "I have a great deal of faith that everything happens for a reason. I put myself in God's hands."

Hmmmm. Well, God had works in strange and mysterious ways sometimes...

Friday, August 28, 2009

Special weekend profile!

We're on a Monday-to-Friday schedule, but this week only, there will be a special SUNDAY profile. Why? Stay tuned...

Profile: Stephen Jay Gould


http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=613

There's the old quote that eventually, each of us will get our 15 minutes of fame. Apparently, (and Stephen Jay Gould is proof of this) each of us will be receiving our 15 minutes as a guest shot on the Simpsons. Who knew? (I can't wait to be Comic Book Guy's long lost brother!)

Stephen Jay Gould was suggested by....me, actually. Why I thought anyone would care is a mystery for the ages.....

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Profile: Mickey Goldmill


http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=612

Seriously, Rocky IV. I love the Mercedes in Siberia; Russians driving troikas in the snow (what is this, 1890?); and leather seats in the horse carriage... Seriously... What the hell were these people thinking?

And the talking robot. Let's not forget the talking robot.

But of course, by IV, poor Mickey is dead.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Profile: Nikki Reed


http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=611

I recently spent five weeks at a new job, before changing jobs again... This "profile" is the best thing to come out of those five weeks. BY FAR.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Profile: Timon


http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=610

Sometimes this happens. I sit down to write a nice, friendly profile, get about halfway through it, think about what I'm actually saying, get angry, and then rip the whole subject to shreds. You can pretty much see the progression here, "Timon's a nice fellow...la la la....Disney needs Jews...What the hell...Timon's a ****ing loser and I hope he dies." Well, maybe not that bad.

Anyway, this little excursion into my addiction to rage-ohol was brought to you by suggester Danni from Perth and by the letter A and the number 5.

Monday, August 24, 2009

Profile: Andy Kaufman


http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=609

Moishe and I spent a lot of time on this profile—probably more than was necessary—but we think the end result was really worth the effort and we think you will, too. Of all the profiles we've done, honestly, this is one of the ones I'm most proud of.

UPDATE: Some people have reported they are having trouble loading the profile. We went in and fixed the problem as of 8:05 this morning and it is now working normally. Thanks for your patience!

Friday, August 21, 2009

Profile: Neve Campbell


http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=607

This profile was written for a reason... other than, you know, to profile Neve Campbell. We really do get the "why don't you always mark people as Jewish if their mother is Jewish"? The answer is in the link above...

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Profile: Pauly Shore


http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=608

In the Rob Schneider profile, written two and a half years ago, I wrote, "and so far we've been wise enough to stay away from Pauly Shore".

We tried, dear readers. We tried.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Profile: Leonard Bernstein


http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=605

We said it before, but the toughest profiles to write are for people who are so obviously Jewish. Leonard Bernstein. He is great. He is Jewish. What more can we say?

Bernstein was suggested by reader Janice from New York.