Profile: Crazy Eddie

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=660

If you're older than 30, younger than 65, and you grew up in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut area then this is a nice little blast from the past.

That's a pretty small window of people if you think about it, so for the rest of the world, there's this.

Top 10 Profiles: October

1. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (+12)
2. Adolf Hitler (0)
3. Mel Gibson (0)
4. Joseph Stalin (+5)
5. Sandra Bullock (0)
6. Daniel Craig (0)
7. Julia Louis-Dreyfus (+10)
8. Jesus Christ (+7)
9. Harrison Ford (-1)
10. Sean Penn (-3)

Profile: Stephen Breyer

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=661

The order we post the profiles is pretty much the order we write them in... But to have a Supreme Court judge follow Daphne Rosen? That was intentional.

Profile: Daphne Rosen

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=658

A reader who wishes to remain anonymous suggested Ms. Rosen a while back. You'd think that a porn star profile would basically write itself and you'd be right. The problem is, it wrote itself in June 2008. So, Daphne sat around the queue, gathering dust, till we figured out the solution above.

Ordinarily, at this point, we'd link some photos or video or whatever of our profilee's work, but in this case we'll just leave it to you, our intrepid reader, to satisfy your own curiosity...

Profile: Danny Elfman

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=656

Danny Elfman is related, but not by blood, to actress Jenna Elfman, who, for those wondering, and if you're reading this, you most likely are, is not Jewish.

Profile: Dolph Schayes

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=659

The NBA season starts today, so seems a perfect time to profile arguably the best Jewish player in NBA history.

Schayes was suggested by Joel from California, Howard from Washington DC, and Andrew from San Francisco.

Profile: Michael Douglas

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=657

Here's the podcast, the Jew or Not Jew talk starts about 25 minutes into the discussion. Yakov was actually on the airplane when he heard this, and it took two stewardesses to calm him down.

Oh, and Bill? Scarlett Johansson.

Jews in the News: Ivanka Trump is a Jewish wife

We get a lot of requests to profile Donald Trump from the "rich = Jewish" crowd. Ummmm. No. Donald Trump = Not a Jew.

But his daughter, Ivanka, is! Ivanka converted to Judaism for fiance, and now husband, Jared Kushner.


If only this happened when "The Apprentice" was at its peak, she would have made a worthy profile. Now... meh.

Profile: Christoph Waltz

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=655

When I said I can get half a dozen profiles from Ingolorious Basterds, little did I know that Christopher Waltz would be one.

So once again, a profile which would not have been possible without help from a reader. This time, Joe from Scranton.

Profile: Nadira

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=654

When consulting an Indian co-worker on exactly why all Bollywood movies burst into song, he said one of the reasons is to... relieve sexual tension. Hmmmm.

Profile: Arthur Eichengrun

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=653

What is this, obscure Jews named Arthur week? One of the toughest photo finds in JONJ history.

Profile: Artie Ziff

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=652

Yakov is proclaiming Artie the most obscure JONJ profile ever. I'm still going with Alan Veingrad.

Profile: Napoleon Bonaparte

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=651

A big thanks to Mara from Kansas for finding the link between Napoleon and Jews.

Profile: Lou Boudreau

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=650

We finally have our shortstop--and contradicted our Ben Zobrist profile--so we should be happy right? Yeah, not so much. We still need a current shortstop (heck, we'll settle for one that's still alive) to complete our All-Jew Baseball Fantasy Team. Until then, we're convinced that Jews and shortstops mix like pastrami and mayonnaise.

Thanks so much to Bill from Miami (for the initial suggestion) and to Jim from Tampa (for the suggestion in response to Zobrist) for making sure Boudreau made it onto our lineup card.

Update: The Dylan War

Oooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh Bobby!

Since the profile was posted, Bob Dylan has probably been our most contentious verdict.

How many times has a dedicated reader sent us the same YouTube clip of Bob Dylan at temple? Or playing Jewish music on stage? Or the articles about his attendance at Long Island shuls? How many times has Moishe himself said to me, "You have to rewrite the profile. You have to change the verdict. You must re-score the score?" And every time I resisted. "Not enough evidence," I said. "Never converted back," I said. And oh how they laughed—silly stubborn Yakov.

Therefore, you can call this newly released (as of October 13) album "Christmas in My Heart" by Bob Dylan.

But, in my mind it will always be known as "I Told You So."