Profile: Lorenz Hart

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1704

Back-to-back Harts?

Suggestion by Matt from San Francisco and Daniel from Wisconsin.

Profile: Mickey Hart

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1703

Suggestion by Ricky from Boynton Beach, FL and Josh from Pennsylvania.

Profile: Anthony Bourdain

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1702

Suggestions by Michael from Hartford, Elizabeth from Orlando, Kevin from Michigan, Marcia from NY, Jose from Crowley, TX, Felix from Jersey, and WF from Florida.

Profile: Eric Garcetti

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1701

Suggestions by Jim from Tampa, Miriam from Burbank, and Peter from De Pere, WI.

Profile: Jules Verne

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1700

#1700!

Suggestion by Karl from Australia.

Profile: Paul Feig

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1699

Suggestions by Michael from Hartford and Cara from NJ.

Profile: Jonathan Abrams

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1698

In a parallel universe, it is Abrams who is worth billions...

Profile: Dave Attell

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1697

Dave was also a staple on Dr. Katz's couch.

Profile: Nick Blackman

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1696

Suggestion by me, of course.

Profile: Wallace Shawn

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1695

Yes, more Princess Bride Jews! Who haven't we profiled yet... Carol Kane?

Profile: Helen Slater

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1694

Suggestions by Jason from Vancouver and Ben from Pennsylvania.

Jews in the News: One Nobel, THREE Jews

Wow. This one will be hard to top. The Chemistry Nobel is out today, and all three winners are Jewish: Israeli Arieh Warshel, Austrian / American Martin Karplus, and South African / British / Israeli Michael Levitt.

Profile: Leonid Hurwicz

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1693

RIP, Hurwicz's eyebrows.

Jews in the News: Another Nobel, another Jew

The Physics Nobel is announced... once again, a Jew gets it, Belgium's Francois Englert, shared with England's Peter Higgs. Englert is a Holocaust survivor and "has had close research ties with Tel Aviv University".

Jews In the News: The Historical Accuracy of Shiksappeal

[I was gonna put a pic here of a clearly goyishe woman but—wow—holy NSFW, Internet]

From the old grey mamaleh comes a story about the origins of Ashkenazic Jews. Long thought to be emigres from the near east, new data suggests that this group was actually probably descended directly from the Jews in the Roman Empire.

Now here's the fun part: The genetic record suggests these Jews were single men (who probably came to Eastern Europe to trade) and settled down there, marrying the local women and then converting them to Judaism. 

Three thoughts:

1. Shiksappeal for the win!

2. Big boost for that whole Judaism is a race, not just a religion.

3. Ummmm, doesn't that screw up CENTURIES of arguments (ones we've railed against) that the mother is the only determinant of a child's Judaism at birth? 

This one is especially tasty considering it suggests that the people who have been the most vehement defenders of matrilineal inheritance would not actually be Jewish themselves by the same law.

Anyway, good article. Highly recommend.