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{{quote|''I once heard Dave Belasco Say<br />
{{quote|''I once heard Dave Belasco Say
''You couldn't stage a play today<br />
''You couldn't stage a play today
''If it wasn't for the Irish and the Jews!''|From the song "If it Wasn't For the Irish and the Jews"}}
''If it wasn't for the Irish and the Jews!''|From the song "If it Wasn't For the Irish and the Jews"}}


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* [[Ben Stiller]] and [[Edward Norton]] in ''[[Keeping the Faith]]''. For bonus points, one is a rabbi, the other is a priest, and there is a bar involved.
* [[Ben Stiller]] and [[Edward Norton]] in ''[[Keeping the Faith]]''. For bonus points, one is a rabbi, the other is a priest, and there is a bar involved.
* In [[The Last Hurrah]], Mayor Frank Skeffington's Jewish assistant Sam asks the mayor to do the drawing at a raffle for the Jewish War Veterans' Committee. Skeffington agrees to show up for the drawing and even buy a book of tickets, but wisely refuses to do the drawing himself.
* In [[The Last Hurrah]], Mayor Frank Skeffington's Jewish assistant Sam asks the mayor to do the drawing at a raffle for the Jewish War Veterans' Committee. Skeffington agrees to show up for the drawing and even buy a book of tickets, but wisely refuses to do the drawing himself.
{{quote| --"It'd be just my luck to pull a name like ''Paddy Murphy'' and then I'll have lost the Jewish vote- they'll say I palmed it".}}
{{quote|--"It'd be just my luck to pull a name like ''Paddy Murphy'' and then I'll have lost the Jewish vote- they'll say I palmed it".}}
* Even though he doesn't always play Jewish characters in his movies (and certainly isn't in this one), [[Adam Sandler]] as the title character in ''[[Billy Madison]]'' is tormented by a family of Irish-American bullies (and by Irish-American we mean ''very'' Irish-American: red hair, freckles, boorish and obnoxious, etc.) named O'Doyle. This eventually resulted in a [[Mythology Gag]] in another Sandler film, ''[[Click]]''.
* Even though he doesn't always play Jewish characters in his movies (and certainly isn't in this one), [[Adam Sandler]] as the title character in ''[[Billy Madison]]'' is tormented by a family of Irish-American bullies (and by Irish-American we mean ''very'' Irish-American: red hair, freckles, boorish and obnoxious, etc.) named O'Doyle. This eventually resulted in a [[Mythology Gag]] in another Sandler film, ''[[Click]]''.
* Similarly, ''[[Max Keeble's Big Move]]'' has the titular Max, who is [[Ambiguously Jewish]] and even has a (somewhat) stereotypical [[Jewish Mother]], get picked on by red-haired, freckled tough guy Troy McGinty.
* Similarly, ''[[Max Keeble's Big Move]]'' has the titular Max, who is [[Ambiguously Jewish]] and even has a (somewhat) stereotypical [[Jewish Mother]], get picked on by red-haired, freckled tough guy Troy McGinty.
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* One of the all-time most popular detective pairings on ''[[Law & Order|Law and Order]]'' was Mike Logan and Lennie Briscoe (although Briscoe is only ethnically Jewish; he was raised Catholic). This trope also holds true for the tag team of the show's most popular detective (Briscoe) and attorney (Jack McCoy), who shared star billing for ten years. For that matter, both [[McCoy]] and predecessor Ben Stone were Irish-American prosecutors who consulted with Jewish District Attorney Adam Schiff.
* One of the all-time most popular detective pairings on ''[[Law & Order|Law and Order]]'' was Mike Logan and Lennie Briscoe (although Briscoe is only ethnically Jewish; he was raised Catholic). This trope also holds true for the tag team of the show's most popular detective (Briscoe) and attorney (Jack McCoy), who shared star billing for ten years. For that matter, both [[McCoy]] and predecessor Ben Stone were Irish-American prosecutors who consulted with Jewish District Attorney Adam Schiff.
* Mixed into one character to great effect in one ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch -- a commercial parody of an album of ''Irish Drinking Songs''.
* Mixed into one character to great effect in one ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch -- a commercial parody of an album of ''Irish Drinking Songs''.
{{quote| '''They picked me face up off the floor and said now "Who'd be you?"''' <br />
{{quote|'''They picked me face up off the floor and said now "Who'd be you?"'''
'''I"m Paddy O'Mally O'Reily O'Berg, the drunken Irish Jew!''' }}
'''I"m Paddy O'Mally O'Reily O'Berg, the drunken Irish Jew!''' }}
* [[Averted Trope]] / [[Inverted Trope]] on ''[[Glee]]''. Despite being [[The Ditz]] and [[Big Man on Campus]], Finn is a lot more sensitive and soft-spoken than either his teammate [[Jerk Jock|Puck]] or his [[Love Interest]] [[The Prima Donna|Rachel]], both of whom fall squarely under [[Informed Judaism]].
* [[Averted Trope]] / [[Inverted Trope]] on ''[[Glee]]''. Despite being [[The Ditz]] and [[Big Man on Campus]], Finn is a lot more sensitive and soft-spoken than either his teammate [[Jerk Jock|Puck]] or his [[Love Interest]] [[The Prima Donna|Rachel]], both of whom fall squarely under [[Informed Judaism]].
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* Writer/lyricist Lynn Ahrens and composer Stephen Flaherty have collaborated on a number of musicals -- ''The Glorious Ones'' is the most recent, while ''Once On This Island'', ''Ragtime'', and ''Seussical'' are probably the most well-known.
* Writer/lyricist Lynn Ahrens and composer Stephen Flaherty have collaborated on a number of musicals -- ''The Glorious Ones'' is the most recent, while ''Once On This Island'', ''Ragtime'', and ''Seussical'' are probably the most well-known.
* George M. Cohan worked with Sam H. Harris on many of his greatest hits.
* George M. Cohan worked with Sam H. Harris on many of his greatest hits.
* ''~Finian's Rainbow~'' incorporated elements of Irish folklore ([[Did Not Do the Research|more or less]]) and featured an Irish protagonist named McLongergan; the show was penned by an all-Jewish writing team.
* ''[[Finian's Rainbow]]'' incorporated elements of Irish folklore ([[Did Not Do the Research|more or less]]) and featured an Irish protagonist named McLongergan; the show was penned by an all-Jewish writing team.
* In ''[[Of Thee I Sing]]'', Wintergreen's campaign song claims he "loves the Irish and the Jews," and they are represented on his nomination committee by Francis X. Gilhooley and Louis Lippman.
* In ''[[Of Thee I Sing]]'', Wintergreen's campaign song claims he "loves the Irish and the Jews," and they are represented on his nomination committee by Francis X. Gilhooley and Louis Lippman.
* In the original script for ''The Last Five Years'', Cathy was Irish. There was even a song ("I Could Be In Love With Someone Like You") about how Jewish Jamie has always loved Irish girls. Truth in Television as the Jewish writer changed it and made Cathy Italian so she didn't too obviously resemble his Irish ex-wife.
* In the original script for ''The Last Five Years'', Cathy was Irish. There was even a song ("I Could Be In Love With Someone Like You") about how Jewish Jamie has always loved Irish girls. Truth in Television as the Jewish writer changed it and made Cathy Italian so she didn't too obviously resemble his Irish ex-wife.
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* [[Harrison Ford]] manages to pull this one off all by himself.
* [[Harrison Ford]] manages to pull this one off all by himself.
{{quote| '''[[Adam Sandler]]:''' "He's a quarter Jewish -- not too shabby!"}}
{{quote|'''[[Adam Sandler]]:''' "He's a quarter Jewish -- not too shabby!"}}
* [[Alyson Hannigan]]'s parents. Whoever they are.
* [[Alyson Hannigan]]'s parents. Whoever they are.
* [[Ben Stiller]]'s parents had a comedy act based on this, and then they had him.
* [[Ben Stiller]]'s parents had a comedy act based on this, and then they had him.
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