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* Lorne from ''[[Angel]]'' often displays Jewish mannerisms and diction; e.g, calling Angel "Bubeleh" and telling an assistant to "eat a bagel; you look a little waxy."

* Jack Gallo on ''[[Just Shoot Me]]'' acts, talks, and looks just like a stereotypical New York Jew from the Bronx (this is because his actor, George Segal, ''is'' a New York Jew from the Bronx.) Yet to avoid [[Unfortunate Implications]], he's revealed to have a [[Jewish Mother]], but he wasn't raised religiously. Finch even lampshades this telling Maya about his WASPiness (paraphrased):

* When ''[[Law & Order|Law and Order]]'' started airing in Israel, many thought that Sam Waterston was Jewish (Waterston->Waterstone->Waterstein, etcetera). Despite over a decade to get wiser, people haven't.

** Hilarious since the actor Steven Hill (playing Schiff) is actually an Orthodox Jew -- he had a "no work on Sabbath" clause in his contract.

* May I present ''[http://www.jewornotjew.com/index.jsp Jew or Not Jew]''.

* As seen [[Twofer Token Minority|here]] on [[This Very Wiki]].

* Jewish? He's an atheist.|o To many, "Jewish" can be a culture as much as or more than a religion.}}

* Stone, a former member of the titular hero team in the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'', was played this way. It was eventually confirmed by his player that he was a non-practicing Jew whose family name was originally "Stein" until his immigrant father changed it in order to "be more American". And his first name, which had never been revealed in nearly ten years of stories, turned out to be "Herschel".