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A character who fits "Jewish" stereotypes, possibly played by an actor who is Jewish in real life, but who is never (or cryptically) actually stated to be a Jew on the show. In some cases, the show might present contradictory evidence on both sides. Often this is because it's difficult to establish a character as Jewish without depicting them as walking stereotype, particularly when there's no omniscient narrator to simply [[Informed Ability|say so]].
 
Note that having [[Yiddish Asas a Second Language]] is a clue but is not conclusive. As [[Lenny Bruce]] said, all New Yorkers are at least a little Jewish. Having a "Jewish" name ending in -berg, -stein or the like is also evidence but not proof. These names are actually just German names that many [[All Jews Are Ashkenazi|Ashkenazi Jews]] took when required to adopt some type of surname.
 
It can be very difficult to describe exactly what makes someone seem Jewish - similarly to [[Gaydar]], there's just a sort of Jewdar. [[The Great Gatsby|Jay Gatsby]] is a perfect example of a character who is never hinted to be Jewish, yet comes across as Jewish anyway, thanks to little things like his name change (from Gatz), awkwardness in WASP high society, and connections to the explicitly Jewish character Meyer Wolfsheim.
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== Anime ==
* Spike Spiegel on ''[[Cowboy Bebop (Anime)|Cowboy Bebop]]'' is considered Jewish by some fans because he has a Yiddish family name, a stereotypically Jewish haircut, and carries an Israeli-made Jericho 941 pistol. Obviously he is not played by a Jewish actor, since he is an animated character, and his Japanese voice actor isn't either. ([[Steve Blum|His American voice-actor]], on the other hand...) When asked, the series creators said he was modeled after actor [[wikipedia:Yusaku Matsuda|Yusaku]] [http://i.imgur.com/nf8cQ.jpg Matsuda], and they just thought the name sounded cool.
* The ''[[Gundam]]'' metaseries has a few characters with Jewish-sounding names (which might merely be [[Foreign Sounding Gibberish|German names]]) whose background is never really elaborated on. Notable examples include ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 0080 War in The Pocket (Anime)|0080]]'''s Bernie Wiseman, ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory|0083]]'''s Deitrov Kosel and Anavel Gato, ''[[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (Anime)|Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam]]'''s Jamitov Hyman, and ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Anime)|Mobile Suit Gundam SEED]]'''s Seigal Klein. What's particularly strange about these examples is that all of them, with the possible exception of Klein, come from factions that had an unfortunate tendency toward [[Putting Onon the Reich]]. Sure, it's a political divide, not ethnic, but it's still odd to see possibly-[[Ambiguously Jewish]] characters goose-stepping.
** In some circles of Gundam fandom, hero Amuro Ray and Captain Bright may or may not be Jewish.
** Speaking of Gundam, presumably Louise Halevy of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Anime)|Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' has Jewish ancestry, as Halevy is a generally Sephardic Jewish surname and Louise's family is from Spain.
** The Kleins were confirmed by [[Word of God]] as being from Scandinavia, possibly related to royalty or nobility. However, they ironically go in a different direction than most of the examples because their own faction (the coordinators) is treated with about the same respect as WWII-era Jews by the naturals.
* ''[[Code Geass]]'': [[The Everyman|Ohgi]]. His hair, held back by a hairband, looks vaguely afro-ish, but it was [http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/55/83435-ohgi_comp_large.gif that random Star of David] on his uniform that earned him the name [[Fan Nickname|Jewgi]].
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* The character of ''[[Moon Knight]]'', aka Marc Spector, was [[Retcon|retroactively]] made Jewish several years after his debut when his creators were informed that 'Spector' was a Jewish name (they'd originally chosen it just because it sounded cool).
* [[Superman]], prior to the Byrne reboot in 1986 (which got rid of some of these elements), is a classic example: his origin story is a modern take on Moses (his people faced terrible destruction, and his parents cast him adrift hoping to spare him; Kandor represents the people he came back to save and take to the promised land); his cultural heritage, which he took great pride in, was a distinctly non-Christian monotheism with an emphasis on intellectual achievement; and his Kryptonian name, "Kal-El," has an ending meaning "God," common in Jewish names such as Nathaniel and Israel. (In fact, in Hebrew, "Kal-El" could translate as either "All [that is under] God," as in, "One Nation, Under God," the American Way; or "The Voice of God," as in, Prophecy, Truth, and Justice.) Superman was created by two Jews, Siegel and Schuster in the late 1930s, and given a name which is a rough translation of the German word "[[Ubermensch]]." The Nazis were fond of this concept, as well; a black-haired Ubermensch who fights for "truth, justice, and the American way" might well have been a [[Take That]], or at least some catharsis, for the creators. In one [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] [[Elseworld|what-if]] story, Supes even delivered a "distinctly non-Aryan sock to the jaw for you, Adolf!" (Compare and contrast to [[Captain America]], the blonde, blue-eyed Nazi's worst nightmare.)
* [[Elliot S! Maggin]] [http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/LexLuthor.html stated] that he saw [[Lex Luthor]] as Jewish, and has the character use some [[Yiddish Asas a Second Language]] in his novel ''[[Last Son of Krypton]]''. It should be noted that A) this was [[Silver Age]] Luthor, who was ''not'' a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] whose primary trait is greed, B) Maggin is Jewish, and C) Maggin is very, ''very'' fond of Luthor.
* Some suspect ''[[Ultimate Spider Man|Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' is Jewish, mostly because he has [[Yiddish Asas a Second Language]] and dated Kitty Pryde, Marvel's Jewish poster girl. He's modeled after Stan Lee, who is Jewish, but it's probably just the [[Big Applesauce]] effect.
* [[Batman]]. His maternal grandfather is Jewish, which is why his mother has a Jewish last name, Kane. Because ''her'' mother wasn't Jewish, however, she would not have been considered Jewish. The name is probably a [[Shout-Out]] to Bob Kane, co-creator of Batman, who was Jewish. Current [[Batwoman]] and distant-relative Kate Kane, however, actually is Jewish.
* From ''[[Watchmen (Comic Bookcomics)|Watchmen]],'' Dan Dreiberg (Nite Owl), Jonathan Osterman (Dr. Manhattan), and Rorschach, son of Sylvia Glick, and Sally Jupiter (the original Silk Spectre), who changed her last name to hide Polish ancestry. Given Alan Moore's interest in the history of the comic-book medium and the history of superheroes, it is not hard to imagine that he might have made many of his superheroes [[Ambiguously Jewish]] as a deliberate allusion to the religious background of so many of the creators of the superhero-comic form.
* Shilo Norman was shown consulting a rabbi in the 2006 [[Grant Morrison]]-written ''[[Seven Soldiers|Mister Miracle]]'' miniseries. This background makes him perhaps the only comic superhero who is [[Twofer Token Minority|both]] black and Jewish. It might also be noted that Norman has escaped death after dying, much like [[Jesus Saves|another Jewish celebrity]].
* [[Word of God]] said that Wiccan of the [[Young Avengers]] was Jewish long before this was mentioned in passing in the actual comics. Given that his real name is Billy Kaplan, it's not exactly a surprise.
* ''[[X -Men (Comic Book)|X Men]]'' [[Big Bad]] Magneto (real name Max Eisenhardt but known by an assumed name of Erik Lehnsherr) has occasionally had his ancestry cast in doubt like this. It's a well-established part of his backstory that he was in a Nazi concentration camp, but other groups were placed in those as well. Briefly, Marvel claimed he was a Gypsy or just avoided mention of his ethnicity for a while out of fear of being called anti-Semitic, but it was eventually confirmed that he's Jewish.
* The character of G.B. Blackrock from the Generation One ''Transformers'' comic published by Marvel Comics. Blackrock sounds like an Anglicization of Schwarzstein, and creator Bob Budiansky said he based the character's name off that of his friend Gary Bennett Schwartz; both Budiansky and Schwartz are Jewish. Nevertheless, Blackrock's religious or ethnic background is never referred to explicitly in the comic. Also, there was an amusing incident during the scraplet outbreak wherein Goldbug (an alternate name for Bumblebee) telephoned Blackrock for help; Blackrock's secretary mispronounced Goldbug as Goldberg.
 
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* Maury Ballstein of ''[[Zoolander]]''.
* Miracle Max and his wife in ''[[The Princess Bride (Filmfilm)|The Princess Bride]]''. This was somewhat [[Lampshaded]] in [[The Princess Bride (Literaturenovel)|the book]]. Billy Crystal, who played Max, once referred to the pair as "little Jewish trolls."
* Mr. Bernstein in ''[[Citizen Kane (Film)|Citizen Kane]]''. Particularly suspicious is a brief scene in which Charles's overly WASPy first wife, Emily Norton, admits that she doesn't feel comfortable having Mr. Bernstein around, although she won't say why.
* Pretty much everyone in ''[[Wet Hot American Summer]]'': it takes place at a Jewish summer camp, but this is mentioned so little that viewers could easily miss it. Listen to the names [[Janeane Garofalo (Creator)|Janeane Garofalo]] calls out in the cafeteria for the "early bus to Boston" (they're all incredibly stereotypical Jewish names, and include "David Ben Gurion").
* The protagonist of ''[[Escape Fromfrom New York]]'' and ''[[Escape From LAL.A.]]'' has the somewhat Jewish surname of Plissken.
* Egon Spengler and Janine Melnitz of ''[[Ghostbusters (Film)|Ghostbusters]]'' have very Jewish-sounding names, but their religions have never been mentioned. Harold Ramis, a Jew, jokes about his hair being a "Jewfro" in the film. Ironically, Oswald Spengler, the philosopher who inspired Egon's surname, was openly anti-Semitic.
* Lots of characters in [[Mel Brooks (Creator)|Mel Brooks]]' movies (not counting the ones who are ''explicitly'' Jewish). Not a surprise, as Brooks is proudly Jewish himself and loves referencing Jewish/Yiddish culture.
* Eduard Abramowitz, a.k.a. Eisenheim, the titular illusionist of ''[[The Illusionist (Filmfilm)|The Illusionist]]''. Not only is Abramowitz a Jewish surname, but, well, he's a stage magician in early twentieth century Vienna.
* [[The Three Stooges]] (Jews in real life) drop a lot of Yiddish phrases in their dialogues, and break out into Klezmer-style dancing when one of them injures his foot. The characters' actual religion, however, is never mentioned.
* [[Played for Laughs]] in ''[[Superman II]]''. When Superman saves a boy who was about to plummet into the Niagara Falls, a stereotypical [[Alter Kocker|old Brooklyn lady]] exclaims: "What a nice man! Of course he's Jewish!"
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* Aldo Raine in ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'' is an interesting case. He's placed in charge of a unit of commandos who are all Jewish, but we never learn if he's Jewish himself. Nothing about his name or personality suggests that he's Jewish, but he does seem to have a personal hatred for Nazis that goes beyond simple enemies of war. [[Word of God]] says his hatred of Nazis has to do with his years fighting the KKK. The scar on his neck was likely from a lynching. Whether this is because he's Jewish, part-Native American, or some other reason is unknown.
* Cher from ''[[Clueless]]'' lives in Beverly Hills, has the last name Horowitz, and has a New York-accented litigator for a father, yet no explicit mention is made of her Jewishness. Incidentally, the actress who played Cher and the actor who played her father are both Jewish.
* The character of Lawrence Garfield from ''[[Other PeoplesPeople's Money]]'' had the very Jewish-sounding name of Lawrence Garfinkle in the original stage play. Changing it for the film may have been to avoid [[Unfortunate Implications]].
* Played with in ''Friends with Benefits'' with Jaime: her mother, not knowing who Jaime's father is, refers to her as looking ambiguously middle eastern. The actress who plays Jaime, Mila Kunis, is Jewish.
* Screenwriter Daniel Waters gave Max Shreck, the [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] and tertiary villain of ''[[Batman Returns (Film)|Batman Returns]]'', some Ambiguously Jewish characteristics, most notably [[Yiddish Asas a Second Language|a few Yiddish expressions]] [[All There in Thethe Script|slipped into the script]], although these were dropped in the actual film. Max's portrayer, [[Christopher Walken]], is actually a Methodist, although he ''is'' a native New Yorker and reportedly knows some Yiddish (and said that he based his characterization of Max on Meyer Wolfsheim, the Jewish gambler in ''[[The Great Gatsby]]''). Andrew Bryniarski, who played Max's son Chip in that movie, is of Russian descent, so he could easily be Jewish. The novelization, however, mentions that their family celebrates Christmas.
* The two backpackers in ''[[An American Werewolf in London]]'' have Jewish names and come from New York. A nurse says that she thinks one of them is Jewish because he's circumcised, but another nurse counters that lots of gentiles are circumcised these days. It's never confirmed one way or the other.
 
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== Literature ==
* [[Isaac Asimov]]'s ''Pebble in the Sky'', the first novel in the larger ''Empire Trilogy'', has as one of its main protagonists the retired tailor Joseph Schwartz. Not only did most of its readers assume that Schwartz was Jewish, based on his name and Asimov's own Jewish ancestry, but apparently so did almost all the reviewers and industry professionals. When this was finally mentioned to Asimov himself, he said that he never ascribed any particular faith to Schwartz when he was writing the story, and the novel itself actually gives no specific mention of any religion.
* It was noted in a recent Guardian review of the original novel ''[[Miss Pettigrew Lives for Aa Day]]'' that ironically, given the title character's racism and anti-Semitism ([[Values Dissonance|emblematic of the time period and which the author seems to endorse]]), her eventual romance is with a character named Joseph Blomfield.
* ''[[Discworld (Literature)|Discworld]]'' features a number of characters who fit:
** Cohen the Barbarian. Besides his Jewish surname, there's that "wholesale destruction" joke. However, the stereotype wasn’t played up very often, and his name mainly serves as a pun.
** The entire dwarfish species is ambiguously Jewish, although the author says that this really wasn't his intention (so are the golems, and that almost certainly ''was''). ''Thud!'' added a clear, also probably unintended parallel between the Dwarvish minority in Ankh-Morpork and ''Muslims'' in the western world. It's a shame Ambiguously Semitic isn't a trope, really.
** More problematic is ubiquitously recurring character (who actually has a number of diverse counterparts in other cultures of the Discworld) "Cut-My-Own-Throat" Dibbler. This unethical sausage-dealer/poli-genius entrepreneur might only seem Jewish by anti-Semitic stereotype, but in the novel ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Moving Pictures|Moving Pictures]]'' he pretty much becomes David O. Selznick . . .
* In another odd case where the character is Jewish or Irish (or arguably both), the [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] Melmotte in ''The Way We Live Now'' is a [[Fauxreigner]] who has likely altered his name to sound French. His wife is explicitly Jewish, and his name could be interpreted as a clever adaptation of the Jewish name Malamud, and there is a lot of prejudice by the author and characters which relies on the assumption that he is Jewish. David Suchet, who played him in the ''Masterpiece Theatre'' series, has Jewish ancestry. On the other hand, the author's notes during writing peg him at one point as an Irish-American originally named Malmedy. So, Melmotte's background basically depends on what [[Anthony Trollope (Creator)|Anthony Trollope]] was thinking about at any given point while writing.
* The Baudelaire orphans of ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'' are Jewish, according to [http://www.momentmag.com/Exclusive/2007/2007-02/200702-Handler.html this interview by Daniel Handler]. Count Olaf uses expressions like "Truth, Schmuth", and has on at least one occasion disguised himself as a rabbi.
* Irene Adler, from the [[Sherlock Holmes]] story "A Scandal in Bohemia," and many other Holmes stories by writers other than Doyle. Certainly, her name sounds Jewish, and it has been theorized that she was inspired, at least in part, by Sarah Bernhardt.
* ''[[The Clique]]''. A number of minor characters have Jewish-sounding last names and reference bat mitzvahs. Also, Massie Block has a Jewish surname, and (along with her mother) easily fits the Jewish American Princess stereotype, has a mother who sounds "ready to sue" upon believing that Jesus was mentioned in her daughter's history class, and mentions bar mitzvahs. The author, who has a physical appearance not unlike Massie's, is Jewish.
* Some have interpreted Black Michael of ''[[The Prisoner of Zenda]]'' as being Jewish/having a Jewish mother. In the novel, Black Michael cannot legitimately take the throne because he's the product of a [[wikipedia:Morganatic marriage|Morganatic marriage]], but adaptations have presented him as a [[Bastard Bastard]] and placed more emphasis on a lack of royal ancestry on his mother's side, leading to the assumption that she must have been of a different religion than that of Ruritania's Catholic monarchy, and the further assumption that this meant she was Jewish. Besides all of the assumptions this requires, it seems unlikely, since if he was intended as Jewish, the book would [[Once-Acceptable Targets|have called attention to it]], and Black Michael is supposed to be [[Villain Withwith Good Publicity|beloved]] by the religious, Slavic peasants of Ruritania, a somewhat unlikely feat if he was Jewish.
* Francine in the ''[[Arthur (Literatureanimation)|Arthur]]'' books. She's Jewish in the cartoon, though it's most likely a retcon, but in the source books she seems to celebrate Christmas.
* Many have interpreted Ebeneezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol as a particularly crass anti-Semitic caricature, being that he's an exceptionally stingy moneylender with a Hebrew name, who doesn't celebrate Christmas. This is most likely a case of [[Unfortunate Implications]] though, as Dickens had no problem with stating the similarly offensive Fagin is Jewish in Oliver. Nevertheless, several adaptations have run with this, to varying degrees, [[A Muppets Christmas Carol]] being a notable example.
 
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* Buddy Sorrell on ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' was originally one of these... until they eliminated all doubt by having an episode about his Bar Mitzvah. Also a very early example of [[Very Special Episode]].
* At least some people think that ''[[Jerry And Millie]]'' (especially Millie) were supposed to be Jewish.
* Brodie on ''[[Homicide: Life On the Street]]'' was never confirmed Jewish, but in the episode "Kaddish", which focuses heavily on the religion of Jewish cop John Munch, he knows a great deal about Jewish burial rites. Ironically, a peeved Munch had once said of Brodie that he knew what the "JH" stood for, with the implied answer being "Jew hater."
* Kipp Steadman on ''[[Less Than Perfect]]''. He'd occasionally use "shalom" as a greeting. Also, at one point, the main character threatened to tell his boss that he doesn't go the synagogue on Friday evenings, to which he responded with "Oy vey".
* Fox Mulder of ''[[The X-Files]]''. David Duchovny, himself descended from Russian Jews, said early in the show that he would "assume Mulder is Jewish until told otherwise." Not all the show's writers agreed. The evidence for and against includes:
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* If the wedding is any indication, ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Lord Zedd]].'' Of course, that could just be the Jewish writer Haim Saban writing the ceremony he knows. Also, see "[[Christmas Episode|I'm Dreaming of a White Ranger]]", when he tries to usurp Christmas with [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|spinning tops]].
* ''[[Numb3rs]]'': The Eppes family were ambiguously Jewish for the first two seasons. They clearly weren't observant at all, but the actors who play Don, Charlie, and Alan (Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, and Judd Hirsch) are ''all'' Jewish. In season 3, it was established that they are in fact nonobservant Jews.
* Matt Parkman on ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' is Jewish according to actor Greg Grunberg (who is also Jewish). The only "hints" of his religion on the show was when he said "Mazel tov" to HRG.
* ''[[In Plain Sight]]'' on USA has a character, Robert "Bobby D" Dershowitz. The name would give it away, except that he's black. The ambiguity is gone now (for those of us who realized Dershowitz was a Jewish last name) as he has now moved to Chicago where he's settling in well because there are so many more synagogues than in Albuquerque, where the show is set.
* Hank and Evan Lawson from ''[[Royal Pains]]''. [[Arrested Development (TV series)|Winkler]] showed up as their father Eddie.
** It's official now. In the episode "Keeping the Faith", Hank's patient mentions needing a "new Faith" (he's referring to his sister/manager, who will no longer be working for him). Evan suggests Judaism as, "we could use a big guy on our side".**
* Kenny in ''[[The War Atat Home]]'' seems to be Ambiguously Jewish, since his mother has a Hebrew name ("Shirra") and the music that plays during his fantasy of marrying Larry sounds Jewish-theme. Then again, he could also qualify as an "Ambiguously Muslim" since his father's name "Achmed" is a common Muslim name. If so, Kenny was kicked out of the house because homosexuality isn't allowed in the Muslim world and Shirra also had to follow her husband because of the rules (which was rather exaggerated).
** Then again, Kenny's parents might be inter-faith married.
* Lorne from ''[[Angel (TV)|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):
{{quote| Look, you and Jack may be Jewish, Italian, or whatever you've got going on. But I'm a WASP from Upstate. We didn't talk about these things.}}
* When ''[[Law and& Order (TV)|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.
* Isaac Jaffe on ''[[Sports Night]]'' has a ''very'' Jewish name (Isaac is from the Biblical patriarch, and the last name Jaffe comes from the Hebrew word for beautiful), and frequently uses Yiddish expressions. On the other hand, everyone who knows him insists that his use of Yiddish expressions doesn't work for him, which is probably connected to the fact that he is black, suggesting that if he is Jewish, [[All Jews Are Ashkenazi|his background is not Ashkenazic]]. His wife also has a Jewish name, Esther. On the other hand, in the episode "April is the Cruelest Month," Will tells Jeremy that the two of them, plus Elliot and Will "pretty much represent the Jewish population around here," which implies, but does not state outright that Isaac is not Jewish.
* Pavel Chekov on ''[[Star Trek: theThe Original Series]]'', portrayed by Jewish actors [[Walter Koenig]] in the original series and [[Anton Yelchin]] in the reboot, has some fandom support for this. [[Leonard Nimoy]], also Jewish, adapted the famous Vulcan hand salute from Jewish religious tradition. [[William Shatner]] is also Jewish, but Kirk doesn't seem to get this quite as often from the fandom.
* [[The Muppets]]:
** Oscar the Grouch from ''[[Sesame Street (TV)|Sesame Street]]'', since he's a cousin to Moisha the Oofnik, an Israeli-Jewish Grouch. Also the Count... no one really knows why someone would make ''vampire'' seem Jewish, but they did.
** Fozzie Bear from ''[[The Muppet Show]]''. Frank Oz, who is himself of Jewish ancestry, performed him as a callback to the [[Borscht Belt]] vaudevillians of old; as a result Fozzie has done gags like [[Pull a Rabbit Out of My Hat|pulling a ]]''[[Pull a Rabbit Out of My Hat|rabbi ]]''[[Pull a Rabbit Out of My Hat|out of a hat]].
** Marjorie the Trash Heap on ''[[Fraggle Rock]]''.
* Miranda Feigelstein in ''[[Mysterious Ways (TV)|Mysterious Ways]]'' is an in-universe example: early in the first season, Declan says that he assumed she was Jewish because of her last name. She replies that she's not Jewish and [[Its Pronounced Tropay|her name is pronounced FeigelSTEEN]], and gets upset at how little he seems to know about her.
* In "Dead Luck," an episode of ''[[Lost Girl (TV)|Lost Girl]]'', Mayer and his family come across as stereotypical Jewish gangsters, although, being that they are fae, this is presumably just an affectation for them.
* In ''Homeland'', Nicholas Brody and his family have a Jewish last name, but no other obvious markers of any kind of Jewish background. Whatever Brody's religious upbringing, a key plot point is that he has since {{spoiler|secretly converted to Islam}}. Interestingly, the show is an adaptation of an Israeli TV series '''''H'''atuphim'', in which the family's last name is not Brody. In any case, episode four shows the family in church, so apparently it was just a name, nothing more.
* In an episode of ''[[Fringe]]'', Walter mentions that William Bell's father taught him Yiddish [[Yiddish Asas a Second Language|(and proceeds to speak it later in the episode)]]. Bell is played by [[Leonard Nimoy]], who is Jewish, and profession-wise Bell is a scientist, academic, ''and'' business magnate who lived in New York City, which pretty much hits the nail right on the head.
* In Friends, Ross and Monica were originally supposed to be Jewish. It's more overt in the first few episodes, but quickly dropped in favour of more ambiguously neurotic New Yorkers. Later on Ross tries to teach his son about Hannukah, and Monica mentions her Bat Mitzvah, but it's never outright stated.
* Artie Nielsen, born Arthur Weisfelt, of [[Warehouse 13]] has numerous hints dropped throught the first two seasons, but is placed firmly in this category by the [[Christmas Special|Christmas episode]] of Season 2 which reunites him with his father, played by Judd Hirsch. As a sort of retro lampshade to this sudden Judaism, his [[Team Dad|de facto daughter]], Claudia, when invited to say grace at the (gentile) Christmas dinner table, intones "Baruch atah adonai eloheinu melech...", although she is rapidly put right by the two older gentlemen.
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* ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' has been seriously analyzed for decades [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/19/us/on-religion-since-the-opening-curtain-a-debate-is-willy-loman-jewish.html?pagewanted=all (NY Times article)] on the subject of whether the Lomans were Jewish. [[Arthur Miller]] was brought up Jewish and based the character of Willy Loman on his uncle who was a salesman in the Depression. Miller stated in a 1969 interview that Willy Loman's religious or cultural background seemed irrelevant, but acknowledged in the 50th anniversary edition of the play that the Lomans could have been assimilated Jews. Loman lacks any identifying features of a Jewish (or any other) background, but this can be interpreted both ways; either Willy Loman was written without religious or cultural background to act as [[The Everyman]] and represent the broader American experience, or else his conspicuous ''lack'' of these features is a sign of how he abandoned an immigrant past in his drive for the [[American Dream]].
* The Hollanders from ''[[Don't Drink the Water]]''. Woody Allen wrote this one and actually played Walter Hollander in the second movie version.
* Dolly Levi of Thorton Wilder's ''The Matchmaker'' and ''[[Hello, Dolly!]]'' is an interesting case, as she is played by [[Barbra Streisand]] in the film, and the character in the play is presumably Irish-American (her maiden name is Gallagher) and intermarried, but in both cases speaks with a [[Yiddish Asas a Second Language|"Yiddish" rhythm]] and is a good fit for the stereotypical matchmaker of Jewish humor (compare her with Yente of ''[[Fiddler On the Roof]]'').
** "Dolly" is usually "Dolores" (cf. ''Lolita''s Dolores "Dolly"/"Lolita" Haze). "Dolores" is an indirect way of naming a girl after the Virgin Mary -- "Dolors" are "Sorrows," and Mary is "Our Lady of Sorrows," or the Mater Dolorosa.
** "Levi"/"Levy" and "Cohan"/"Cohane"/"Caan" are also Irish (cf. George M. Cohan, whose second wife was, by the by, named "Ethel Levey"). A lot of [[Irishman and Aa Jew|crackpots on both sides of the Celto-Semitic ethnicity line]] desperately want this to be proof that the Irish, especially the Black Irish, are one or more of the Lost Tribes of Israel. Further "proof" is that until the latest extended trend of exogamy, Celts (including the non-Irish ones) and Jews were the only ethnic groups to have, in their gene pools, the genetic trait that causes redheadedness.
* Nathan Detroit of ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'' is often thought of as Jewish, mostly because of his use of the Yiddish word "nu," but no one ever spells this out. When the show was written, Nathan Detroit was probably intended as an [[Expy]] of Arnold Rothstein, a well-known Jewish gambler.
* In [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''[[Parsifal]]'', Kundry's backstory is that of the Wandering Jew. [[Unfortunate Implications]] regarding her character abound in this religious-themed work.
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== Video Games ==
 
* Bridgette Tenenbaum from ''[[Bio ShockBioshock]]'' is presumably Jewish, as she has a Jewish name and was a prisoner at a Nazi prison camp.
** Ditto Sander Cohen.
*** Dr. Steinman has a rather Jewish sounding name. Andrew Ryan is [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|clearly based on]] Ayn Rand, who was Jewish (but atheist) in real life and also, like Ryan, a refugee from Communist Russia.
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** Possibly references to Einstein; Otacon designed MG REX and his grandad was part of the Manhattan Project.
*** In ''Peace Walker'', his father mentions how ''his'' father 'fled the Nazis before [[World War II]]', and while there's plenty of other reasons why people would flee the Nazis...
* Rugal from ''[[The King of Fighters (Video Game)|The King of Fighters]]'' has the surname Bernstein.
* Tora from the third ''[[MegamanMega Man Battle Network]]'' might be Jewish. His name sounds like "Torah", he's obsessed with chess, another Jewish stereotype, has a Jew-fro, and he uses the word "kosher" once or twice in its slangy sense.
* Not because of stereotypes, but the Hoenn region of the ''Pokémon'' games has a number of legendary Pokémon (which are, for the most part, an indication of the regions's mythology) which are based around Jewish mythology. Kyogre and Groudon, which are based on the Leviathan and Behemoth, respectively, as well as the Regi trio, based on golems, lead one to believe that the denizens of the region practice a rough equivalent of Judaism.
** This might make Rayquaza the Ziz.
* Telltale's ''[[The Adventures of Sam and& Max: Freelance Police (Video Game)|Sam and Max Freelance Police]]'' games have mentioned Jewish things like "Matzah" and "Seder" before, and they live in New York. The existence of hell and the devil in the series makes this ambiguous, however.
* [[Professor Layton]] has the first name Hershel, an extremely uncommon name among goyim, let alone British people. It would also explain his insistence on [[Never Bareheaded]].
* Though it's strictly [[Wild Mass Guessing]], many fans speculate that the Medic from ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'' may be Jewish: he was alive in Germany at the time of WWII, but [[Word of God]] confirmed isn't a Nazi.
** A German [[Jewish and Nerdy|intellectual]] with Semitic features born in the 1920s or 30s with no Nazi affiliation? Three strikes, Doc.
* The Baron of Hollywood in ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines]]'' is named Isaac Abrams, and he both owns a jewelry store and is a major (albeit secret) player in the film industry.
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* In ''[[Red vs. Blue (Machinima)|Red vs. Blue]]'', either Church or Tex is probably Jewish considering their funeral. {{spoiler|Of course, since they're both AI, it probably isn't all that important to them}}.
* May I present ''[http://www.jewornotjew.com/index.jsp Jew or Not Jew]''.
* As seen [[Twofer Token Minority|here]] on [[This Very Wiki]].
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* 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".
* Rick Finklestein of ''[[BowsersBowser's Kingdom]]''. He has the German last name, the accent and got in an argument with Paul Hammerbro in episode 10 over how to eat bagels.
* ''[[Lackadaisy Cats]]'' gives us a frigid psychopath named Mordecai Heller. [[Captain Obvious|This is a markedly Jewish name]], especially considering [[Roaring Twenties|the time period.]]
* The German general in Humon's post-WWI "American in Berlin" series was eventually revealed to be named Benjamin. After people criticized her for giving him a Jewish name, she responded by asking when she said he wasn't.
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* Almost every character in ''[[Drawn Together]]'' has exemplified Jewish stereotypes; several of them know Hebrew song lyrics and the entire cast celebrated Hannukah. This is most likely just another way of making fun of Jews, however, given [[Dead Baby Comedy|the nature of the show]]. It's [[Self-Deprecation]], too, since the creators are Jewish. The show would every now and then parody how Jews frequently parody themselves in Hollywood. Yeah, this gets meta.
* Zoidberg from '' [[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]''. He fulfills many, many Jewish stereotypes but is never exactly confirmed.
* Jay Sherman from ''[[The Critic]]'' is played by a Jewish actor, and the character has any number of jewish-seeming manurisms. However, as a baby, he was adopted by parents who are rich, white, stereotypical Protestants, which would make him Protestant as well. Duh. However, when presented with the posibilty of finding his birth-mother, he expressed hope that she was Jewish, which, as previously noted, would make him Jewish as well. Verdict: Borderline Jew. according to: [http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=251 Jew or Not Jew].
** In that same episode when he asked the man at the adoption agency if he was Jewish the man replied, [[Deadpan Snarker|"Oh, what do YOU think?"]]
* Hades in Disney's ''[[Hercules (Disney film)|Hercules]]''. He has a tendency to say "Oy Vey" when aggravated.
* '' [[Regular Show (Animation)|Regular Show]]'': There aren't too many Gentiles named Mordecai.
* ''[[Fish Hooks]]'': Bea Goldfishberg? Also, her best friend [[Heroes Want Redheads|Oscar]] is incredibly neurotic, and sports a "Jewfro."
* Walter Wolf on '' [[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'' talks with an [[Alter Kocker]] accent and has thrown a few "meshuggenehs" around. On that note, Slappy Squirrel has used the term "bubbeleh" at least once and sarcastically said that she thought that a bird on Skippy's head was a new yarmulke. Probably [[Big Applesauce]] again.
* Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head from the ''[[Toy Story]]'' series have to have gotten that Yiddish accent from somewhere.
** Interestingly, potatoes are a common Jewish food at Hanukkah time - if you're Ashkenazi. If you're Sephardi, you'll probably have rice instead.
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* The Wheezers in ''[[Jimmy Neutron]]'' both look and behave like stereotypical Jews and Carl's mom has a Jewish accent.
* Melman the giraffe in ''[[Madagascar]]'' gives off strong [[Woody Allen]] vibes.
* The main family on '' [[Birdz (Animation)|Birdz]]'' has the last name Storkowitz. They also have huge noses/beaks, which are even referenced as such more than once.
* The Belchers on ''[[Bob's Burgers]]'' are voiced mostly by Jewish actors (Kristen Schaal being the odd woman out) and their dialect has a Yiddish-y cadence to it. On the other hand, mother Linda has referred to her First Communion, and the restaurant is pretty far from Kosher.
* On ''[[Hey Arnold]],'' [[Dumb Muscle|Harold]] came off this way before it was confirmed by a Bar Mitzvah episode. Also, [[Born Unlucky|Eugene]] has the last name "Horowitz" and [[Geek|Sheena]] can at least recognize Hebrew at a glance.
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