List of fictitious Jews

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This list is comprised of fictitious people/characters who are Jewish. Nearly every character in Israeli Hebrew literature is Jewish.

Contents 1 TV and Literary characters 1.1 A-D 1.2 E-K 1.3 L-R 1.4 S-Z 2 Comic books and heroes 2.1 Superheroes of Jewish religion 2.2 Superheroes of Jewish ethnicity (only) 2.3 Other comic characters who are not superheroes 2.4 Not primarily associated with comic books 2.5 Also of Note 2.6 References 3 External links

[edit] TV and Literary characters

[edit] A-D

• Bobbi Adler, Grace Adler's mother, from Will and Grace.
• Grace Adler, from Will and Grace^[1]
• Scott Adler, from Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan series of novels^{[citation needed]}
• Abby and Len Ardin, from the comic strip Edge City^[2]
• Barabas the Jew from the play The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe
• Mick Belker, from Hill Street Blues^[3]
• Ostap Bender, from The Twelve Chairs and The Little Golden Calf^[4]
• Benjamin, a wandering Jew from the novel A Canticle for Leibowitz
• Beth, a minor character from the diary-book Go Ask Alice^[5]
• Sergeant Bilko from The Phil Silvers Show^[6]
• Avery Bishop, from Tru Calling^{[citation needed]}
• Avram Blok, from The Therapy of Avram Blok and other novels by Simon Louvish^[7]
• Leopold Bloom, from the novel Ulysses by James Joyce^[8]
• Chaim Breisacher, from Doktor Faustus by Thomas Mann^[9]
• Kent Brockman, from The Simpsons (was Kenny Brocklestein in a flashback episode)^[10]
• Lennie Briscoe, from Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Trial by Jury (Half Jewish)^[11]
• Kyle Broflovski, from South Park^[12]
• Ephram Brown, from Everwood (Jewish mother, raised Jewish)^[13]
• Brad Carlton, Young and the Restless ("real" name is George Kaplan, mother, Rebecca Kaplan, is a concentration camp survivor)^[14]
• Bridge Carson, from the Power Rangers^[15]
• Mordechai Jefferson Carver, from The Hebrew Hammer^[16]
• Clancy, from Blue Heelers^{[citation needed]}
• Mark Cohen from the musical RENT^[17]
• Max Cohen, from Pi^{[citation needed]}
• Robert Cohn, from the novel The Sun Also Rises/Fiesta by Ernest Hemingway^[18]
• Brian Cohen, from "Monty Python's Life of Brian"
• Sandy Cohen, from The O.C.
• Seth Cohen, from U.S. show The O.C. (Jewish father, raised & identifies)
• Arthur "Spud" Spudinski, from American Dragon: Jake Long ^{[citation needed]}
• Dr. Lisa Cuddy, from House
• Stretch Cunningham, from All in the Family
• Peter Decker, from Faye Kellerman's Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus novels
• Daniel Deronda, hero of novel of same name ^[19]
• Joan Diamond, from Beverly Hills, 90210^{[citation needed]}
• Stefan Dobrowski, from Jumpin' The Shark^{[citation needed]}
• Dolph, from The Simpsons
• Duffman, from The Simpsons

[edit] E-K

• Dr. Einstein, from Arsenic and Old Lace^{[citation needed]}
• Hal Emmerich, from Metal Gear Solid^{[citation needed]}
• Fagin, from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
• Fran Fine, from The Nanny^[20]
• Dharma Finkelstein, from Dharma and Greg^[21]
• Max Fischer, from Rushmore^{[citation needed]}
• Greg Focker, from the American film Meet the Parents and the sequel Meet the Fockers^[22]
• Friedman, (first name not given), from Joan of Arcadia^[23]
• Ellenor Frutt, from The Practice^{[citation needed]}
• Monica Geller, from U.S. sitcom Friends
• Paris Geller, from Gilmore Girls
• Ross Geller, from U.S. sitcom Friends
• Jason Gilbert, Jr, from Erich Segal's The Class
• Nat Ginzburg, from Oz^{[citation needed]}
• The Glass family, from a series of short stories by Jerome David Salinger
• Ari Gold, from Entourage^[24]
• Henry Goldblume, from Hill Street Blues^[25]
• Sarah Goldfarb, from Requiem for a Dream^[26]
• Dave Goldman, from Gentleman's Agreement
• Val Goldman, from the film The Birdcage
• Saul Goldman, from Harry Turtledove's Timeline-191 books
• Emmanuel Goldstein, in Nineteen Eighty-Four^[27]
• Jeremy Goldstein, from Oz
• Natalie Green, from The Facts of Life
• Sheldon Grossbart, from Defender of the Faith by Philip Roth^[28]
• Menocu, "only half-Jewish", from Mr. Show with Bob and David^{[citation needed]}
• Flora Hamburger-Blackford, from Timeline-191
• Mr. Harold Hooper, from Sesame Street (Will Lee, who played the character, was Jewish in real life)
• Lemuel Idzik, from Oz^{[citation needed]}
• Andrei Ivanov, from Babylon 5
• Susan Ivanova, from Babylon 5
• Isaac the Jew, and his daughter Rebecca, from the novel Ivanhoe
• Isak Jacobi and his family, from the movie Fanny and Alexander ^[29]
• Jankiel from Pan Tadeusz^[30]
• Jessica, daughter of Shylock, from The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
• Eugene Jerome, from Brighton Beach Memoirs'

'* Rebecca Kaplan, from the Young and the Restless

• Garry Kasner, from King of the Hill^[31]
• David Kleinfeld, from Carlito's Way^[32]
• Krusty the Clown, from The Simpsons
• Hyman Krustofsky, father of Krusty the Klown

[edit] L-R

• Rina Lazarus, from Faye Kellerman's Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus novels
• Isaac Edward Leibowitz, from the novel A Canticle for Leibowitz
• Maurice Levy, attorney on the HBO drama The Wire.^[33]
• Nora Lewin, from Law & Order^{[citation needed]}
• Harvey Lipschultz, from Boston Public
• Daniel Luria, from Erich Segal's Acts of Faith
• Deborah Luria, from Erich Segal's Acts of Faith
• Josh Lyman, from the U.S. drama The West Wing
• Sam Manson, from Danny Phantom
• Leo Markus, the husband of Grace Adler, from Will and Grace
• Lenny Meyer, from Pi^[34]
• Myrna Minkoff, from the novel A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
• Rhoda Morgenstern, from The Mary Tyler Moore Show^[35]
• John Munch, from Homicide: Life on the Street, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
• Old Jewish Man from The Simpsons
• Bree Osbourne, from the film Transamerica, (Jewish father), Bree's mother claims Bree would not be the way s/he is (a transsexual) if Bree had attended church when s/he was younger rather than "that synagogue of your father's." Earlier in the film Bree says Jesus made him/her "this way" so she can suffer and be reborn the way he did.
• Rhonda Pearlman, Assistant State's Attorney from The Wire^[36]
• Pickles family, from Rugrats (half-Jewish family, mother is Jewish, mentioned in special Passover episode, as well as in special Hanukkah episode)
• Grace Polk, from Joan of Arcadia^[37]
• Alexander Portnoy, from Portnoy's Complaint
• Yossel Reisen, from Great War and Settling Accounts (this is actually the name of 2 characters)
• Riah from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens^[38]
• Judge Joe Rifkind, from 100 Centre Street^{[citation needed]}
• Bell & Manny Rosen, from The Poseidon Adventure^[39]
• Ken Rosenberg from the Grand Theft Auto computer game series^{[citation needed]}
• Willow Rosenberg, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Rainbow Rosenbloom from The Dyke and the Dybbuk, by Ellen Galford^[40]
• Henry Roth, from the film 50 First Dates^[41]

[edit] S-Z

• Joseph Samuels, murder victim in Crossfire.^[42]
• Adam Schiff, from Law & Order^[43]
• Charles Schine, from Derailed
• Brian Schwartz, from Porky's^[44]
• Jerry Seinfeld, from Seinfeld
• Shylock, from The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
• David Silbermann, from Silbermann by Jacques de Lacretelle^[45]
• David Silver, from Beverly Hills, 90210^[46]
• Jane Smith, from Mr. & Mrs. Smith^[47]
• Lemony Snicket, pseudonym for the writer of A Series of Unfortunate Events^[48]
• Walter Sobchak, from The Big Lebowski (converted)
• Buddy Sorrell, from The Dick Van Dyke Show^[49]
• Nikolai Stanislofsky, from Oz
• Patrick Star, from Spongebob Squarepants^{[citation needed]}
• Lilith Sternin, from Cheers and Frasier
• Ron Stoppable, from Kim Possible
• Jamie Stringer, from The Practice^[50]
• Slappy Squirrel, from Animaniacs^{[citation needed]}
• Charles Swann, from In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust^[51]
• Lionel Tannenbaum, from Down at the Dinghy by Jerome David Salinger
• Tevye, as well as the other Jewish characters of Sholom Aleichem's writings, some of whom (including Tevye) appeared in Fiddler on the Roof
• The Tsaddik from The Tsaddik of the Seven Wonders, by Isidore Haiblum
• Alexander Vogel, from Oz
• The Wandering Jew, of Christian folklore
• Dr. James Wilson from House
• Meyer Wolfsheim, from The Great Gatsby^[52]
• World's Oldest Woman, from Histeria!^{[citation needed]}
• Dr. Cristina Yang, from Grey's Anatomy
• Charlotte York-Goldenblatt, from Sex and the City (converted)
• Walter Wolf, from Animaniacs^{[citation needed]}
• Arnold Zelman, from Oz^{[citation needed]}
• Toby Ziegler, from the U.S. drama The West Wing
• Artie Ziff, from The Simpsons^[53]
• Andrea Zuckerman, from Beverly Hills, 90210^[54]
• Nathan Zuckerman, character in many Philip Roth novels^[55]
• The Wise Men of Chelm, from Jewish folklore
• Rabbi Koslov, from Babylon 5

[edit] Comic books and heroes

[edit] Superheroes of Jewish religion

• Atom Smasher (formerly Nuklon of Infinity, Inc.) (DC Comics)
• Captain Underpants alias Principal Benny Krupp

In Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman, Mr Krupp's aborted marriage ceremony to Ms Ribble was being conducted by a rabbi

• Colossal Boy of the Legion of Super-Heroes (DC Comics)
• Doc Samson (Marvel Comics)^[56]
• Fathom of the Elementals, by Bill Willingham^[57]
• Justice (formerly Marvel Boy of the New Warriors) (Marvel Comics)^{[citation needed]}
• Magneto of the X-Men (Marvel Comics)
• Masada (Team Youngblood)
• The Monolith (DC Comics)^[58]
• Prime (Malibu Comics)^[59]
• Ragman (DC Comics) Ragman (miniseries) #1 Oct. 1991 DC Comics
• Sabra (Marvel Comics)
• Seraph of the Global Guardians (DC Comics)
• Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde) of the X-Men (Marvel Comics)
• Songbird of the Thunderbolts (formerly Screaming Mimi)
• The Thing (Ben Grimm) of the Fantastic Four (Marvel Comics)
• Vortex of the Elementals, by Bill Willingham^{[citation needed]}
• Volcana (Marvel Comics)^[60]

[edit] Superheroes of Jewish ethnicity (only)

• Harley Quinn (DC Comics)^[61]
• Iceman (Marvel Comics) - half-Jewish
• Moon Knight (Marvel Comics) Moon Knight (1st series) #37 May 1984 Marvel Comics^[62]
• Sandman (Golden Age) (DC Comics) - half-Jewish^[63]
• Gertrude Yorkes of the Runaways (Marvel Comics) - Jewish family, currently agnostic
• The Escapist^{[citation needed]}
• Dr Manhattan (Watchmen) Real name Jonathan Osterman. His father appears as a stereotypical Jewish watch-maker. Jon himself expresses agnostic attitudes.^{[citation needed]}
• Magneto (Marvel Comics) - born Jewish and as a boy was a Jewish prisoner at Auschwitz, but turned his back on his human ethnicity and religion and has for years only identified himself as a mutant.
• Scarlet Witch -- Wanda Maximoff -- self-identifies with the Roma people, raised by Roma, her mother Magda was Roma, and an Auschwitz survivor, but her father Magneto was born Jewish.
• Quicksilver (comics) -- Pietro Maximoff -- he has not so completely identified himself with the Roma, but like his twin sister Wanda Maximoff, was raised by the Roma and his mother was Roma, while his father is the Jewish Magneto.
• Luna, the daughter of Quicksilver and an Inhuman.
• Wiccan and Speed supposed children of (or reincarnations of the children of) Scarlet Witch.
• Nyssa Raatko -- Jewish mother, non-practicing.
• Polaris -- Father supposedly the Jewish Magneto.
• Sublime (Wildstorm Comics) - Jewish mother and raised in a Jewish household but non-practicing.
• Spider-Man (Peter Parker) - never explicitly identified as Jewish, though Golden Age comic book artist Patti Cochran has stated that the Marvel Comics staff always thought of Parker as Jewish^[64]

[edit] Other comic characters who are not superheroes

• Reuben Flagg (American Flagg!)
• Harvey Pekar (American Splendor)
• the main characters in Maus
• Bernie Rosenthal, ex-girlfriend of Captain America (Marvel Comics)^[65]
• Two-Gun Kid (Marvel Comics)^[66]
• Arthur (The Tick)
• Jonathan August (Albino Comics)^{[citation needed]}
• Aurora Rabinowitz, from Tomb of Dracula (Marvel Comics)^{[citation needed]}
• Isadore "Izzy" Cohen (Private in "Sgt.Fury and his Howling Commandos") (Marvel Comics)^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Not primarily associated with comic books

• The Hebrew Hammer (Mordechai Jefferson Carver) (Movie) (2003)
• Captain Hero (Drawn Together)
• Toot Braunstein (Drawn Together) (Many characters in Drawn together will do Jewish things like sit Shiva or break a glass at weddings. Producer Matt Silverstein and several writers are Jewish.)
• Jewcano (Minoriteam)

[edit] Also of Note

There also exists a team of Judaicly themed superheroes known as "The Jewish Hero Corps", printed by Leviathan press. They include Menorah Man, Yarmulke Youth, Matzah Woman, Driedel Maidel, Magen David, Minyan Man, and Shabbas Queen. They are not commonly recognized as actual characters primarily because only one issue of the comic is known to have been produced at this time.^[67]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The Jewish Supers List
• Jews in Comics bibliography
• Jewish Comics discussion forum
• Jewish Comics blog
• Hebrew Hammer IMDB link
• Thwak! To Our Enemies