Talk:List of Jewish American entertainers

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S/be List of Jewish American entertainers. 24.17.48.241 06:36, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Why not include Sasha Baron Cohen?

The comedian now lives in America and has an American wife. He's one of the most famous and loved comedians of our time. That he's not on the list of Jewish comedians is inexplicable. Ashrawi (talk) 12:28, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Woody Allen: Jew or Atheist?

Woody Allen is not only included on this list, but he's also listed on Wikipedia's list of atheists. So what are this guys beliefs? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.44.8.171 (talk) 10:35, August 20, 2007 (UTC)

Jewish isn't only a religious description, it could also be an ethnic. 惑乱 分からん * \)/ (\ (< \) (2 /) /)/ * (talk) 20:44, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
He is both a Jew and an atheist. You should seek to gain some knowledge of the Jewish people. Please see Who is a Jew?. There are countless Jews who are not religious at all, so Woody Allen is no oddity. One of my favorite heroes, Carl Sagan, was a Jew notable for his agnosticism, among his many other qualities. --AVM (talk) 02:27, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Not all of the entertainers in the list are really Jewish

Several people in this listing have Jewish ancestry, but only on the paternal side. Thus, in strict accordance to Jewish Law, they are not true Jews, unless they have gone through a formal conversion, which happens to be the case in a small percentage only. Those born of a non-Jewish mother who have not embraced Judaism, do not really belong in this list. --AVM (talk) 02:27, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Trouble

For anyone seriously working on this page - please check out Wikipedia talk:Centralized discussion/Lists by religion-ethnicity and profession. User:IZAK is rallying to mass-delete these lists, so feel free to vote if you've worked on them and want them kept (or even if you haven't worked on them and want them kept). Vulturell 20:07, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

  • This proposal is ridiculous. I've never noticed any Neo-Nazis filtering names onto these lists - there isn't really even vandalism here! The people who post here are either Jews or Directnon-Jews who are simply trying to add information to the page. I feel these lists are very helpful and function like categories, and so I voted against the proposal. Yid613 00:29, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
Thank you. I actually like categories better but the lists are OK as they are, and I am sure that the large majority of, if not all of the people working on them have good intentions and these accusations are pointless resorting to paranoia. Vulturell 00:32, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

My name is Exsquzme, and I added my name to this page, because I felt that I fell under both categories of the headline: Jewish & Entertainer, even though I'm still in college, I feel as though I am an actor already, all acting is, is responding to another person, in which every human being already does, so therefore, it should come naturally to everybody, but I really am studying acing in college. I am also Jewish, if my mother told me correctly, I am a direct descendent of the Kohan tribe, through my mother's father Albert Deutsch.

[edit] Page separation

Does anyone else think it's be a good idea to take the actors on this page and move them to a separate "List of Jewish American actors" (which perhaps later could be merged with the already-existing List of Jewish actors and actresses?). It's just that the page is way too big at the moment. Mad Jack O'Lantern 05:00, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jack Abramoff is a movie director?

Thats stretching it a bit. Why is Dan Greenberg an entertainer when hes an author? Please stop reverting obvious good faith edits on a whim, Newport and Hmains. Also provide sources for Michael Mann and Bernardt - until then, do not re-add them. 70.146.75.227 07:11, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cuba

A question arose as to whether Brett Ratner is Cuban. In the talk section of his Wiki article, the following comment explains the topic. The article asserts that:"Brett Ratner was born in Miami Beach to Marcia Ratner, a Cuban-born Jewish socialite." This, however, does not mean that he is of Spanish or Mestizo descent. Many Jewish people migrated to Cuba, especially when it was the center of a large gaming industry in the 1940s and 1950s. Some Latinized their names, and others retained their Germanic Jewish surname.Lestrade 18:28, 30 July 2007 (UTC)Lestrade

Isn't it nice when you can find a single source that answers all the questions? I wish all research was this easy: [1] "My grandparents now live with me in L.A. They're originally from Eastern Europe and ended up in Cuba as they couldn't get into the States, before finally moving to Miami. My whole family is Cuban-Jewish -- very passionate, hard-working, highly educated people. I feel that Cuban blood running in my veins and I love Cuban food." Mad Jack 20:13, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Criticism

i'm not a neonazi, but i think this is a ultra-nationalist page, i looking for this informations on the internet, and not all informations are true!

Say what? 惑乱 分からん * \)/ (\ (< \) (2 /) /)/ * (talk) 20:43, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Director King Vidor is Jewsih