you’ll notice that no-one’s actually talking about Jewishness, Kind of nice to highlight that Jewish people are just normal people and can be celebs like anyone else.
Bit patronising?! 😀 Especially in the entertainment/film biz, where they’re very well represented!
Not sure about favourite Jew, but the Jewish person I’ve voluntarily heard speak most about Jewishness is Marc Maron. I really enjoy his podcasts, and a few of them, when he’s interviewing someone else who’s Jewish, get into what it means to them to be Jewish, how it’s more than just belief in a god, and actual belief in the actual God is secondary to the social/societal/cultural aspect.
I think the Mel Brooks interview gets into it, but certainly the Jeff Goldblum one does, and the Ben Sidran one is absolutely fascinating, from start to finish, on every aspect they touch on (he’s a jazz/rock n roll pianist, played with everyone. There’s a great section at the end where they get into Jewishness and getting more “Jewey” as they get older, figuring out the bits of the culture that start to unexpectedly chime with them.
