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That's why this is a bit of a tongue in cheek thread, but 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.


 
Posted : 05/06/2017 10:07 pm
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A person's religion or ethnicity is irrelevant as far as I'm concerned, in fact the one thing that concerns me least is whatever deity someone believes in, far more important is how they behave as a human being.
It's never, ever occurred to me to ask or even wonder.

What if you found out that I am your overlord? How will you feel? Do you feel disgusted? 😈

edit: This is just an assumption but you need think about it that I am your overlord. 😈


 
Posted : 05/06/2017 10:10 pm
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Let me try and do 1 person a day. Kirk or should I say Sparticus 🙂

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Posted : 06/06/2017 12:16 pm
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Leonard Cohen. Oh, and my mother.


 
Posted : 06/06/2017 1:02 pm
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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 [i]everyone[/i]. 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.


 
Posted : 06/06/2017 1:41 pm
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interview starts at 13:35. Jewishness chat starts at 15:04 - earlier than I remembered!


 
Posted : 06/06/2017 4:04 pm
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Scott walker

Gu gu ga Jew? (I am the walrus)


 
Posted : 06/06/2017 4:38 pm
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Dave Gorman
Genuine 😆 ing at that.


 
Posted : 06/06/2017 4:44 pm
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Rabbi Lionel Blue. Sadly missed.


 
Posted : 06/06/2017 5:54 pm
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Einstein, Oppenheimer, Teller.

And on the other side Gal Gadot...a real life Wonderwoman.


 
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