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Glaser is a very Jewish name.

It's a very German name.

Many names we tend to consider Jewish, are German, and are used by German gentiles. We consider Rosenberg a "Jewish name," but then there was Alfred Rosenberg, the Nazi.

Glaser is the German word for glazier, i.e. a person who blows glass. If you look up U.S. history, a bunch of Germans came to the U.S. in the 1700's who were Protestant.

In the 70's there was a country musician named Tompall Glaser. I think his brother Jim was a slightly less successful country musician. Both gentiles.

Also in the 70's, there was Paul Michael Glaser who was on the show Starsky & Hutch, who was Jewish. I wonder if he's why people think of it as a Jewish name.

There was also a Nobel Prize winner in Physics whose name was Donald Glaser who was Jewish.

But in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland it wouldn't be considered Jewish.