Posted on 12/01/2006 9:39:32 AM PST by dead
MICHAEL Richards was mistaken when he told his recently hired publicist, Howard Rubenstein, he was Jewish. Rubenstein, an expert in crisis management, said last week that Richards was Jewish after The Post reported the former "Seinfeld" star had spewed anti-Semitic insults at hecklers earlier this year, long before he screamed racial epithets at black audience members at an L.A. comedy club.
But it turns out neither of Richards' parents is Jewish, and he never converted. But Richards wasn't lying, Rubenstein said: "He thinks he's Jewish. There were two mentors in his life who raised him and had a big influence on his life, and they were Jewish. He said, 'I agree with the religious beliefs of Judaism, and I've adopted Judaism as my religion.' "
Rabbi Marvin Hier, who founded the Simon Wiesenthal Center in L.A., told the AP, "You can't feel Jewish. It's not a matter of feeling." Rubenstein couldn't say what faith Richards was raised in or what his real name was….< snip > He's spending a lot of time with his psychiatrist."
Rabbi Marvin Hier, who founded the Simon Wiesenthal Center in L.A., told the AP, "You can't feel Jewish. It's not a matter of feeling."
I think it’s hysterical how this entire brouhaha is EXACTLY like an episode of Seinfeld.
And frankly, we jews have enough schtunks in our midst. We don't need Richards!
National Lampoon did a great cut and paste job with Seinfeld episodes over this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=6dXBC6R_rxk
It is, in fact, the episode in which Jerry's gentile dentist annoys him by attempting to become Jewish and peppering his dialog with Yiddish.
Oy vey.
Why can't third rate "artistes" who have won the $$ lottery based on pure luck, not talent, just be grateful and slink back into obscurity?
He's not a Jew, he just "feels Jewish."
Good grief.
I agree with you, dead. This whole thing is turning more comical by the day.
Who hires an expert in crisis management as their publicist? Michael Richards, I guess.
Thanks for that link! That was brilliant.
Oh but it is, Rabbi. When I play funk on my Hammond B3 I not only feel black, I become black.
...even though I'm white/Jewish most of the time.
Probably goes to synagogue every Sunday.
Bump for later...
Jerry: All right, that's enough. Now get going. Get outta here. (Tim and his staff enter)
George: Hey, Tim. Quick question. Is it normal for your teeth to make noises, like a hissing or a chirping?
Jerry: George...
Tim: Um...
George: Fine, I'll make an appointment. (He leaves)
Tim: All right, it is cavity time. Ah, here we go. Which reminds me, did you here the one about the rabbi and the farmer's daughter? Huh?
Jerry: Hey.
Tim: Those aren't mahtzah balls.
Jerry: Tim, do you think you should be making jokes like that?
Tim: Why not? I'm Jewish, remember?
Jerry: I know, but...
Tim: Jerry, it's our sense of humor that sustained us as a people for 3000 years.
Jerry: 5000.
Tim: 5000, even better. Okay, Chrissie. Give me a schtickle of flouride.
Priest: And this offends you as a Jewish person?
Jerry: No, it offends me as a comedian!
LOL, Mr. Mojo! Keep the funk ALIVE!
I like Matzoh Ball soup--does that make me Jewish? And I can kvetch as well as any Bubbe on the Coney Island Boardwalk. Still I don't think that would make me Jewish--just a goy who can kvetch.
There's a mohel joke in there somewhere.
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