Stereotypes and Myths

By Susan Esther Barnes
Published on November 14, 2012

Help wanted: Chinese company seeks tall, white, Harvard-educated, male Jew

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on May 24, 2012

Jews & Blacks on Reality Television

By Ilana Angel
Published on November 30, 2011

German fund head rejects project containing anti-Semitic stereotypes

Published on October 4, 2011

The head of a German fund established to compensate victims of forced labor under the Nazis says he regrets an "ambiguous project publication" supported by the fund containing illustrations that "could be seen as containing anti-Semitic stereotypes."

‘She’s acting like a Jew!’ Ho ho ho Chanukah! [VIDEO]

By The Web Guy
Published on December 26, 2008

First Impressions

By Rob Eshman
Published on August 21, 2008

Then I asked Çakirözer, from Turkey, what he liked best about America. He said it was something he had never seen in his country, and never seen in all the countries to which he'd traveled. Yet it was something that said a lot about the core values of a rich and prosperous nation.

Hook-nosed, bloodstained Jews out to trick peaceful Arabs at Annapolis summit

By JewishJournal.com
Published on November 26, 2007

Can someone tell me why our scholars aren’t as smart as the Jews?

By JewishJournal.com
Published on July 30, 2007

Film director Verhoeven defies Dutch Shoah myth in ‘Black Book’ thriller

By Tom Tugend
Published on March 29, 2007

"Black Book" is a first-class thriller, pitting the Dutch resistance against the Nazi occupiers in the waning months of World War II, and it holds plenty of unexpected plot twists.

City Voice: We’re not who we think we are

By Bill Boyarsky
Published on March 8, 2007

There is a preconceived notion about the Los Angeles Jewish community being affluent, increasingly conservative and preoccupied with Israel to the exclusion of other issues.

Two neighborhoods reveal Orthodox community’s fault lines

By Amy Klein
Published on November 9, 2006

When Tali Rosenthal moved to Los Angeles eight years ago, she landed in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood on the Westside. It was near her office, and besides, it was where many of Los Angeles' Orthodox singles live.

Uhry’s Latest Knocks Down Stereotypes

By Robert David Jaffee
Published on June 15, 2006

Alfred Uhry's "Without Walls," starring Laurence Fishburne, deals not only with race but also sexuality.

Class Notes - Building Houses, Building Bridges

By Julie G Fax
Published on May 4, 2006

Larry David Died for Our Sins

By Tom Teicholz
Published on December 22, 2005

Larry David, the producer-writer-star of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" has just finished airing the fifth season of his HBO program. Many people find him hilarious. Others find him annoying in the extreme.

VH-1 Declares Jews ‘So Jewtastic’

By Keren Engelberg
Published on December 15, 2005

It's official. According to VH-1, it is now hip to be Hebrew. The music television channel premieres "VH-1 All Access: So Jewtastic" on Dec. 19, making a case for the current trendiness of our tribe.

Pin Up These Pinups

By Carin Davis
Published on October 20, 2005

At last, the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Calendar has some real competition -- some Jewish competition.

Kingsley’s ‘Twist’ on a Dickens Thief

By Tom Tugend
Published on September 22, 2005

Time-honored Jewish stereotypes and caricatures have fallen on hard times in recent movies.

First Person - Death by Oprah

By Annie Korzen
Published on August 18, 2005

Oprah Winfrey is doing a show about "Ethnic Men Who Reject Their Own Women."

Enemy Ties

By Orit Arfa
Published on March 24, 2005

I thought about the implications: I take this tie, and my hands are tied. I'd forever have to remember that one night a Palestinian gave me an expensive tie, and that he was nice to me. I'd have to question all my stereotypes and generalizations, and recognize that there are good, normal, generous Palestinians who just want peace, who just want to be my friend, who just want some fun.

Even Maidelehs Don Pasties

By Keren Engelberg
Published on February 24, 2005

Jewish girl stereotypes get tossed -- including one you might have heard about them being prudes -- when "Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad" makes its West Coast debut this Thursday night at Tangier.

As creator and emcee Susannah Perlman describes it, the variety show features comedy, spoken word, music and burlesque acts that speak to the Jewish condition, performed by women who have appeared on Comedy Central, HBO, MTV and late night television.

Sunrise, Sundance, Swiftly Fly the Films

By Amy Klein
Published on February 3, 2005

"West Bank Story" was one of a handful of Jewish-themed films screened at the Sundance Film Festival, which ended Sunday night in Park City, Utah. With the deafening chatter around this small town about which studio picked up which film for how many millions of dollars, it's hard to sniff out, not the hottest films -- but the most Jewish.

Idea of Dumb Bush Voters Lacks Reality

By Cathy Young
Published on December 3, 2004

As the furor over the election dies down, with unseemly whining from sore losers and unseemly gloating from sore winners, certain stereotypes of Bush voters continue to command currency among disgruntled liberals. One of them is that Bush supporters, and conservatives in general, are dumb, ignorant and out of touch with reality.

You Go, (Material) Girl!

By Joan Hyler
Published on September 30, 2004

A few weeks ago I had the privilege of spending some time with high-level members of the Knesset. Much was on the agenda: security, elections, the wall, the settlements and Madonna's proposed trip to Israel. These leaders were abuzz with the possibility that she would be coming to Israel and now that she has, I say to her, "You go, girl!"

That ‘70s Fro

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on March 11, 2004

Where can you see all-in-good-fun Jewish stereotypes spoofed alongside 1970s kitsch, such as waterbeds, fondue parties, disco, leisure suits and bad perms?

Unacceptable

By Michael Tolkin
Published on October 23, 2003

After The New Republic's Gregg Easterbrook wrote in his online column that Jewish executives in Hollywood "worship money above all else," he apologized.

Q & A With Darren Star

By Andrea King
Published on September 18, 2003

Darren Star, the creator and executive producer of three of the last decade's most popular television phenomena -- "Beverly Hills, 90210," "Melrose Place" and the three time Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning HBO comedy series "Sex and the City" -- is being honored Monday night with the Tisch Industry Leadership Award at the National Foundation for Jewish Culture's third annual Jewish Image Awards.

Jewish Trojans—Oxymoron No More

By Rachel Brand
Published on August 21, 2003

Today, just steps away from USC's fraternity row -- which has historically been a symbol of the university's typically all-white culture -- lies the new site of the campus Chabad House. The 6,500-square-foot Victorian home, which Chabad is in the process of renovating, will be the third site that the organization will occupy since outgrowing its first two locations in the past three years.

7 Days In Arts

Published on June 19, 2003

7 Days in Arts

Meyer: Hero or Anti-Hero?

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on January 9, 2003

"A Jewish friend of mine loves 'The Sopranos,'" Italian American actor Joe Bologna said with a groan. "I told him, 'How'd you like to see a show called "The Goldsteins" about white-collar criminals and the biggest shyster is Izzy Goldstein?"

Bologna isn't about to play Izzy, but he is the co-author and star of a monologue he said breaks ethnic and gangster stereotypes. In "Meyer," he portrays Jewish mobster Meyer Lansky -- previously depicted in films such as "Bugsy" (1991) -- as both a ruthless thug and a pathetic alter-kacker. At the beginning of the play, the character sips Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray Soda and kvetches about Israel denying him citizenship under the Law of Return.

“Dream” a Reality for Ethiopian Teens

By Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
Published on October 10, 2002

For three months in 1984, Routhy Wonvimgen's family walked from Ethiopia to Sudan in order to reach Israel. "They walked barefoot and had very little water or food," she said of her family's part in Operation Moses, one of Israel's efforts to help Ethiopian Jews.

When Worlds Collide

By Michael Aushenker
Published on July 4, 2002

Much has been written about Jewish talent working in the entertainment industry. But what happens when you're a sought-after Jewish writer who also happens to be observant?

Selling Israel to Progressive Latinos

By Gustavo Arellano
Published on June 27, 2002

Although progressives' cause-of-the-month is criticizing Israel's treatment of Palestinians, it has been endemic in the Latino left for years.

The Name Game

By Teresa Strasser
Published on June 27, 2002

When we were little, my brother and I realized that whenever we asked if someone was Jewish, my mother would answer by simply repeating their name, as if that said it all.

Messing Up Stereotypes

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on May 2, 2002

When Debra Messing heard she'd been cast as Woody Allen's girlfriend in his new romantic romp, "Hollywood Ending," she shrieked.

Something in Common

By Tom Tugend
Published on December 6, 2001

Interfaith relations between Christians and Jews have become a feel-good cliché among the well-meaning and a target of satire, a la Tom Lehrer's "National Brotherhood Week," among cynics.

For readers in either category, the two-hour documentary, "Jews and Christians: A Journey of Faith," provides a first-class history lesson and an antidote against oversimplification and easy stereotypes. The documentary will air Dec. 7 on PBS station KCET, starting at 10:30 p.m.

‘Over’ and Out

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on August 16, 2001

Actor-writer Dan Bucatinsky calls his charming romantic comedy, "All Over the Guy," opening today in Los Angeles, his "'It just happens to be' movie."

Jewish Girls Rule

By J. D. Smith
Published on July 26, 2001

I have a pint-sized Jewish ex-girlfriend named Lori who once asked if I thought that Jewish girls were better lovers.