Michael Richards: Kind of Jewish
by Daniel Septimus • November 28th, 2006 3:14 PM
Category: Culture, Ideas & Beliefs
Is Michael Richards Jewish? That’s the question that was on too-many Jews’ minds after Seinfeld’s Kramer went on his recent racist tirade. Now we have the answer, and its almost as strange as the incident itself.
JTA reports:
Howard Rubenstein, who was hired as Richards’ publicist, told JTA that Richards has not formally converted to Judaism but that some of his mentors were Jewish and he “adheres to Jewish philosophy.”
Adheres to Jewish philosophy? How exactly do you do that? There’s only one thing that’s not ambiguous about this statement: Howard Rubenstein is definitely Jewish.
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Joshua Gershman
Member Since: Apr 2006 Posts: 13
I saw that same blip this morning from the JTA and my question this whole time has been: What does his [Richards’] being Jewish or not have to do with what he said?
SweetNewJew5767
Member Since: Sep 2004 Posts: 209
It seems to me that if Richards adheres to Jewish philosophy that he would refrain from racial slurs–after all think about Jewish ethics.