# is David Letterman Jewish? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 8, 2006, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-david-letterman-jewish/343514 "2006-02-08T05:41:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-david-letterman-jewish/343514/41 "2011-08-22T17:05:11Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > The Keller, Shore, and Schwartz I knew in Milwaukee were all Catholics. I once knew a guy named Weinstein who was Baptist. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-david-letterman-jewish/343514/42 "2011-08-22T17:06:13Z")
I know a family of Goldbergs who are Catholic. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-david-letterman-jewish/343514/43 "2011-08-22T18:45:31Z")
Zombies can be Jewish, too. Are brains kosher? ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-david-letterman-jewish/343514/44 "2011-08-22T19:13:15Z")
I had assumed that this zombie was raised because of the recent [death threat](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jZD6RZOtORLY0fP9s8Q6vZXsOv1A?docId=b315fa939e2f4681b5f642d356af5f62) to David Letterman that referred to him as Jewish. Maybe **thenightscribe** felt the need to come in and set the record straight after reading that story. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-david-letterman-jewish/343514/45 "2011-08-22T19:18:53Z")
I’ve seen an iceberg that was Jewish (there’s some stupid joke with that). Whoopee Goldberg changed her name when she moved to Hollywood for professional reasons. ---
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-david-letterman-jewish/343514/46 "2011-08-22T23:19:15Z")
Just for the record, Jack Benny is a great example of a Jewish comedian whose image was pretty much “middle American everyman”. If it’s necessary to look for one. ---
**Author:** ![mac\_bolan00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-david-letterman-jewish/343514/47 "2011-08-23T02:04:14Z")
can anyone explain this: during one show, in a section called “know your types of meat,” one girl in the audience won a box of selected meat cuts (each piece wrapped in plastic.) but as the show went on and some people were getting recognized for whatever, david kept going back to the girl with the meat, fishing out a piece, and giving it to whoever. if i was the girl on the second time he reached in, i would have pinned his hand on the box with a switchblade. ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-david-letterman-jewish/343514/48 "2011-08-23T02:08:31Z")
> [@mac\_bolan00](#): > > can anyone explain this: > > during one show, in a section called “know your types of meat,” one girl in the audience won a box of selected meat cuts (each piece wrapped in plastic.) but as the show went on and some people were getting recognized for whatever, david kept going back to the girl with the meat, fishing out a piece, and giving it to whoever. > > if i was the girl on the second time he reached in, i would have pinned his hand on the box with a switchblade. Nope I can’t explain why you would have done this. ---
**Author:** ![mac\_bolan00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-david-letterman-jewish/343514/49 "2011-08-23T02:12:11Z")
proprietary reasons? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-david-letterman-jewish/343514/50 "2011-08-23T02:13:09Z")
> [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](#): > > add short, rich and given to really bad acting. That said, Shaffer doesn’t carry a Type II phaser. Type II is recessive. ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-david-letterman-jewish/343514/51 "2011-08-23T02:25:08Z")
He’s not Jewish. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-david-letterman-jewish/343514/52 "2011-08-23T02:29:24Z")
He might be Jewish now. Five years is long enough to convert, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-david-letterman-jewish/343514/53 "2011-08-23T02:36:11Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Zombies can be Jewish, too. Are brains kosher? Yes they are as a matter of fact, if they come from a kosher animal. This was question was asked in the GQ thread [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-147388.html](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-147388.html) where it was answered incorrectly. ( **Chronos,** how could you!?) ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-david-letterman-jewish/343514/54 "2011-08-23T16:52:38Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > I’ve seen an iceberg that was Jewish (there’s some stupid joke with that). > Whoopee Goldberg changed her name when she moved to Hollywood for professional reasons. Smart woman. Who in their right mind would hire an actress named, say, Imogene Goldberg? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-david-letterman-jewish/343514/55 "2011-08-23T17:02:05Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > Smart woman. Who in their right mind would hire an actress named, say, Imogene Goldberg? According to Wikipedia, Caryn Johnson changed her name to Whoopi Goldberg precisely because of the perception that Jews have an advantage in show business. ---
**Author:** ![mac\_bolan00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-david-letterman-jewish/343514/56 "2011-08-25T00:02:07Z")
^ really? does this mean that in hollywood names like o’neil, kelly, moore, o’connor, tracy, reagan, etc., are now passe? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-david-letterman-jewish/343514/57 "2011-08-25T00:41:53Z")
It was _her_ perception. I don’t know about anyone else’s perception. ---
**Author:** ![svd678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@svd678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/svd678)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-david-letterman-jewish/343514/58 "2011-08-25T19:52:43Z")
I knew the minister who confirmed Letterman in the Reformed Church. (now U.C.C.) ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-david-letterman-jewish/343514/59 "2011-08-26T04:25:30Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > I’ve seen an iceberg that was Jewish (there’s some stupid joke with that). Thank you for ruining my no-longer-upcoming post, **Leo Bloom**! Or, should I say ‘Thank you for ruining my no-longer-upcoming post, _Levi Meyer Blumenthal,_ as these papers that I’m holding in my hand prove!’ hh ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-david-letterman-jewish/343514/60 "2011-08-27T17:35:49Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > Thank you for ruining my no-longer-upcoming post, **Leo Bloom**! > > Or, should I say > ‘Thank you for ruining my no-longer-upcoming post, _Levi Meyer Blumenthal,_ as these papers that I’m holding in my hand prove!’ > > hh 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-david-letterman-jewish/343514.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-david-letterman-jewish/343514.md?page=4)