is David Letterman Jewish?

Factual Questions
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Shaffer is a bald Canadian Jew, just like William Shatner.

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JEWHOO used to be a great place to look people up, but they had some devastating problems with their server. The temp page is not even a shadow of it’s former self.

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add short, rich and given to really bad acting. That said, Shaffer doesn’t carry a Type II phaser.

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Especially if they’re from the Midwest, like Letterman is.

Anybody else very amused by the ads for “straight teeth in six months” from Invisalign Braces on that page?

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Best snappy response of the week!

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Is there any reason to assume that he is Jewish, other than the fact that his name ends in “-man”?

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He’s named after King David.

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  1. He’s in the media, for God’s sake. (Please note the comma.)
  2. He was named David.
  3. His father was named Harry.
  4. He’s irreverent.
  5. He’s rich as hell.
  6. He has a history of chomping large obnoxious cigars.
  7. He has been known to display signs of self-hatred and neurosis.
  8. He worked as a TV gag writer.
  9. His show has originated from New York for 25 years.

And the Number One Jewish Thing About Dave…

  1. Those glasses. Especially with that haircut.
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I take it you haven’t seen many Hasidim about. ;j

Now, if Letterman is really a Hasidic Jew “passing” as a “regular American guy”, he’s doing an awfully good job of it. :smiley:

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Would a Jew hand out canned hams?

Just asking.

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Hasidim are not the majority of Jews, at least not the majority of them in the Midwest where I have lived all my life. With the exception of those who make a point of setting themselves apart, Jews are pretty indistinguishable from the general population in the Midwest. They tend to have the same accents, the same clothes, and in general they blend in to the point Christians sometimes forget they exist.

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Sure, the irony would be hillarious even if it would be an inside joke.

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Wouldn’t he be in the Hanukka song if he was Jewish?

Dave Letterman is half Jewish and so is Candice Bergen

(I just make that up, and I have no idea why Candice Bergen popped into my head.)

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Letterman’s long-time producer was Robert Morton (Morty). Morty’s sister has worked for my wife for a long-time and I know her as well. She and Morty are Jewish. More importantly, she knows Letterman and that is something she would know about. Unfortunately, she isn’t at work today and won’t be back until Monday. I will ask her then.

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This reminds me of teaching English in Qatar, when students asked me if Abraham Lincoln was Jewish because his name was Abraham & he had a beard. Or if another teacher was Jewish because his name was Dave and “he has face like a thief.” :eek: :smack:

People were very disappointed to learn that The Three Stooges were Jews, what with them being big comedy hits and such.

I think Letterman would’ve made a thousand jokes about his Jewishness by now if that were true.

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Does this mean Morgan Freeman is not a Jew?

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This cite says that he was raised in a “devout Presbyterian” home but has little religion today.

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My maiden name is Letterman. My family tree has been followed back to the 1690s. We are not Jewish, nor have ever been (not that I’d have a problem with that). We are of Catholic and Lutheran faiths. I am Catholic. Just setting the record straight.

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The first wise-ass response I thought of.

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Pretty sure Adolf Eichmann wasn’t Jewish either.

But that’s not important. I want to know why Morty’s sister hasn’t come back to work yet.