VOTE HERE FOR JEWISH ELAINE

Oct 30, 199635 posts by 27 posters
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Fans debate whether Elaine is Jewish, with evidence presented from various episodes including a shower scene and explicit dialogue where Elaine tells a rabbi she is not of his faith.

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In article , [email] (Jamie L. Stellini) wrote:

Once again, not that I care but Elaine probably is Jewish (I've been convinced since the shower or whatever it was that she attended a few weeks ago). Her friends were most definitely stereo-typed Jewish women.

RFerrieEileen

Oh my heavens. I attended a shower with a lot of black women. I've just realized that *I* must be black!

Read my keystrokes: She EXPLICITLY tells a Rabbi that she is "NOT of his faith". Pointe finale.

Renee

On 30 Oct 1996 17:46:17 GMT,

And last night (10/31), she explicitly states that she is **NOT** Jewish! This after Kramer invites her to a Jewish Singles Party he is catering .... Nuff Said!

--M.

What a dope. I can't believe all you people didn't recognize the ironic tone in her voice as jokingly denied her obvious ethnic heritage. Shalom.

djk

[email] (Eileen) wrote:

What if I told you that in an earlier episode she said to a rabbi: "even though I'm not of your faith [...]?"

Turid Mevold/[email] "Queen of the Castle"

Or, that on that episode where they are on the plane and she wants a meal. They tell her they only have a kosher meal left. She says, "I don't want a kosher meal. I don't even know what a kosher meal is."

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hello!!! she sent CHRISTMAS cards to CLERGYMEN/WOMEN. (father chelios & sister mary catherine) see "the pick".

-jamie

djkTurid Mevold

that's right! and i also remember an episode where she tells jerry she can't go to the movies with him because she was observing a Shinto holiday. hope that puts and end to this discussion.

djk

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achaseEileen

In article , [email] (Eileen) wrote:

I just thought they were supposed to be from New Jersey or Long Island!

SEileen

On 30 Oct 1996, Eileen wrote:

Pretty weak evidence, but I hope you watched the Oct. 31st episode. From her mouth--"I'm not Jewish." Did that unconvince you?

debbieS

S wrote:

I bet people still argue about it and come up with some bizarre way to read into what she said on 10/31.

"Because it's there." George Costanza
djkdebbie

Nothing bizzare about it. Ever heard of sarcasm?

B. Dawndjk

On Fri, 01 Nov 1996 18:49:46 -0500, [email] (djk) wrote:

davie: sarcasm is like a pun. if you have to explain it , you flopped.

"Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours." Yogi Berra

In the *HAMPTONS* Elaine tells the doctor she would love to have a baby. This year in the *Vasectemy* episode she says she does not want to have a baby. Perhaps she says what is advantages for her at the time - oh yes, when she enters Jerry's apartment to get the manuscript (FRIDAYS SYNDICATED EPISODE) she crosses herself to protect herself from the toxic flea spray - not really a Jewish move - and her father used to be a cowboy in old movies - I don't think they took two sets of dishes on the trail - anyway this has been a really fun strand. Lets not let the writers control this NG. Maybe we could list her Jewish traits and her non-jewish acts - lets see... she wants to go out wih JFK Jr. a Catholic I believe,... But she likes chocolate bobka ...isn't this fun?

debbiedjk

[email] (djk) wrote:

If you are saying that Elaine really didn't mean what she said when she clearly stated "I'm not Jewish" -- then you are either trying to provoke a fight or lacking in intelligence.

"Because it's there." George Costanza
djkdebbie

the two are not mutually exclusive, deb. perhaps both are true.

debbiedebbie

I posted the following comment on 11/1, the day after Elaine stated plainly and clearly "I'm not Jewish:"

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It looks like I was right.

"Because it's there." George Costanza

On Thu, 31 Oct 1996 22:03:41 -0500, S wrote:

Exactly! This shouldn't come as a surprise as the fact that she was completely ignorant about kosher food in "The Airport" was a dead giveaway...

I'v been wondering...

Why don't Elaine like men? I didn't catch that part.

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In tonights episode, when Kramer asked Elaine and Jerry to go to his Jewish Singles thing, Elaine said "I can't, I'm not Jewish!"

Seems pretty clearcut to me,

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In article ,

She's not. She said so on The Mentor (Oct. 31, 1996 episode).

Niel Wolfish [email]
RD ClydeEileen

On 30 Oct 1996, Eileen wrote:

Pretty weak evidence, but I hope you watched the Oct. 31st episode. From her mouth--"I'm not Jewish." Did that unconvince you?

MJJ4000Eileen

Everyone on that show is Jewish not that I am a racist or have views of that nature however the show is designed from the inside . The jews control alll media why not the number viewed show in the U.S.A.

djkMJJ4000

In article , [email] (MJJ4000) wrote:

i can't decide which is the more egregious aspect of your post: your blatant anti-semitism or complete inability to master the most rudimentary components of written english.

LEGGGSMJJ4000

In article , [email] (MJJ4000) writes:

these are the people that give AOL a bad name.....

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Just Me, Lisa

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OK,OK, the girl from Towsond, Maryland said on a recent episode she wasn't jewish. Non-the-less the show's writers have sprinkled x amount of clues that she is indeed jewish. If you think the nice & easy girl is jewish say so here!!!

David Tharp [email] "The Lack of money is the root of all evil." George Bernard Shaw

jewish say so h

Why is this so important to you? It's pretty flippin' clear that the woman just IS NOT Jewish. Fine. Very simple. WHY are you so desperate for her to be Jewish? At least debate George - his ethnicity/heritage/religion is still up for grabs, so you won't seem so desperate.

That she went to a shower with "obviously" Jewish people (again, I went to a party with black women - does that make me black?), is not a "clue" by most people's definitions.

Yes it is THEORETICALLY possible that heritage-wise she carries the Jewish line, blah-de-blah-blah. But at this point, who cares? The show has definitively stated she's not Jewish. REAL clues (ie, wearing crosses, crossing herself, SAYING she's not Jewish) say she's not Jewish. Why are you so determined to show that she is? What do you gain from this? Why are you obsessed? What's in it for you, baby? :) Move on to George. Now THERE is room for debate!

Friendlily, but with a certain perplexedness, Renee

David Tharp is one of our groups "Gentle Trolls". He is not harmful, he just likes to keep threads alive and "reel-in" the logical readers. It's all a game. I can't talk for him but, I'm pretty sure that he must know that a TV Sitcom universe is ruled by the shows writers. If they have a character say "I'm not jewish", then by the rules of that universe that ends the discussion. He simply wants to fight the laws of Sitcom physics, and have a little fun with the perplexed newsgroup readers.

Lloyd

"Lloyd A. White" wrote:

Please see my new article on the *premise* of the show (recently posted by Anti-Oj'er--my alter ego.). The entire show is a *Jewish premise.* Whether any certain character is Jewish ir not is basically irrelevant.

Randy

Bob WellsRandy

The thickheadedness of some people on here is mind-boggling. I will say it again:

1. If people say they arent jewish, we accept that and move on. this isnt nazi germany.

2. Not everyone in New York is Jewish. you are confusing a "new york" premise with what you see as a jewish premise. these people are completely secular. religion plays virtually no part in their lives.

Randy, I'm not a troller. I must admit on a previous occasion:Does Elaine Love George love Elaine" I was guilty of a somewhat puckish whimsey. However, and with qualifications, I must say that there has been X number of clues that Elaine is Jewish. Not as many clues as for the case that George is Jewish, and unlike the case of george ther's been a flat denial. After the shower episode I posited the idea that:"The show's writers are playing with our heads." Put in that fashion do you consider the possibility that certain clues (even when they're later counterdicted) point to an old Testiment Elaine?

David Tharp [email] "The Lack of money is the root of all evil." George Bernard Shaw

David, why do you care whether Elaine is Jewish? Is it some strange sort of need to worship her as some sort of new Jewish Goddess? The new Yahweh, perhaps? :) Do you find her so cool and enticing, you find yourself going (like in the margarine commercial): "I can't believe she's not Jewish".

What would you do if Jerry Seinfeld, Andy Ackerman, Larry David, Tim Cherones, Alec Berg, Spike Ferestein, and Julia herself met with you and told you categorically that Julia was NOT Jewish? Would you feel a pang in your heart of disappointment because your self-esteem was't as high without the concept of a Jewish Elaine? I'm just trying to figure out if you're a shit disturber or psychotic. :) PLEASE answer this post directly.

p.s. I don't care if Elaine is Jewish or not (but the evidence seems to weigh against it). If Julia's character was portrayed by writers as Jewish in the show, I'd be equally perplexed if you claimed she wasn't.