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ansermetniacFeb 24, 2009, 7:37 PM ETalt.tv.seinfeld

Do they really say?

And Elaine Benes Hispanic?

My brother dated Carol Liefer at Suny Binghamton-she is Carol Liefer. And JLD may not know it, but she plays her very Jewish. But her Father is Jewish French Billionaire Bernard Louis-Dreyfus

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TheNewsGuy(Mike)Feb 25, 2009, 6:58 AM ET↩ ansermetniacalt.tv.seinfeld

"Benes" is a Czechoslovakian name

But she has a priest and tells kramer she is not jewish.

True

LRodFeb 25, 2009, 7:50 AM ET↩ TheNewsGuy(Mike)alt.tv.seinfeld

Should we be talking about this?

On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:58:18 -0500, "TheNewsGuy(Mike)" wrote:

ansermetniacFeb 25, 2009, 9:02 AM ET↩ TheNewsGuy(Mike)alt.tv.seinfeld

On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:58:18 -0500, "TheNewsGuy(Mike)" wrote:

I didn't say she was Jewish but that she plays the character Jewish--same with George

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TheNewsGuy(Mike)Feb 25, 2009, 2:04 PM ET↩ ansermetniacalt.tv.seinfeld

Yes, I agree with you - just added some more information. Unfortunately, text communication, without "body" and "meta" language causes some miscommunication.

Dimitrios PaskoudniakisFeb 25, 2009, 7:53 PM ET↩ ansermetniacalt.tv.seinfeld

"ansermetniac" wrote in message news:[email]...

Darryl: "So, what are you?" Elaine: "I'm white." Darryl: "So, we're just a couple of white people?"

So, they're both white, non-Hispanic.

Carol Leifer, not Liefer. She is now a lesbian - perhaps your brother or Jerry Seinfeld may have driven her to lesbianism?

What do you mean when you say JLD plays the Elaine character Jewish? What does that even mean? Examples? And do you actually think you can correlate this with the fact that JLD's father was Jewish, who left when she was 1?

Her father is not Bernard, but Gerard, and when in the USA, he goes by William.

I'm not sure what your point is about JLD portraying Elaine "Jewish". I don't see it.

ansermetniacFeb 25, 2009, 10:03 PM ET↩ Dimitrios Paskoudniakisalt.tv.seinfeld

On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:53:36 -0500, "Dimitrios Paskoudniakis" wrote:

It helps if you are Jewish and from NY

Half the humor in Seinfeld is NY Jewish humor.Fortunately the other half is strong enough to carry the show for those who can't understand the other half

"The Pen" is deeper than it appears Larry David hit it right on the head

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Dimitrios PaskoudniakisFeb 26, 2009, 12:16 PM ET↩ ansermetniacalt.tv.seinfeld

"ansermetniac" wrote in message news:[email]...

Of course the show uses Jewish humor, but this does not address my specific question. JLD did not grow up in NYC, but Baltimore (Towson, just like in one of the episodes) and DC, where I am, where she went to Holton Arms as a child. She was not raised by her Jewish father, and he was not from NY, but from France! She grew up in the goyishe life, and married a goyishe guy Brad Hall. I'm Jewish, my Usenet name is in fact a joke on the Yiddish word Paskudniak, so I know the show uses NY Jewish humor, but you did not address specifically how JLD "plays Elaine Jewish", or explain what her father who she didn't live with beyone age 1 and was from France, has to do with it.

Inquiring minds want to know.

ansermetniacFeb 26, 2009, 1:04 PM ET↩ Dimitrios Paskoudniakisalt.tv.seinfeld

On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:16:38 -0500, "Dimitrios Paskoudniakis" wrote:

And my internet name is a play on the yiddish expression ay bebuddled (spelling).It is the verb

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Dimitrios PaskoudniakisFeb 26, 2009, 4:29 PM ET↩ ansermetniacalt.tv.seinfeld

"ansermetniac" wrote in message news:[email]...

And you still have not answered the question.

ansermetniacFeb 26, 2009, 9:50 PM ET↩ Dimitrios Paskoudniakisalt.tv.seinfeld

On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:29:55 -0500, "Dimitrios Paskoudniakis" wrote:

It is self explanatory.

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