Is Jeanine Garofalo Jewish?

May 20, 199612 posts by 10 posters
Question

Fans discuss Jeanine Garofalo's ethnic background, with unclear relevance to Seinfeld; one commenter jokingly claims she's Iranian while another corrects them about her surname.

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Jose Goldstein

Is Jeanine Garofalo Jewish? Or is she Italian? Or both?

Go for it.

In response to janeane Garofalo:

Her lastname doesn't sound very Persian, my friend. I ought to know, I'm Iranean (well, tecniqually speaking, Jewish Persian American, but that doesn't really pertain to this...)

[email] wrote:

A good one-liner is a terrible thing to waste.

Monty

"A cigar may be just a cigar, but Lanie, now she's a smoke." -- W.T. 'Doc' Pfefferle, PhD.

In [email] writes:

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My original comment was meant to be sarcastic humor related to the continual postings of the religious and ethnic backgrounds of the cast. Evidently you are a bit gullible. Everyone knows she is really from Iraq. RD

[email] wrote:

would think she would kind of a legend at Drew U (She lived just down the street).

In The Black Hat writes:

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Evidently you don't know when you've been had. You're pretty gullible my friend. I know she's not from Iran, she's really a native of Djibouti. She's also 71 years old but has had reconstructive surgery.

In article , Jose says...

Her name is Italian. I wouldn't be surprised at all to find she had some Jewish in her. Note the look, the attitude, and the stature. I sure wish more Jewish girls were like her when I was on the prowl for a wife. (For the shorter fellahs she could be someone to dance with and someone to take home to their Yiddishe Mama!)

Jose Goldstein <jgoldste> wrote:

God damn it I'm tired of all this Jewish and italian crap.

BIG MAX

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Alan DavisBIG MAX

[email] (BIG MAX) wrote:

"Big Max"?? That 's the nickname we gave to my Jewish Uncle!!