LAist: Is Michael Richards a Jew or Not?

John McNally

Sun, 24 Dec 2006 16:58:13 -0800

WHEW! Micheal Richards a jew? Now there's a corruption of knowledge. That a Jew is not a racist. It's only fitting that if Richards is a jew he not has a propensity to be a anti-black but also has a propensity to be a zionist. Has the author taken notice to the zionist aparthied taking place in Palestine by the Jews? jews are the biggest murdering racist's going. I hope Richards is not a Jew. We don't need another one.

Scott Mercer

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 13:13:39 -0800

It seems like The Jewish Journal, a free publication, did no research on this matter other than quoting Wikipedia, a web-based encyclopedia that anyone change at a whim. So, I have outed Jewish Journal as a free publication, and Wikipedia as an open-source website. Does this mean that Jewish Journal, or Wikipedia, are necessarily incorrect? No, it does not. They may very well be incorrect. In fact, I believe that in general Wikipedia is, generally speaking, reliable, due to its peer review process. However, nor does this mean that Wikipedia, and by extension, Jewish Journal, are necessarily more reliable and truthful than some PR dude. Just making the point that Wikipedia should be taken with a grain of salt.

tony

Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:35:31 -0800

So you're saying that you're taking the word of a newly hired PR-man over the Jewish Journal? Call us cynical, and as much as we like our friends in the PR biz, if the Jewish Journal says that Richards isn't Jewish, we're going to stick with their expertise.

Gedaliah

Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:21:51 -0800

Regardless what religion Michael Richards' 'practices', if his mother was born a Jew according to Halacha (Jewish Law), them Michael Richards is Jewish. Even if his mother didn't practice Judaism, if her mother (Richards' grandmother) was Jewish according to Jewish law, his grandmother is Jewish, therefore Richards' mother is Jewish, so therefore Michael Richards is Jewish. Jewish identity is passed along maternally. Assuming Mr. Rubenstein is Jewish, I seriously doubt that he would be say Richards is Jewish if he were not.