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[pouzzler]

I would like to know what "Jewish" culture is about?

Is it humanitarian? Fascist? Does it profess a philosophy, or is it all about small day by day life thingies?
Are there famous artists?

What is it all about?

[Moon]

Fascist?? No way...

Check out this site: Judaism 101 (www.jewfaq.org)
You can download the texts in this page (http://www.jewfaq.org/archive/index.htm). It's only 1.06 MB and it may take you 4-5 minutes. It's quite interesting, I hope you'll like it.

If you have any doubt, just post it. :)

[sharonbn]

Originally posted by pouzzler
Are there famous artists?


Gwyneth Paltrow, my personal favorite actress, is Jewish :)

seriously,
there are many famous Jews:
Philosophers:
Heinrich Heine, Karl Popper, Baruch Spinoza, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Jacques Derrida, Nostradamus
Scientists, Doctors:
Albert Einstein, Carl Sagan, Niels Bohr, Sigmond Freud
Painters, Sculptres:
Marc Chagall, Leonardo Da Vinci, Frida Kahlo, Modigliani, Mark Rothko
Authors and Poets:
Franz Kafka, Isaac Asimov, Arthur Miller, Marcel Proust, Allen Ginsberg, Primo Levi, J.D. Salinger, David Mamet
Musicians:
Gustav Mahler, Felix Mendelssohn, Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Benny Goodman, Kenny G., George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein
Singers:
Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Neil Diamond, Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen, Lenny Kravitz, Randy Newman, Yves Montand, Mark Knopfler
and
Elvis Presley - yes, the King has unbroken Jewish maternal ancestry
Film and TV actors:
Cary Grant, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Sarah Jessica Parker, Wynona Ryder, Harrison Ford, Paul Newman, Woody Allen, Dustin Hoffman, Goldie Hawn, Michael Douglas, Kevin Kline, Peter Sellers, Ben Kingsley, Harvey Keitel, Jerry Seinfeld, The Marx Brothers, Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick
Athletes:
Pete Sampras, Boris Becker, Marc Spitz, David Beckham
Magicians:
Harry Houdini, David Copperfield

[pouzzler]

I'm sorry, all, I didn't read the rules first :( I was intimidated by the number of forums. So sorry for posting a new thread just after registration :)

And to add stupidity to stupidity I explained myself unclearly!

What I meant is jewish *culture*. David Copperfield may be Jew, but his shows are *USAn*, they have no relevance to his Jewishness.

So what is jewish culture?

[newguy119]

Sharon,
I don't believe Pete Sampras and Boris Becker are Jewish.

[sharonbn]

Originally posted by newguy119
Sharon,
I don't believe Pete Sampras and Boris Becker are Jewish.

From "Your Top Ten Questions to Pete Sampras" (http://www.tennisserver.com/netgame/netgame_10_2_96.html) :

Are you Jewish?
Sampras: I'm 75 percent Greek, 25 percent Jewish. My Dad's Jewish. My Mom was born and raised in Greece; she's 100 percent Greek. My Dad's mother was Jewish, but his father is Greek. That's where we got the Sampras name. A Greek Jew.

Boris Becker is mentioned in "Famous Half-Jews" (http://www.halfjew.com/html/celebrity/sept01_index.html).

[Vic]

Originally posted by pouzzler
I would like to know what "Jewish" culture is about?

Is it humanitarian? Fascist? Does it profess a philosophy, or is it all about small day by day life thingies?
Are there famous artists?

What is it all about? Funny question for someone who claims to be a Jew :p

For public benefit - my favorite definition of the Jewish "common ground": http://www.israelforum.com/board/showthread.php3?postid=18218#post18218