2006-07-13 17:02:42 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
He is, but I don't know if he is a practicing Jew or not. He and Stephen Colbert have both mentioned it, though [Colbert called him his Jewish friend].
2006-07-13 17:06:22 · answer #1 · answered by Mary 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jon Stewart is most defitely Jewish. His name is actually Jon Stuart Leibowitz. He changed his name, he says, because it "sounded too Hollywood." In high school he was ridiculed by many classmates because he was the only Jew. Here is a line from his speech at William and Mary's commencement: "I came to William and Mary because as a Jewish person I wanted to explore the rich tapestry of Judaica that is Southern Virginia."
2006-07-13 17:13:41 · answer #2 · answered by ebillar 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes he is. Watch some of the shorts on the website about racism and they make anti-semetic slurs to make fun of himself.
2006-07-13 17:06:25 · answer #3 · answered by Augustine Firefox 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yom Kippur!
2006-07-13 17:05:24 · answer #4 · answered by Tim 47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
apparantly. Though I don't know if its through his father, mother, or both. (the difference being that one's status as jewish is passed from the mother to the child, not from the father.)
2006-07-13 17:04:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes - Stewart is not his real name.
2006-07-16 22:56:31 · answer #6 · answered by MrSandman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's one of those anti-semitic jews. To understand anti-semitic jews you need to know that many jews are actually atheists and marxists. That's why you see him consistently taking the side of mulsims against the US, Israel and jewish victims of terrorism and other violence.
He is a bad man.
2006-07-13 17:08:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
yes
2006-07-13 17:06:55 · answer #8 · answered by d h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-07-13 17:05:12 · answer #9 · answered by cfreshman99 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he looks jewish
2006-07-13 17:05:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋