Jews have been a mainstay of American pop culture since the early 20th century. From Groucho Marx to Adam Sandler, we have given pop culture a Jewish flavor. Therefore, it only makes sense that we look at a complete list of the Jews in The Simpsons. The Simpsons was the first tv show to truly revolutionize and parody pop culture references, and the show has an immeasurable impact on our current generation. So, for the first time in internet history, we present to you a list of every important Jewish Simpsons character you can think of.
JTV
05/17/2011
This is one of the worst attempts at Judaisizing a pop culture character and can only be read as a satire of those Jewish publishers desperate to find a “Jewish angle” to any and every story, no matter how stale. Particularly those (that?) publisher desperate to do so with basic cable TV shows that their funders can watch with relative ease. If that is the case, and I can see no other coherent interpretation of this post, then I applaud your efforts, but warn that your readers may be oblivious to the repetitive drone of shtetl politics that you are savaging.
The Duckman
05/17/2011
This is the greatest case of false advertising I’ve seen since I sued the movie “The Never Ending Story.”
Simpsonology
05/17/2011
I must say, it’s a fun list, but I don’t know that I approve of including two non-Jewish characters on a list of best Jewish characters. Also, Carl didn’t say “Duffman can never die,” Duffman did.
Mr. Bergstrom is my favorite. “Lisa’s Substitute” makes me cry every time.
Hipster Jew
05/17/2011
The two non Jewish characters are actually more Jewish than the rest of them. What’s so fascinating is how more Jews associate themselves with Milhouse than with any other character. In the mini documentary that they made for episode 400, one Jewish guy showed off his Milhouse tattoo and talked about what Milhouse meant to him.
Ned on the other hand was put up as an interesting thought, but also to get some criticism. I honestly believe that he is a Jew that hated his parents so much, became exactly what they never wanted, a nice Christian boy.
We had some debate over whether to keep Mr Bergstrom or not. We only wanted to talk about re-occurring characters, but came to the conclusion, that Mr. Bergstrom is too important culturally. I mean, its almost 20 years to the day since “Lisa’s Substitute” first aired, and he we are, remembering every line and moment of the episode. (on the other side, we did not include anyone from from the Simpson’s trip to Israel. Although that episode was big in the few remaining Jews that care, it really wasn’t important to the history and understanding of The Simpsons. (Season 21 choke cough choke)
As for Duffman. You are correct. Carl was the one that initiated the conversation when Duffman exclaimed that he never dies. And it will be corrected.