List of fictional Jews

This list is comprised of fictitious people/characters who are portrayed as Jewish, or are assumed to be Jewish, in some cases simply because they have a name commonly found among Jewish families.

Nearly every character in Israeli Hebrew literature is Jewish.

TV and Book characters

• Grace Adler, from Will and Grace
• Irene Adler, from a Sherlock Holmes story "A Scandal in Bohemia"
• Abby and Len Ardin, from the comic strip Edge City
• Ostap Bender, from The Twelve Chairs and The Little Golden Calf
• Benjamin, a wandering Jew from the novel A Canticle for Leibowitz
• Beth, a minor character from the diary-book Go Ask Alice
• Avery Bishop, from Tru Calling
• Avram Blok, from The Therapy of Avram Blok and other novels by Simon Louvish
• Leopold Bloom, from the novel Ulysses by James Joyce
• Chaim Breisacher, from "Doktor Faustus" by Thomas Mann
• Kent Brockman, from The Simpsons (was Kenny Brocklestein in a flashback episode)
• Lennie Briscoe, from Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Trial by Jury (Half Jewish)
• Kyle Broflovski, from South Park
• Ephram Brown, from Everwood (Jewish mother, raised Jewish)
• Brad Carlton, Young and the Restless ("real" name is George Kaplan, mother, Rebecca Kaplan, is a concentration camp survivor)
• Bridge Carson Green SPD Power Ranger
• Mordechai Jefferson Carver, from The Hebrew Hammer
• Clancy, from Blue Heelers
• Mark Cohen from the musical "RENT"
• Max Cohen, from Pi
• Robert Cohn, from the novel "The Sun Also Rises"/"Fiesta" by Ernest Hemingway
• Sandy Cohen, from The O.C.
• Seth Cohen, from U.S. show The OC (Jewish father, raised & identifies)
• George Costanza, from Seinfeld (Jewish mother)
• Arthur "Spud" Spudinski, from American Dragon: Jake Long
• Dr. Lisa Cuddy, from House
• Peter Decker, from Faye Kellerman's Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus novels.
• Joan Diamond, from Beverly Hills, 90210
• Stefan Dobrowski, from Jumpin' The Shark
• Dolph, from The Simpsons
• Duffman, from The Simpsons
• Dr. Einstein, from Arsenic and Old Lace
• Hal Emmerich, from Metal Gear Solid
• Fagin, from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
• Fran Fine, from The Nanny
• Dharma Finkelstein, from Dharma and Greg
• Max Fischer, from Rushmore
• Reuben Flagg, from American Flagg!
• Greg Focker, from the American film Meet the Parents and the sequel Meet the Fockers
• Friedman, (first name not given), from Joan of Arcadia
• Ellenor Frutt, from The Practice
• Monica Geller, from U.S. sitcom Friends
• Paris Geller, from Gilmore Girls
• Ross Geller, from U.S. sitcom Friends
• Jason Gilbert, Jr, from Erich Segal's The Class
• Nat Ginzburg, from Oz
• The Glass family, from A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, Down at the Dinghy, Franny, Zooey, Raise High the Roof-Beam, Carpenters, Seymour -- An Introduction by Jerome David Salinger
• Ari Gold, from Entourage
• Sarah Goldfarb, from Requiem for a Dream
• Dave Goldman, from Gentleman's Agreement
• Val Goldman, from the film The Birdcage
• Saul Goldman, from Harry Turtledove's Timeline-191 books
• Anthony Goldstein, from the novel series Harry Potter
• Emmanuel Goldstein, in Nineteen Eighty-Four
• Jeremy Goldstein, from Oz
• Natalie Green, from The Facts of Life
• Ben Grimm, the "Thing" in Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four
• Sheldon Grossbart, from Defender of the Faith by Philip Roth
• Menocu, "only half-Jewish", from Mr. Show with Bob and David
• Flora Hamburger-Blackford, from Timeline-191
• Mr. Harold Hooper, from Sesame Street (Will Lee, who played the character, was Jewish in real life)
• Lemuel Idzik, from Oz
• Andrei Ivanov, from "Babylon_5"
• Susan Ivanova, from "Babylon_5"
• Isaac the Jew, and his daughter Rebecca, from the novel Ivanhoe
• Isak Jacobi and his family, from the movie Fanny and Alexander
• Janice, from U.S. TV sitcom Friends
• Jessica, daughter of Shylock, from The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
• Rebecca Kaplan, mother of Brad Carlton, from the Young and the Restless
• Garry Kasner, from King of the Hill
• David Kleinfeld, from Carlito's Way
• Krusty the Clown, from The Simpsons
• Hyman Krustofsky, father of Krusty the Klown
• Rina Lazarus, from Faye Kellerman's Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus novels.
• Isaac Edward Leibowitz, from the novel A Canticle for Leibowitz
• Nora Lewin, from Law & Order
• Harvey Lipschultz, from Boston Public.
• Daniel Luria, from Erich Segal's Acts of Faith
• Deborah Luria, from Erich Segal's Acts of Faith
• Josh Lyman, from the U.S. drama "The West Wing".
• Sam Manson, from Danny Phantom.
• Lenny Meyer, from Pi
• Myrna Minkoff, from the novel A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
• Rhoda Morgenstern, from The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• John Munch, from Homicide: Life on the Street, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
• Old Jewish Man from The Simpsons
• Bree Osbourne, from the film Transamerica, (Jewish father), Bree's mother claims Bree would not be the way s/he is (a transsexual) if Bree had attended church when s/he was younger rather than "that synagogue of your father's." Earlier in the film Bree says Jesus made him/her "this way" so she can suffer and be reborn the way he did.
• Pickles family, from The Rugrats (half-Jewish family, mother is Jewish, mentioned in special Passover episode, as well as in special Hanukkah episode)
• Grace Polk, from Joan of Arcadia
• Alexander Portnoy, from Portnoy's Complaint
• Optimus Prime, Autobot leader in an episode of Family Guy (When You Wish Upon a Weinstein)
• Kitty Pryde, aka Shadowcat formely of the X-Men and Excalibur mutant groups.
• Yossel Reisen, from Great War and Settling Accounts (this is actually the name of 2 characters)
• Judge Joe Rifkind, from 100 Centre Street
• Bell & Manny Rosen, from The Poseidon Adventure
• Ken Rosenberg from the Grand Theft Auto computer game series
• Willow Rosenberg, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Rainbow Rosenbloom from The Dyke and the Dybbuk, by Ellen Galford
• Henry Roth, from the film 50 First Dates
• Adam Schiff, from Law & Order
• Charles Schine, from Derailed
• Brian Schwartz, from Porky's
• Jerry Seinfeld, from Seinfeld
• David Silbermann, from Silbermann by Jacques de Lacretelle
• David Silver, from Beverly Hills, 90210
• Jane Smith, character played by Angelina Jolie in Mr. & Mrs. Smith
• Lemony Snicket, psuedonym for the writer of A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Nikolai Stanislofsky, from Oz
• Lilith Sternin, from Cheers and Frasier
• Jamie Stringer, from The Practice
• Walter Sobchak, from The Big Lebowski (converted)
• Shylock, from The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
• Slappy Squirrel, and nemesis Walter Wolf, from Animaniacs
• Spike Spiegel, from Cowboy Bebop
• Charles Swann, from In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
• Lionel Tannenbaum, from Down at the Dinghy by Jerome David Salinger
• Tevye, as well as the other Jewish characters of Sholom Aleichem's writings, some of whom (including Tevye) appeared in Fiddler on the Roof
• The Tsaddik from The Tsaddik of the Seven Wonders, by Isidore Haiblum
• Alexander Vogel, from Oz
• The Wandering Jew, of Christian folklore
• Dr. James Wilson from House
• Meyer Wolfsheim, from The Great Gatsby
• World's Oldest Woman, from Histeria!
• Charlotte York-Goldenblatt, from Sex and the City (converted)
• Arnold Zelman, from Oz
• Toby Ziegler, from the U.S. drama "The West Wing"
• Artie Ziff, from The Simpsons
• Andrea Zuckerman, from Beverly Hills, 90210
• The Wise Men of Chelm, from Jewish folklore
• Mew the Jew of Chattanooga, TN folklore
• Rabbi Koslov, from Babylon_5

Comic books and heroes

Superheroes of Jewish religion

• Atom Smasher (formerly Nuklon of Infinity, Inc.) (DC Comics)
• Captain Underpants alias Principal Benny Krupp
• Colossal Boy of the Legion of Super-Heroes (DC Comics)
• Doc Samson (Marvel Comics)
• Justice (formerly Marvel Boy of the New Warriors) (Marvel Comics)
• Masada (Team Youngblood)
• The Monolith (DC Comics)
• Nite-Owl II (DC Comics Alan Moore's The Watchmen)
• Prime (Malibu Comics)
• Ragman (DC Comics) Ragman (miniseries) #1 Oct. 1991 DC Comics
• Sabra (Marvel Comics)
• Seraph of the Global Guardians (DC Comics)
• Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde) of the X-Men (Marvel Comics)
• Songbird of the Thunderbolts (formerly Screaming Mimi)
• The Thing (Ben Grimm) of the Fantastic Four (Marvel Comics)
• Volcana (Marvel Comics)
• Matthew Hoffbrand (an Israelli cartoon invention for inspiring zionism)

Superheroes of Jewish ethnicity (only)

• Iceman (Marvel Comics) - half-Jewish
• Moon Knight (Marvel Comics) Moon Knight (1st series) #37 May 1984 Marvel Comics
• Sandman (Golden Age) (DC Comics) - half-Jewish
• Phantom Stranger (DC Comics) - possibly Jewish
• Gertrude Yorkes of the Runaways (Marvel Comics) - Jewish family, currently agnostic
• The Escapist
• Dr Manhattan (Watchmen) Real name Jonathan Osterman. His father appears as a stereotypical Jewish watch-maker. Jon himself expresses agnostic attitudes.
• Magneto (Marvel Comics) - born Jewish and as a boy was a Jewish prisoner at Auschwitz, but turned his back on his human ethnicity and religion and has for years only identified himself as a mutant. [1]
• Scarlet Witch -- Wanda Maximoff -- self-identifies with the Roma people, raised by Roma, her mother Magda was Roma, and an Auschwitz survivor, but her father Magneto was born Jewish.
• Quicksilver (comics) -- Pietro Maximoff -- he has not so completely identified himself with the Roma, but like his twin sister Wanda Maximoff, was raised by the Roma and his mother was Roma, while his father is the Jewish Magneto.
• Luna, the daughter of Quicksilver and an Inhuman.
• Wiccan and Speed supposed children of (or reincarnations of the children of) Scarlet Witch.
• Nyssa Raatko -- Jewish mother, non-practicing.
• Polaris -- Father supposedly the Jewish Magneto.
• Sublime (Wildstorm Comics) - Jewish mother and raised in a Jewish household but non-practicing.

Other comic characters who are not superheroes

• Reuben Flagg (American Flagg!)
• Harvey Pekar (American Splendor)
• the main characters in Maus
• Bernie Rosenthal, ex-girlfriend of Captain America (Marvel Comics)
• Two-Gun Kid (Marvel Comics)
• Arthur (The Tick)
• Jonathan August (Albino Comics)
• Aurora Rabinowitz Marvel Comics Tomb of Dracula
• Isadore "Izzy" Cohen (Private in "Sgt.Fury and his Howling Commandos") (Marvel Comics)

Not primarily associated with comic books

• The Hebrew Hammer (Mordechai Jefferson Carver) (Movie) (2003)
• Captain Hero (Drawn Together)
• Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Jewcano (Minoriteam)

Also of Note

There also exists a team of Judaicly themed superheroes known as "The Jewish Hero Corps", printed by Leviathan press. They include Menorah Man, Yarmulke Youth, Matzah Woman, Driedel Maidel, Magen David, Minyan Man, and Shabbas Queen. They are not commonly recognized as actual characters primarily because only one issue of the comic is known to have been produced at this time.

External links

• The Jewish Supers List
• Jews in Comics bibliography
• Jewish Comics discussion forum
• Jewish Comics blog
• Hebrew Hammer IMDB link
• Thwak! To Our Enemies