Talk:List of Jewish-American politicians
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Lewinsky??
S/be List of Jewish American politicians. 24.17.48.241 06:38, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Where is MadJackOLantern??
When you get a chance, this is ANOTHER list that has run seriously amuk. What is going on?? Seriously, anybody know whats up?? Thanks! --Tom 20:32, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] You are not Jewish if your father is Jewish, only if your mother is
The following do not qualify:
- William Cohen, secretary of defense (1997-01) (currently a Unitarian Universalist, father was Jewish)
[edit] George Allen
According to his Wikipedia entry, his mother was Jewish. He should be on this list, right? Jeremy Peter Green 08:48, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
- No, he really shouldn't. He may have Jewish blood but he is most certainly not Jewish. I'm removing him, but if people think I'm wrong, they can put him back. 24.229.152.70 06:50, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] John Kerry
Hmmm... I wonder why he's under the Presidential Candidates listing, HE'S NOT JEWISH!!
[edit] Are ethnic jews included?
If the person was raised catholic but their mother was an ethnic jew, would that person be included in the article? Please let me know, as we are having a discussion on this matter on another page. Yes, I have read the section on being Jewish, but some people disagree with my conclusions. Any thoughts on the matter would be helpful. Thank You.
- Here is the gist of being "Jewish" for Wikipedia purposes (or being "Italian-American", "Irish-American", etc.). If a reputable source called a person "Jewish", regardless of whether that person's mother, father, or paternal great-grandfather was Jewish, then they are Jewish for Wikipedia purposes unless there is an equally or more reliable source that says they are "not Jewish". This is the same for any X-American label. I believe there are sources - mostly excited headlines - that call George Felix Allen "Jewish", therefore it is fine under WP:V and WP:NOR. Mad Jack 08:55, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
- Why don't you tell this to User:Jayjg and his unacceptable, tyrannical, and unreasonable behavior at the List of Jewish American businesspeople article that myself and others spent quite a bit of time building up. He specifically singled out that particular article (pushing his own POV agenda, accusing me of "pointing out every rich Jew in America") for a mass deletion/reversion, citing "failure to source every name" even though well over 90% of ALL the lists of Jews and others on Wikipedia aren't sourced; to point out his blatant hypocrisy I subsequently tagged most of the articles (lists of Jews) that I could find that didn't have a source for every single name (per Jayjg's 'new policy'). If sources aren't added soon TO EVERY NAME on these lists (or if the businesspeople list isn't rightfully restored) I will ask Jayjg to start blanking those lists just as he did the Jewish American businesspeople article. I won't even harp on about the deletion of Category:Jewish American businesspeople, except for the fact that it was a triple intersection category and therefore its deletion meant that many of the people formerly in that category had their Jewish identity entirely lost, sunk forever in to the mass oblivion of the too-broad Category:American businesspeople. --WassermannNYC 17:38, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Richard Holbrooke
Richard Holbrooke is a Jew. Should be added to the list.
