Jewish film actresses. The most famous Jewish women in the world

Each nationality has distinctive features of appearance, character, and lifestyle. They tell them who a person is: Russian, Negro, Chinese, Jew. Representatives of the latter nation have a rich history and cultural heritage and live in many countries around the world. To identify a Jew, a description of what he looks like, knowledge of the peculiarities of his mentality and way of life will be useful.

How to distinguish a Jew: characteristic features

There are known ways to determine and recognize a person’s belonging to the nation in question. Easy - ask about it. Jews are often proud of their nationality and do not hide their origin. A person’s surname and even his character can tell about this. Another method for determining Jewish affiliation is recognizing a nation based on its appearance.

Head shape

To establish a person’s nationality, it is advisable to pay attention to the skull and face type.

The main sign of a Jew is the asymmetry of the head, in contrast to the Slavic-Russian, who has a clearly defined oval shape. For the latter, this creates a feeling of a secure, strong fit.

Jews often have an elongated head, the oval of the face is elongated, as in the photo of actor Nicolas Cage.

Asymmetry determines the types of skulls that Jews have, in addition to elongated: pear-shaped, round, compressed. The sloping back of the head is characteristic, which can be seen in the photo of the cellist, pianist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich.

In this case, the person's profile clearly shows a flat area slightly sloping backwards.

It is not uncommon for a Jew to have a round head, but it is pressed into the shoulders due to the short neck. The photo shows comedian Mikhail Zhvanetsky.

This feature is often combined with short stature and excess weight of a person.

Another characteristic of the shape of a Jew’s head is the sloping forehead, visually tilted back. Yuri Nikulin's photograph shows this anthropological feature.

Nose

The way to determine nationality by appearance is to pay attention to a person’s nose. There are varieties of typical Jewish noses: wide, drop-shaped, elongated.

The famous “shnobel” is curved at the base, reminiscent of a hook, while the wings are raised. This shape forms the number 6, which is why in anthropology the nose is called the “Jewish six.”

The sign can be seen in the photo of actor Adrien Brody.

Among the Nazis in Germany, this characteristic of the nose was considered the main way to recognize Semitic appearance. In German schools, special classes were held where children were told the signs of the Jewish nation.

However, this type of nose is also found among Russians (in Gogol, Nekrasov), so one should not judge nationality by only one external feature.

Jews are characterized by an elongated thin nose, the tip of which extends far down beyond the line of the wings, which differs from the classical shape of the Slavs. The sign is clearly visible in the photo of musician Leonid Agutin.

The Jew Zinovy Gerdt has a drop nose. This shape is characterized by a wide tip and elongation downwards.

The Jewish nose, turned up above the edge of the nostrils, is shown in the photo of actor Alexei Batalov.

Eyes

You can tell that a person belongs to Jewish nationality by looking at his eyes. A characteristic feature is their convexity, as in the photo of businessman Roman Abramovich.

When closing the eyes, the heavy eyelids are represented as part of a ball - this is the way the Germans identified Jews. They were also distinguished by the piercing gaze of a “lying man.” The signs were listed briefly and clearly in the German-sounding manual for children “Der Giftpilz”, created by Julius Streicher.

It is believed that Jews have poor eyesight: they are more likely than other peoples to suffer from color blindness and wear glasses.

Characterized by close placement of the eyes, congenital strabismus is possible.

The color is predominantly dark, but there are also other shades, such as blue. There are blue-eyed brunettes among Jews.

Ears

A clear sign of Jewish nationality is a weakly defined, fused earlobe.

The shape of the shell is different, the contours of the lower half are often asymmetrical to the upper.

The Slavic ear is pressed to the side of the head with the middle. The Jewish one is fused with the lower and upper regions, as can be seen in the photograph of Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

Sometimes it seems that the shells on the bottom extend almost from the neck; they are called “saiga ears.”

Hair and beard

Among the representatives of the nation there is a variety of hair shades: from light to black. Characterized by curly, wavy strands. Jewish nationality is characterized by dark hair color: from chestnut to black.

However, blondes are not uncommon. There are more fair-haired people among Ashkenazim (German-speaking European Jews) than among other types.

Redheads are also possible, mainly Polish Jews and representatives of the nation in Russia.

An element of the hairstyle is sidelocks - grown strands at the temples. They are optional, but along with a beard and sideburns, they are considered a custom and tradition of Jewish culture.

If a person is bald, false strands attached to the headdress are used as sidelocks.

Mouth

A peculiarity of the structure of the mouth of Jews is the excessive exposure of the gums when smiling, like Andrei Makarevich.

Mobility of the lips and their asymmetry during conversation are noted.

Representatives of the nation are characterized by uneven dentition. In comparison with the Slavs, who have dense teeth, Jews have asymmetry of teeth, they are somewhat rare, as in the photo of Evgeny Evstigneev.

Last name and first name

The way to find out if there are Jewish roots is to analyze the person's last name and first name. However, you should not use the method as a fundamental one.

Characteristic endings of Jewish surnames:

on “-man” (Liberman, Guzman);
on “-er” (Stiller, Posner);
on “-ts” (Katz, Schatz);
with “-on” (Gordon, Kobzon);
on “-ik” (Yarmolnik, Oleinik);
with “-iy” (Vishnevsky, Razumovsky).

But their carriers are people of different origins. Endings similar to Slavic ones are possible (Soloviev). The origin of the Jewish surname is known from male and female names (Abramovich, Yakubovich, Rubinchik).

Leaving Poland, many Jews changed their surname, depending on where they were from - Vysotsky (Vysotsk village), Dneprovsky, Nevsky and so on.

There is great diversity in names. True Jewish ones (Daniil, Lev, Ilya, Yakov, Dina, Sofia) are often worn by representatives of Russian nationality.

What does a Jewish woman look like?

Jewish girls are confused with representatives of other nations, Caucasian or Mediterranean.

The distinctive features are similar to those of men, but are milder.

A purebred Jewish woman of middle and old age is usually presented as a woman with outstanding forms, a loud voice and the name Rozochka, Sarochka, and so on.

The representative of the nation is considered a caring wife and a reverent mother, overly protective of her children. However, they note the carelessness of women in everyday life, clothing and appearance, and a specific body odor. The rude manners of young and old Jewish women, who are characterized by loudness, are distinguished. Due to carelessness, they often smell of tobacco and sweat.

Face

The portrait of a Jewish woman, like a man, has characteristic national features. The hair is mostly dark. The nose is large, elongated or with a hump, plump lips.

Beautiful eyes deserve attention: slightly convex, bright and expressive.

They display eternal sadness, anxiety and worry.

Cheeks are sometimes chubby, which has been noted since childhood and persists in young girls and boys. Some sources cite excessive overfeeding of children and overprotection as the cause.

Jewish traditions include covering one's hair in public or in the presence of a male stranger.

However, today the custom is rarely observed, only in strictly orthodox circles.

Figure

A genetic feature of the body structure is considered to be wide hips and narrow shoulders, full legs.

Jewish women predominantly have curvaceous and sensual figures, but there are also opposite types of figures.

Such women are characterized by narrow bones, dark complexion, and subtle oriental beauty.

With age, the figure often deteriorates; overly fat Jewish women are a common phenomenon. Among the reasons are childbirth, since it is considered normal to have 4-5 children in a family, which affects the appearance of the body.

Circumcision

A specific way to check Jewishness is to establish the integrity of the foreskin of the male genital organ.

In fact, circumcision is not only a Jewish rite, but also a Muslim one. The difference is that in the latter case the foreskin is absent. Among the Jews, it was recommended to do the procedure partially, the area was cut off only from above.

It is believed that the manipulations among the Jews caused the gradual formation of an upward bend in the genital organ and its acquisition of a hook-shaped appearance.

Features and rules of life

The complex history of the Jews explains why they did not have their own state for so long, which left an imprint on their development and way of life. In ancient times, they were under the yoke of the Egyptians, located on land under their control. After the capture of Judea by Rome, the Jews were finally expelled by the Latin pagans and forced to spread throughout the world, beginning a two-thousand-year wandering.

The nation, which existed for more than 2 thousand years without its own state, is now spread almost everywhere. The place where most of its representatives live is Israel (43%), 39% is in the United States of America, the remaining share is in other states. Currently, the number of Jews living on earth is 16.5 million.

The question of what race the Jews belong to is complex, since they combined the features of various nations that came into contact with them, which was also reflected in the external signs of the nation. According to their anthropological type, they are classified as Caucasians of the Indo-Mediterranean race.

The nation includes half-breeds (mixing with Russians, Poles and Poles, and so on), while the true representative is considered a person with Jewish roots on his mother. To find out if they exist, you can contact a special service that will search the archives and determine the relationship. To receive an inheritance, move to Israel, join the community, and so on, they must prove the presence of Jews in the family up to the third generation (maximum grandparents).

The peculiar behavior of representatives of a nation is a sign of belonging to it. They highlight such qualities of Jews as self-confidence, self-esteem, and pride. Psychology unites them into the concept of “chutzpah.” Jews are bad and dangerous according to the public, who consider them greedy, stingy, selfish, and rude.

An interesting fact is how Jews recognize each other. They call the sign “sorrow in the eyes.” A happy look is not typical for them.

Jews are the only people who managed to maintain their isolation, culture, and religion, despite their terrible history. Perhaps they achieved this by considering themselves better than others, living by established rules, which is why they do not attract others into their community.

However, by going through the rite of conversion, you can become a Jew even if you are not a Jew. This requires the consent of 3 rabbis, memorizing 613 commandments, learning the religious canon, taking an oath, circumcision is indicated for men.

The rules that real Jews observe are described in the book of the Torah: what they eat and drink (kosher food and drinks), use separate utensils when they are not working (on Shabbat), and so on.

Jewish blood is revealed by the characteristics of the voice timbre: high in men and low in middle-aged and older women. At the end of sentences there is a characteristic increase in tone. Signs include a senile, rattling voice that persists from childhood to the end of life. However, this feature does not prevent Jews from singing and amaze others with their talent. An example of this is Tamara Gverdtsiteli.

An important feature is the fact that Jews live long. The average life expectancy is 82 years. The reasons are developed medicine and favorable social conditions. However, the representatives of the nation themselves condition longevity on warm friendly relations, love and harmony in the family.

Jews are considered a cunning and smart people. Stories and anecdotes about their intelligence and ingenuity are written and told everywhere. This also explains why the 3rd floor is called Jewish. It is convenient in terms of life: it does not rise high, it is located away from the roof. The term appeared in the USSR and is relevant for five-story buildings. To some extent, it reveals the essence of Jewishness.

Representatives of the nation are distinguished by their extraordinary intelligence and creative abilities; among them there are politicians, musicians, actors, and so on.

This determines the public opinion that a terry Jew cannot be deceived and cannot be defeated. The photo shows a young but already famous journalist and political scientist Fridrikhson Nadana Aleksandrovna.

Relations between Russians and Jews were characterized by mutual dislike; the former contemptuously called the latter Jews. However, now there is no tension between representatives of the nation, and there is a trend for the better.

Common Misconceptions

There are rumors, conjectures, and assumptions about the Jewish nation. However, not all of them are true.

Only someone born Jewish can become a Jew.. The statement is erroneous, since a non-Jew, having undergone the rite of conversion, is recognized as a member of the community.
Representatives of the nation have a huge nose, plump lips and black eyes. In fact, there are blond or red-haired Jews with thin noses.
An indirect sign of Jews is that they burr. This is due to the guttural pronunciation of the letter “r”, which is why it is perceived as a speech defect. However, most of them speak correctly and clearly, and burring is characteristic of people of other nationalities.
The Jews crucified Jesus Christ. The Romans did this. The Jews denounced the son of God, and also did not prevent the execution.
Jewish women have the largest breasts. The statement is due to the characteristics of women’s figures, but according to research, the primacy belongs to residents of Great Britain.
Jews have the longest nose. However, more outstanding dimensions of the olfactory organ were recorded among the Turks.
Jewish language Yiddish. Their languages are Hebrew and Aramaic. Yiddish is a form of dialect language characteristic of Ashkenazim.

Jews are an ancient people of Semitic origin, who for two thousand years (until 1948) did not have their own state and existed exclusively as a network of Jewish diasporas around the world. The Jewish population peaked at 16.7 million before World War II, but approximately 6 million Jews were killed in Europe during the Holocaust. Now the number of Jews is 14 million, of which 6 million live in Israel, 5.4 million in the USA. Large Jewish diasporas also exist in France (478 thousand), Canada (380 thousand), Great Britain (290 thousand), Russia (158 thousand) and other countries.
The national religion of Jews and the most important attribute of their self-awareness is Judaism, therefore in many languages of the world there is no distinction between the concepts of “Jew” and “Jew,” but in Russian, Jew denotes nationality, and Jew denotes religion.
Unlike most peoples of the world, Jewish nationality is determined not by the father, but by the mother. Kabbalah explains this by saying that the soul of a Jewish woman at the moment of conception “attracts” the Jewish soul. The “Law of Return” of the State of Israel currently states: “A Jew is considered to be one who was born of a Jewish mother and has not converted to another religion, as well as a person who has converted to Judaism.”
This rating, which presents the most beautiful, in my opinion, famous Jewish women, was compiled based on the understanding of Jewry, which is quoted above. Those. The ranking does not include Jewish women on their father's side who did not convert to Judaism (for example, Irina Slutskaya), but Jewish women on their mother's side, as well as converted Jews (three of them do not have Jewish blood). This rating includes only Diaspora Jews and does not include Israeli (by citizenship and birth) Jewish women, to whom a separate rating is dedicated.

45th place. Rakhil Mikhailovna Messerer- Soviet silent film actress (creative pseudonym - Ra Messerer). Born on March 4, 1902 in Vilnius into a Jewish family. She married businessman Mikhail Emmanuilovich Plisetsky (also a Jew), and three children were born in marriage with him, of whom the ballerina Maya Plisetskaya is especially famous. Rakhil Mikhailovna died in 1993 in Moscow.

44th place: Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya- Soviet and Russian ballerina, choreographer, choreographer, teacher, writer and actress, People's Artist of the USSR. Born on November 20, 1925 in Moscow into a Jewish family. She passed away on May 2, 2015.

43rd place: Tamara (Tamriko) Mikhailovna Gverdtsiteli(born January 18, 1962, Tbilisi) - Soviet, Georgian and Russian singer, actress, composer, People's Artist of the Georgian SSR, People's Artist of Russia. Father is from the ancient Georgian noble family of Gverdtsiteli. Mother is Jewish, granddaughter of an Odessa rabbi.

From an interview with Tamara Gverdtsiteli:

"My father is Georgian, I was born and lived most of my life in Georgia, naturally, its culture had a tremendous influence on my life and work. But I was born and raised by a Jewish mother, and over the years I feel more and more my Jewish genes".
"In 1988, I came to Israel for the first time and realized that I simply had to sing in Hebrew. Even for myself, even if only 20 people hear me. This is the cry of my soul, this is the cry of blood. (...) When I sang in Hebrew, it was as if I heard a voice from the depths of centuries. It is indeed true that a person who studies Hebrew does not learn it, but remembers it. This is especially felt in the song. These words came to me through the songs, and I felt and felt them. Hebrew is a very strong language. It has such energy, such vowel sounds that you get the feeling that you are filling an empty world with sounds and music... I try to go to Jerusalem every year. Whenever I go there, I always go to my tree. It contains a piece of my soul. For me it marks the celebration of the triumph of life. It’s not for nothing that the tradition of planting trees goes back to biblical times - after planting a tree, you feel like a full-fledged person. I arrive and feel a sense of completeness that I did everything as expected. It is difficult for me to express my feelings for Jerusalem in words. I have a song based on the verses of Andrei Dementyev, an absolutely Orthodox person, but who loves Israel and praises Jerusalem. The Jewish capital is a piece of the Cosmos that is given to us. You go to Israel, end up in Jerusalem and feel like a cosmic being... The Jewish woman is my mother. For me, she is the most beautiful thing on earth. A Jewish woman is a phenomenal mother, an amazing housewife, friend and protector of her children. It is very difficult for me to describe a Jewish woman in words - there is music for that".

42nd place: Oksana Olegovna Fandera(born November 7, 1967, Odessa) - Russian actress. Her father Oleg Fandera is an actor, half Ukrainian, half Gypsy, her mother is Jewish. From an interview with the actress:

– Oksana, you have three bloods mixed: Ukrainian, Gypsy and Jewish. How do they manifest themselves?

– Probably the fact that I cook like a Ukrainian, I love freedom like a gypsy, and I feel the world’s sorrow like a Jew.

– Who do you feel most like?

– Now I can equally feel like one, the other and the third.

41st place: Goldie Hawn- American actress, producer, director. Born November 21, 1945 in Washington. Her mother is Jewish and raised her daughter in the traditions of Judaism.

40th place: Tatyana Evgenievna Samoilova(May 4, 1934, St. Petersburg - May 4, 2014) - Soviet and Russian actress, best known for her role as Veronica in the film “The Cranes Are Flying” (1957). From an interview with Tatyana Samoilova: “My brother and I are half-breeds. Our mother is a purebred Jew, and our father is a purebred Russian.” The actress also said that it was from her Jewish mother that she inherited slightly slanted eyes.

39th place: Emmanuelle Chriqui- Canadian actress. Acts in films and television series. Monreal was born on December 10, 1977 in Montreal (Canada) in a family of Moroccan Jews, and was raised in the traditions of Orthodox Judaism in the Sephardic tradition. She was recognized as the most desirable woman of 2010 according to the AskMen.com portal.

38th place: Barbara Walters- one of the most famous American television presenters, who worked on television from 1961 to 2014. She was born on September 25, 1929 in Boston into a Jewish family whose ancestors lived in the Russian Empire.

37th place: Milena Kunis, better known as Mila Kunis / Mila Kunis- American actress. Born on August 14, 1983 in Chernivtsi (Ukraine) into a Jewish family. In 1991, the family emigrated to the United States and settled in Los Angeles. One of the actress’s most significant film roles is the role of ballerina Lily in the film “Black Swan” (2010), where she played opposite another famous Jewish woman, Natalie Portman. The film was directed by Darren Aronofsky, who is also Jewish.

36th place: Alexandra Cohen(born October 26, 1984, Westwood, USA), better known as Sasha Cohen / Sasha Cohen- American singles figure skater, 2006 Olympic silver medalist and two-time world championship silver medalist (2004, 2005). She completed her amateur career in 2006. Sasha Cohen's father is an American Jew, and her mother is a Ukrainian Jew.

35th place: Ksenia Alexandrovna Rappoport(born March 25, 1974, St. Petersburg) - Russian theater and film actress, Honored Artist of Russia. From an interview with Ksenia Rappoport: “I feel like a Jew and have never hidden it. Moreover, when at the beginning of my career there was a question about taking a pseudonym, I deliberately did not do this, because I wanted to bear my father’s surname.”

34th place: Candice Isralow, better known as Candice Night / Candice Night- American singer, vocalist and lyricist of the folk rock band Blackmore's Night, wife of the famous English rock musician Ritchie Blackmore. Born on May 8, 1971 in New York in a family of descendants of Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire. She is a follower of Judaism.

33rd place. (born May 26, 1966, London, UK) - British actress. Her father is a famous English banker, her mother is Jewish. Helena's maternal grandfather is Spanish diplomat Eduardo Propper de Callejon, who helped thousands of Jews escape from occupied France during World War II.

32nd place. Rachelle Lefevre / Rachelle Lefèvre(born February 1, 1979, Montreal, Canada) is a Canadian actress. His father has French and Irish roots, his mother is Jewish. Rachel's stepfather is a rabbi. Rachelle Lefebvre herself considers herself Jewish.

31st place. Regina Ilyinichna Spektor- American singer, songwriter. He performs his songs, accompanying himself on the piano or guitar. Born on February 18, 1980 in Moscow into a Jewish family. In 1989, she moved to New York with her family. She graduated from the Salanter Akiva Riverdale Academy Jewish high school, then studied at the Jewish religious Frisch School. Regina Spektor is married to American singer Jack Dishel (real name Evgeniy, born in the USSR into a Jewish family).

30th place: Lizzy (Elizabeth) Caplan / Lizzy Caplan- American actress, appears in films and TV series. Among her recent works, we can note the role of the famous American sexologist Virginia Johnson in the series “Masters of Sex” (2013-2014). She was born on June 30, 1982 in Los Angeles into a Jewish family professing Reform Judaism.

29th place: Bella Chagall(real name - Basya-Reiza Shmuilova Rosenfeld) - the first wife of the artist Marc Chagall. Bella was born on December 15 (new style) 1889 (the year of her birth is often mistakenly indicated as 1895) in Vitebsk (Belarus) into a Jewish family (Marc Chagall is also from a Jewish family). She died in New York on September 2, 1944.

28th place: Amanda Peet / Amanda Peet(born January 11, 1972, New York, USA) - American actress. Her mother Penny Levy is Jewish. Amanda Peet is married to Jewish American screenwriter and producer David Benioff, who is the creator of the famous TV series Game of Thrones.

27th place: (took last name after marriage Weinstein) - Russian athlete, five-time European champion and seven-time world champion in rhythmic gymnastics. Born on October 7, 1979 in Tashkent (Uzbekistan). Yana's father is Tatar, her mother is Jewish. Yana is married to the famous producer Timur Weinstein, a Jew by nationality. The couple have two daughters - Mariam and Aylu.

26th place: - American actress. Born September 27, 1972 in Los Angeles. Her father is a Jew, a descendant of the well-known rabbinical family of Paltrovich. Mother is German. Gwyneth Paltrow considers herself Jewish and is raising her children (son Moses and daughter Apple, i.e. “apple”) in the traditions of Judaism, despite the fact that her ex-husband and father of her children, Coldplay musician Chris Martin, is a Christian.

25th place: Alison Brie Schermerhorn / Alison Brie Schermerhorn, better known as Alison Brie- American actress. Born December 29, 1982 in Hollywood. Alison's father is of Dutch, Scottish and German descent. Mother is Jewish. Alison Brie began her acting career at the Jewish Community Center of Southern California. In 2014, she took second place (after) in the ranking of the most desirable women according to the Askmen portal.

24th place: Jennifer Connelly / Jennifer Connelly(born December 12, 1970, New York, USA) - American actress. Her father is a Catholic with Irish and Norwegian roots, her mother is Jewish (her ancestors are emigrants from Poland and Russia), who studied at a yeshiva - a Jewish educational institution designed to study the Oral Law, mainly the Talmud. Jennifer Connelly's newest film work is the role of the wife of the biblical righteous man Noah in the film "Noah", released in March 2014.

23rd place: Alicia Silverstone / Alicia Silverstone(born October 4, 1976, San Francisco, USA) - American actress. Her father is an English Jew, her mother is a Scot who converted to Judaism before her wedding.

22nd place: - American actress. Born April 1, 1939 in New York. Her father had Scottish and Hungarian roots, and her mother was Jewish (she hid her nationality from her husband). One of Ali MacGraw's most famous roles is the Jewish girl Brenda Patimkin in the film "Goodbye, Columbus" (1969), dedicated to the life of American Jews.

21st place: Melanie Laurent / Mélanie Laurent- French actress, director, singer. Born on February 21, 1983 in Paris into a Jewish family.

20th place: (born April 14, 1977) - American actress. Sarah's parents are Jews, but they did not adhere to the traditions of Judaism and even decorated the tree for Christmas. Sarah herself is not a follower of any religion.

19th place: (real name - Françoise Judith Sorya Dreyfus) - French actress. She was born in Paris on April 27, 1932. Her parents professed Judaism, but her mother was raised Catholic and converted to Judaism as an adult. Anouk Aimée's most famous role is that of Anne Gautier in the film A Man and a Woman (1966), directed by Claude Lelouch, a Jew.

18th place. Peggy Lipton / Peggy Lipton- American actress. Born on August 30, 1946 in New York into a Jewish family.

17th place. Nora Arnezeder / Nora Arnezeder- French actress and singer, known for the film "Paris! Paris!" (2008). She played the main role in the film "Angelica, Marquise of Angels" (2013). Born on May 8, 1989 in Paris. Her father is an Austrian Catholic, her mother is Jewish. Her ancestors are Egyptian Jews who migrated from Alexandria to Europe before the First World War.

16th place: (September 16, 1924, New York - August 12, 2014) - American actress, recognized by the American Film Institute as one of the. Lauren Bacall's parents are Jewish, and she is a cousin of Israeli President Shimon Peres.

15th place. (born October 30, 1981, New York, USA) - American businesswoman, fashion model, writer. Her father is an American billionaire and US presidential candidate Donald Trump (he has German roots), her mother is an American model of Czech origin, Ivana Zelnichkova. In October 2009, Ivanka married an American businessman of Jewish origin, Jared Kushner. The wedding took place according to Jewish canons. By the time of the wedding, Ivanka had already been a Jew for 4 months, having completed a course of studying Judaism under the guidance of a rabbi, and after that, a conversion (the procedure for converting a non-Jew to Judaism) and taking the name Jael. Now the couple has three children. In an interview with Vogue magazine in 2015, Ivanka Trump admitted that in their family it is not customary to do any work on Saturday, they even turn off their phones on this day in order to fully observe Shabbat.

14th place: (born November 22, 1984, New York) - American actress and singer. Her father is of Danish descent, and her mother is an Ashkenazi Jew (a sub-ethnic group of Jews formed in Central Europe), her ancestors moved to the United States from Minsk. Scarlett considers herself Jewish and celebrates the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, although she admits that her family has always celebrated Christmas because... loved the traditions of this holiday.

13th place: Susanna Hoffs- singer and guitarist from the American band The Bangles. She was born on January 17, 1959 in Los Angeles into a Jewish family.

12th place: - American actress, formerly a professional gymnast. Born on February 9, 1980 in St. Petersburg into a Jewish family. In 1991, she and her family moved to New York.

11th place: Lisa Bonet / Lisa Bonet- American actress. Born November 16, 1967 in San Francisco. Her father is African American and her mother is Jewish. Lisa Bonet's first husband was American singer Lenny Kravitz, whose pedigree is exactly the opposite: his father is Jewish, his mother is African-American. Lisa Bonet recalls meeting Kravitz: " It was interesting when we first discovered that our roots were so similar. When I first told him that my mother was Jewish, he replied, “So was my father.” I felt that here was someone who really understood what it was like".

10th place. Svetlana Andreevna Fomicheva(born March 24, 1947, Chisinau, Moldova), better known by her pseudonym Svetlana Toma- Soviet and Russian actress. Svetlana Toma (pseudonym taken from the last name of her great-grandmother) was remembered by the audience primarily for the roles of the gypsies Masha (The Living Corpse, 1968), Rada (Tabor Goes to Heaven, 1976) and Tina (My Affectionate and Tender Beast, 1978), but no gypsy She has no roots, she is Russian on her father’s side, and Jewish on her mother’s side. Her mother Ida Saulovna in the 1930s was a liaison for the communist underground in Bessarabia, together with her sisters Bertha, Sarah, Rebekah, Adele, Anna, she kept a warehouse of prohibited literature in the basement of her house, and also hid underground workers.

Svetlana Toma in the film "The Camp Goes to Heaven" (1976)

9th place. Tanya Roberts / Tanya Roberts- American actress, known for the TV series "Charlie's Angels" (1980-81), the adventure drama "Sheena Queen of the Jungle" (1984), where she starred nude, and the Bond film "A View to a Kill" (1985). Real name is Victoria Bloom (Roberts is her married name). Born October 15, 1955 in New York. Her father is of Irish descent, her mother is Jewish.

8th place: Hedy Lamarr / Hedy Lamarr(real name: Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler) is an Austrian and American actress. She was born on November 9, 1914 in Vienna into a Jewish family. The actress (then under her real name Kiesler) became famous in 1933, starring in the Czechoslovak-Austrian film "Ecstasy", which became first non-pornographic film to contain prolonged nudity, as well as intercourse and female orgasm(on the website you can). The actress died on January 19, 2000 in the USA.

6th place: (June 1, 1926, Los Angeles - August 5, 1962) - American actress and singer. Birth name: Norma Jeane Mortenson. Father unknown, mother had Irish and Scottish roots. Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism on July 1, 1956. The reason for her adoption of the Jewish religion was her third marriage to the writer Arthur Miller, a Jew by nationality. After the divorce and until her death, Monroe did not renounce Judaism, although, according to contemporaries, she did not attend the synagogue because she believed that then her religious life would turn into a public spectacle. Arthur Miller's brother believed that Monroe's acceptance of Judaism was superficial. As for Monroe’s attitude towards Christianity, it was rather negative, because at one time its guardians were Protestant fundamentalists.

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So, how to recognize a Jew? Ask him about it directly. Most Jews are proud of who they are and do not hide their origins. Many half-breeds do not even ask themselves which half to prefer: Jewish or Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian... And even a drop of blood is priceless for them. This, by the way, is a normal human reaction. After all, Jews are an ancient people with a rich history and cultural characteristics. So why not be proud of it? Ask them yourself.

But there are cases when people try to hide their Jewish origin. And that's not normal. For example, during the distant years of perestroika, TV presenter Lyubimov was directly asked about this. And the showman swore live in front of the whole country that neither he nor his parents were Jews. Characteristic features, however, were present both in his appearance and behavior. And the surname spoke for itself: Lyubimov is derived from Liberman.

Look in your passport

What surnames do Jews have? Characteristic features of Jewish surnames are the German suffixes “-man” and “-er”. However, you need to be careful here. After all, both Germans and Latvians themselves have such surnames. For example, Blucher was pure and got his German surname from an ancestor who participated in the war with Napoleon. It was a reward for courage and service to the fatherland - to bear the name of a famous German commander.

There is one more feature of Jewish surnames. So, this may be a kind of “geographical stamp”. Many Jews, moving to Russia from Poland, changed their surnames in such a way that they could understand where they came from. For example, Vysotsky (Vysotsk village in Belarus), Slutsky, Zhitomirsky, Dneprovsky, Nevsky, Berezovsky (Berezovka village), Donskoy, etc.

They can also be formed from diminutive female names. After all, unlike Russians, they trace their ancestry through the maternal line. Example: Mashkin (Mashka), Chernushkin (Chernushka), Zoykin (Zoyka), Galkin (Galka), etc.

But remember that a surname is not a distinctive feature of Jews. Mashkin and Galkin may turn out to be real Russian men, and the seemingly standard Ivanov and Petrov may turn out to be Jews. So it’s too early to draw conclusions based on the last name alone.

Choosing names

With names everything is much more complicated - they can be anything. Of course, there are purely Jewish ones. For example, Leo (derived from Levi), Anton (from Nathan), Boris (from Boruch), Jacob, Adam, Samson, Mark, Abram (from Abraham), Moses, Nahum, Ada (Adelaide), Dinah, Sarah, Esther ( from Esther), Faina and others.

But there is also a separate category of names that are of Israeli origin, but Russian people wear them even more often than the Jews themselves. The characteristic features of such names are the ending -il (Daniel, Michael, Samuel, Gabriel), as well as the biblical meaning (Mary, Joseph, Ilya (Elijah), Sophia).

Nose

So, what are the characteristic facial features of Jews? The first thing people always pay attention to is the nose. Moreover, many believe that this sign alone is enough to consider a person a Jew. The famous “Jewish shnobel” begins to bend from the very base. Thus, the Israeli anthropologist Jacobs described this phenomenon in detail: “the tip bends down, resembling a hook, and the wings are raised.” If you look from the side, the nose resembles the number 6 extended upward. People call this nose the “Jewish six.”

However, based on this feature alone, it is impossible to say with certainty that a person is a Jew. If you look at it, it turns out that almost all of them had big noses: Nekrasov, Gogol, Karamzin, and even Turgenev. But it is known for certain that they were not Jews.

In fact, Israelis can have a wide variety of noses: fleshy “potato” noses, narrow ones with a hump, straight ones, long ones with high nostrils, and even snub noses. So, the nose alone is far from an indicator of “Jewishness.”

Common Mistakes

There is an opinion that there are certain signs that only Jews possess (characteristic facial features) - a huge nose, black eyes, thick lips. We've already dealt with the nose. As for dark eyes, these are the most common negroid characteristics. And the Negroid admixture is characteristic not only of Jews, but also of people of other nationalities. For example, as a result of the union of a Mongoloid and a Negro, the same traits can be obtained. This admixture is often observed among Greeks, Spaniards, Portuguese, Italians, Arabs, Armenians, and Georgians.

Another popular misconception is that Jews have dark, curly hair. Everything is the same here. The Negroid trait is obvious. On the other hand, the biblical Jew David was blond. This is already a Nordic admixture. And look at the Russian singer Agutin - a typical Jew, but by no means dark-haired.

Sign number one

And yet, how can one distinguish a Jew from a Slavic-Russian by his face? Are there reinforced concrete signs? Answer: yes.

If you doubt who is in front of you: a Jew or not, first of all pay attention to the racial trait - the Mediterranean admixture. Even Caucasians do not have it, who are often confused with Jews because of their fleshy noses, thick lips and curly hair. The Mediterranean admixture is very characteristic and clearly expressed even with great inbreeding. What is it?

Both straight and in profile it is a very narrow long face. It does not expand upward, unlike typical Slavic-Russian faces. Only Jews have this head shape with a narrow and elongated nape. Characteristic features can be seen in photographs by Louis de Funes or Sofia Rotaru. Russian Jews are a mixture of Mediterraneans and Western Asians (Caucasians, Armenians). Ideal examples are Boris Pasternak and Vladimir Vysotsky.

So, the main distinguishing feature of Jews is a very narrow, long face that does not widen towards the top. If, due to some impurities, such a face has expanded, then anywhere, but not in the forehead area. A Jew's forehead is always narrow, as if it were squeezed in a vice. In other places, in principle, the head can expand. And after you have seen this sign, you can pay attention to the nose, lips, eyes, last name and everything else that distinguishes Jews.

Character Traits

The main character traits of any Jew are self-confidence, absolute self-esteem and any lack of shyness and timidity. There is even a special term in Yiddish that combines these qualities - “khutzpa”. There are no translations of this word into other languages. Chutzpah is a kind of pride that causes a desire to act, without fear of being underprepared or incapable.

What is “chutzpah” for Jews? Courage, the ability to change your destiny, to fight its unpredictability. Many Jews believe that the very existence of their state of Israel is sacred, and this is an act of chutzpah.

As mentioned above, there are no analogues or translations of this concept in other languages. But in non-Jewish society, chutzpah has a negative connotation and is identified with the concepts of “arrogance,” “intolerance towards other people,” “shamelessness,” etc.

Indirect signs

It is worth considering some more Slavs and Jews. So, for example, facial cleanliness. Jews, unlike most Russians, often have a cluster of birthmarks in the area of the nose, mouth and chin. Moles are a sign of aging and degradation of the body. The later they form on the human body, the stronger the body. Jews, as a rule, are formed in childhood.

We continue to name the characteristic features of the Israelis - very naked. This is very rarely observed among Slavic-Russians. Jews often have a fairly sparse and asymmetrical dentition, unlike the Slavs, who are characterized by dense lower and upper teeth.

Burr as a speech defect is often considered an indirect sign. In principle, it is characteristic of some Jews. But only to a minority. Most Israelis pronounce the letter "r" very clearly. And they even teach this to Russians. But still, burring is a rare sign, because many of the Jews who had such a defect worked hard with a speech therapist. And any Russian child can have this pronunciation from birth.

Nationality

All peoples of the world do not have mandatory and strict laws that regulate nationality. There is freedom of choice: either the nationality of the mother or the father. The only exceptions are Jews. They have a strict and inviolable law: only those born of a Jewish mother can be considered a Jew.

And this law is strictly observed throughout the entire existence of the nation.

The editors of PEOPLETALK really like the appearance features that distinguish people of the same ethnic group. In other words, we like to “guess” nationality by the shape of the eyebrows, the line of the nose, and increased or decreased hairiness.

If you also like this activity, join us! We decided to look for similar traits in representatives of different nationalities. Today - Jewish. IsHistorically, Jews live all over the world, so it happens that two Jews can be completely different from each other.

So, we admire the Jewish beauties and decide whether they have any external resemblance. How do you think?

Odeya Rush (18)

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Katya (33) and Sonya Gaydamak (31)

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Oksana Fandera (48)

Actress Oksana Fandera is the beauty of a riotous national batch. If the actress’s mother is Jewish, then her father, Oleg Fandera, is half Ukrainian, half Gypsy.

Rachel Weisz (44)

The actress's father, George Weiss, is a Hungarian Jew; her mother has Jewish, Austrian and Italian roots. As a result of Nazi persecution, the Weiss family had to flee to England, where the father became an inventor.

The infernal beauty actress Eva Green has a twin sister, Joy. Eva's father is half Swedish and French, her mother is Algerian of Jewish origin.

Natalie Portman (33)

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Emmanuel Chriqui (37)

Emmanuel was born in Canada into a family of Moroccan Sephardic Jews. The actress who played in the television series “The Mentalist” and “Entourage” was recognized as the most desirable woman of 2010 according to the AskMen.com portal.

Elina Bystritskaya (86)

The legend of Soviet cinema, the beautiful Aksinya from “Quiet Don”, Elina Bystritskaya is a woman of amazing, unfading beauty. Elina is the daughter of military infectious disease doctor Abram Petrovich Bystritsky and hospital cook Esther Isaakovna Bystritskaya.

Lisa Bonet (47)

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Lauren Bacall (1924-2014)

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Yitish Ainau (22)

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The future Mrs.'s childhood name was Milena. The actress was born into a Jewish family in Chernivtsi (Ukraine). In 1991, the family emigrated to the United States and settled in Los Angeles.

Lizzy Caplan (32)

The star of the series “Masters of Sex” Lizzy Caplan was born into a Jewish family professing Reform Judaism.

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