Jerry Seinfeld
Seinfeld in 2007, Entertainment Press / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Jerome Allen Seinfeld
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: April 29, 1954
Ethnicity:
*Hungarian Jewish (father)
*Syrian Jewish (mother)
Jerry Seinfeld is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director. He is known for starring on, and co-creating, the show Seinfeld, which he also wrote for. He has also had leading roles in the films Bee Movie, which he co-wrote, and Unfrosted, which he directed and co-wrote.
His father, Kalmen Seinfeld, was of Hungarian Jewish descent. His mother, Betty (Hesney), was the daughter of Syrian Jewish parents. Jerry spent some time in Israel, doing volunteer work, when he was a teenager. Jerry is married to Jessica Seinfeld (born Nina Danielle Sklar), a cookbook author and philanthropist, with whom he has three children. Jessica is Jewish.
Jerry’s paternal grandfather was named Shimshon/Schimscher “Simon” Seinfeld (the son of Jonas Seinfeld). Shimshon was from Stanislau, then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Jerry’s paternal grandmother was named Celia.
Jerry’s maternal grandfather was Selim Hosni/Husney (the son of Ezra Husney and Esther Sardell). Selim was an emigrant from Aleppo, Syria. Ezra was the son of Eliyahu Husney.
Jerry’s maternal grandmother was Salha/Selha Kassin (the daughter of Sam Kassin and Garez Dayan). Salha was an emigrant from Aleppo, Syria. Garez was the daughter of Yishayah Dayan and Sarah.
Sources: Genealogy of Jerry Seinfeld – https://www.geni.com
Article about Jerry’s family history – http://www.nytimes.com
He looks like he’s pointing at my junk.
He looks like a Siamese cat.
Syrian Jews are racially the same as ashkenazi jews. They just have different customs. Genetic studies have proven this.
Syrian and Ashkenazi Jews have major differences ethnically, and are not even in the ballpark of being the same “racially.”
On autosomal DNA tests they’re very distant.
All you need is a 1st grade education in population genetics to find this information for yourself.
wikipedia says he is of Austrian Jewish descent
An interesting article about his family tree.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/nyregion/24records.html
Seinfeld is the most famous Syrian American, if you count him as one. It is pretty depressing that his TV show depicted his parents as stereotypical Ashkenazi Jews, when of course his mother’s Syrian Jewish heritage is quite different.
Paul Abdul?
is the Syrian Jewish community older than Ashkenazi? do they have different customs?
His father is ashkenazi, so he is ashkenazi. They are religious labels. He was raised in ashkenazi jewish culture, thats why his character is portrayed as such. He wasn’t born in syria.
Ashkenazi and Sefaradi are passed down through the father.
There was no reason why his character on the show couldn’t have had a Syrian Jewish mother, like he does in real life.
Oh, p.s., the actors who played his parents on his show (Barney Martin and Liz Sheridan) were/are not Jewish. :-)
Martin can be anything and Sheridan is Irish as fuck
I would say Jerry Seinfeld is more famous than Paula Abdul.
Jews are said to have lived in Syria for well over two thousand years. Many Syrian Jews also descend from Sephardic Jews who moved there after 1492.
I am sure Syrian Jews have many unique sub-ethno-specific customs, but their religion is still the same as other Jews.
Barney Martin is usually described as being of Irish Catholic background. Liz Sheridan seems like a WASP to me.
I don’t watch TV. “Positive discrimination” and other
stupid things are boring.
So, I don’t know Seinfeld and most “celebrities”
But comments are funny