History Main / AmbiguouslyJewish

* ''Literature/TheWitchOfKnightcharm'': Rebecca Asher claims to be Jewish but the text makes it ambiguous whether her statement is accurate. On the one hand, she believes that she is still devout -- she keeps kosher, follows other Jewish rituals, and seems to be operating out of some kind of ''tikkun olam'' philosophy -- but on the other, her rabbi explicitly told her that her vigilantism and willingness to take bloody vengeance against 'bad' people like animal abusers is not compatible with Judaism, and he even banned her from his synagogue when she refused to renounce her ways. (And that isn't even getting into her willness to use dark magic to stop 'bad' people that would otherwise be too strong to fight, which her rabbi didn't know about). Although Rebecca is one of the nicest people in the Myth/{{Scholomance}}, she is ''very'' sensitive about this and becomes furious when Emily inadvertently implies that her rabbi was right, indicating she may herself be starting to wonder whether she can still be considered Jewish or whether she's fallen away from the faith. Whether or not Rebecca still counts as Jewish (in the religious sense) has thus been left ambiguous in the story.

* ''Literature/TheWitchOfKnightcharm'': Rebecca Asher claims to be Jewish but the text makes it ambiguous whether her statement is accurate. On the one hand, she believes that she is still devout -- she keeps kosher, follows other Jewish rituals, and seems to be operating out of some kind of ''tikkun olam'' philosophy -- but on the other, her rabbi explicitly told her that her vigilantism and willingness to take bloody vengeance against 'bad' people like animal abusers is not compatible with Judaism, and he even banned her from his synagogue when she refused to renounce her ways. (And that isn't even getting into her willness to use dark magic to stop 'bad' people that would otherwise be too strong to fight, which her rabbi didn't know about). Although Rebecca is one of the nicest people in the Myth/{{Schololmance}}, she is ''very'' sensitive about this and becomes furious when Emily inadvertently implies that her rabbi was right, indicating she may herself be starting to wonder whether she can still be considered Jewish or whether she's fallen away from the faith. Whether or not Rebecca still counts as Jewish (in the religious sense) has thus been left ambiguous in the story.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' shows Peter B. Parker stepping on a glass at his wedding (a Jewish tradition) and his [[Creator/JakeJohnson voice actor]] is half-Jewish. Other than that, it's not brought up.

* In Music/RichardWagner's ''Theatre/{{Parsifal}}'', Kundry's backstory is that of the Wandering Jew. UnfortunateImplications regarding her character abound in this religious-themed work.

** Superman, prior to the Byrne reboot in 1986 (which got rid of some of these elements), is a classic example: his origin story is [[MosesArchetype a modern take on Moses]] (his people faced terrible destruction, and his parents cast him adrift hoping to spare him; Kandor represents the people he came back to save and take to the promised land); his cultural heritage, which he took great pride in, was a distinctly non-Christian monotheism with an emphasis on intellectual achievement; and his Kryptonian name, "Kal-El," has an ending meaning "God," common in Jewish names such as Nathaniel and Israel (In fact, in Hebrew, "Kal-El" could translate as either "All [that is under] God," as in, "One Nation, Under God," the American Way; or "The Voice of God," as in, Prophecy, Truth, and Justice). Superman was created by two Jews, Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster, in the late 1930s, and given a name which is a rough translation of the German word "{{Ubermensch}}." The Nazis were fond of this concept, as well; a black-haired Ubermensch who fights for "truth, justice, and the American way" might well have been a TakeThat, or at least some catharsis, for the creators. In one [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] [[{{Elseworld}} what-if]] story, Supes even delivers a "distinctly non-Aryan sock to the jaw for you, [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Adolf]]!" (Compare and contrast to ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, the [[{{irony}} blonde, blue-eyed]] Nazi's worst nightmare.)

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* ''Toys/NexoKnights'': considering the show based on this series is still LEGO-themed, religion and nationality aren't addressed in it once, but the heroes team's IT wiz [[ChildProdigy Ava Prentis]] exhibits quite a few Jewish stereotypes: a DeadpanSnarker, [[JewishAndNerdy big brain]] [[BrainyBrunette under brown hair]], [[JewsLoveToArgue often argues with Merlok]]. Even her name can be used as a shortened form of "Aviya", which itself is a variation of a unisex Hebrew name "Abijah", and sounds similar to an unrelated, but also Hebrew, "Aviva".
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* Averted in the Canadian superhero series ''ComicBook/{{Northguard}}''. The title character's real name is Phillip Wise, who is not only unambiguously Jewish, but also the adult child of Holocaust survivors. This provides a major element of the series' subtext, as Northguard identifies his modern (as of the comic's 1980's time period) white-supremacist enemies with the Nazis who murdered his grandparents.

* The scheming Jenny Levine in ''Literature/{{Victoria}}'' is presented this way. She has a typically Russian-Jewish name, and becomes a somewhat major threat to the protagonists, being [[TheManBehindTheMan one]] in charge of the vaguely Marxistoid and anti-Christian underground that attempts to subvert their conservative republic. However, her religion (if any) is never brought up by the narrative.

* Martial artist and fanservice provider Jin-le Kwon from the manwha ''Manhwa/TheBreaker'' is always seen wearing a Star of David necklace, and is thus considered by some to be Jewish.

* Martial artist and fanservice provider Jin-le Kwon from the manwha ''Manhwa/TheBreaker'' is always seen wearing a Star of David necklace, and is thus considered by some to be Jewish.

* ''Series/ReadyOrNot'': Amanda finds out as she gets older that she's Jewish[[note]]which she never knew about since her parents were Agnostic[[/note]] but is unsure about following the religion due to anti-Semitism displayed throughout her community.

* When ''Series/ThirtyRock's'' Jack Donaghy finally meets his real father, he is alarmed to hear him casually use a few Yiddish words. Jack (who is very proudly Irish) subtly tries to find out whether that means he's half-Jewish, but his father never gives him an answer. Possibly a subversion, since many Irish, Italian, etc... New Yorkers use occasional Yiddish phrases. Especially insults.

* ''WesternAnimation/FishHooks'': [[HeroesWantRedHeads Oscar]] is incredibly neurotic, and sports a "Jewfro."