History Main / SizableSemiticNose

The earliest roots of this stereotype can be traced back to [[OlderThanPrint 13th century Europe]], where it became the norm for depicting Ashkenazi Jews in artwork -- and because AllJewsAreAshkenazi to many Christians, it became associated with Jews in general. It became increasingly linked with various antisemitic tropes over the centuries and gained a veneer of scientific credibility with the rise of physiognomy (the science of BeautyEqualsGoodness), and later [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics eugenics]]. It reached a fever pitch under the propaganda of UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, which was exemplified in films like ''[[Film/JewSuss1940 Jud Süss]]''.

* The depiction of the hook-nosed Jew is almost synonymous with antisemitic propaganda produced by UsefulNotes/NaziGermany in the 1930s and '40s, as well as their predecessors and later imitators:

** ''Der ewige Jude'' was also the name of a 1937 art/propaganda exhibition, whose advertisements depicted a [[UsefulNotes/SovietUnion Soviet]] Jewish peddler with a beak-like nose. There was a French version of it, "The Jew and France", that was organized by LesCollaborateurs in occupied UsefulNotes/{{Paris}} in 1941-1942 with the blessing of Joseph Goebbels' propaganda services, and it displayed similar imagery.
** Another 1940 Nazi propaganda film, ''[[Film/JewSuss1940 Jud Süß]]'', depicts the EvilChancellor character Josef Süß Oppenheimer on the poster with a prominent nose.
** One of the more infamous antisemitic images of the last several decades, the so-called "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Merchant Happy Merchant]]" by [[ThemedAliases A. Wyatt Mann]], depicts a malevolent HandRubbing Jew with an oversized head and an even bigger nose.

"[[Recap/TheLittleTreeWhoWishedforDifferentLeaves The Little Tree Who Wished for Different Leaves]]," a Jewish caricature with a big nose plucks out the tree's leaves.
"Oh," he said, "maybe that wasn't such a good wish after all. I wish. . . I wish. . ."

* The film ''Film/{{Maestro}}'', a biopic about Jewish composer Music/LeonardBernstein, [[OvershadowedByControversy came under fire]] before it was even finished when photos surfaced of the (non-Jewish) Creator/BradleyCooper wearing a prosthetic nose to portray Bernstein (when Cooper's own unmodified nose looks pretty much the same as Bernstein's).

* The film ''Maestro'', a biopic about Jewish musician Music/LeonardBernstein, [[OvershadowedByControversy came under fire]] before it was even finished when photos surfaced of the (non-Jewish) Creator/BradleyCooper wearing a prosthetic nose to portray Bernstein (when Cooper's own unmodified nose looks pretty much the same as Bernstein's).
* ''Film/TheMayorOfHell'': A gang of teenaged delinquents includes a Jewish kid named Isidore whose dad talks Yiddish to him in court. The other kids call Isidore "Schnoz", and the actor does in fact have a prominent nose.

* ''Film/OSS117LostInRio'': OSS 117, French spy and dimwitted bigot, assumes that the ex-Nazi will recognize Mossad agents because of their big noses. The Mossad agents that are talking to him boggle at his stupidity, with one of them asking "You're France's best agent?"

** ''Literature/SadCypress'': In Elinor's POV at her trial for murder, she repeatedly describes prosecuting attorney Sir Samuel Attenbury as having a "Jewish nose." In this case it's meant to portray the prosecutor as antagonistic.

* In ''Series/{{Deadwood}}'' , when Al is wondering how much "juice" a rival has, [[AsianSpeekeeEngrish Wu, who speaks a very broken English]], misunderstands the word and asks if Al meant "jews" , waving his hands to draw a big nose in the air for confirmation.

* The depiction of the hook-nosed Jew is almost synonymous with antisemitic propaganda produced by UsefulNotes/NaziGermany in the 1930s and 40s, as well as their predecessors and later imitators:

* in the Website/{{Cracked}} video "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwA1VeYpvaM If Disney Cartoons Were Historically Accurate]]," the Jews are depicted as [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter cutesy little forest-dwelling critters]] whose faces are approximately 50% nose.

* In ''Webcomic/BiteMe'' and ''Webcomic/FamilyMan'', the half-Jewish Luther Levy has a comically long, pointed nose, as do his brother and [[https://www.lutherlevy.com/2009/06/23/page-143/ every other Jew he meets]]. WordOfGod implies that it's actually nowhere near that big, and Luther mentally exaggerates it due to [[InternalizedCategorism internalized disdain]] toward his Jewish heritage.

-->-- '''Creator/FrankSinatra singing "Jewish Nose"''', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', "Jerome is the New Black"

** The same Hugh Griffith also played a rabbi in ''Film/TheAbominableDrPhibes''.

* In ''[[Film/BenHur1959 Ben-Hur]]'', the character of Sheik Ilderim is played by a {{brownface}}d [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Griffith Hugh Griffith]], who had quite the proboscis.

* ''Film/TheMayorOfHell'': A gang of teenaged delinquents includes a Jewish kid names Isidore whose dad talks Yiddish to him in court. The other kids call Isidore "Schnoz", and the actor does in fact have a prominent nose.

* ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'': While the Disney version of Fagin is never explicitly referred to as Jewish, his big nose is still a relic of [[Literature/OliverTwist his book counterpart's]] portrayal as a GreedyJew (together with his red hair and green coat, two archaic means of coding a character as Jewish).

* Jewish actress Creator/JenniferGrey appeared in the short-lived 2000s sitcom ''It's Like, You Know...'' AsHerself, and was the subject of frequent jokes about her 1990s rhinoplasty, which significantly reduced the size of her nose.[[note]]She originally got the rhinoplasty to avoid being typecast for Jewish characters, but it actually hurt her bankability in Hollywood more than it helped.[[/note]]

* The 1933 version of ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeLittlePigs'' had the wolf disguise as a caricatural Jewish peddler selling brushes, including a mask with a big nose. It was replaced by a PaperThinDisguise without a trace of antisemitic caricature in 1948.

-->-- '''"Jewish Nose" from ''The Rat Pack[='=]s Most Bigoted Songs''''', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', "Jerome is the New Black"