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Post by Lady Whatever on Jan 24, 2011 17:45:17 GMT -5
One of my favourite websites featured the Baudelaires today, Jew or Not Jew, here: jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=981They'd previously profiled Daniel Handler, but this marks the first time a character(s) from the books was profiled. For anyone curious, they are scored on a scale of 0 to 15, with 15 being a very high Jew Score, and 0 being, well... There are three categories of scoring: The I score, which refers to Jewish heritage, the O score, which refers to how "Jewish" someone acts or expresses themselves, and the K score, which is how proud the website is to have them be Jewish. So, a Jew score of 12 is quite good. Well done, orphans! |
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jan 27, 2011 14:38:03 GMT -5
How fascinating! Though slightly perplexing. The Baudelaires seem to have more Jewish heritage than actions?
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Post by Lady Whatever on Jan 27, 2011 19:25:42 GMT -5
I think their actions could be read as Jewish, because they value family togetherness, they are resourceful, and they become quite adept at surviving horrible perils, which are considered quite Jewish traits.
Plus, aside from Sunny, who only has a few hairs in the illustration and therefore can't really be said to be brunette yet, Violet and Klaus are dark-haired and have fair-to-olive complexions, so it could be argued that they look a wee bit Jewish in a non-stereotypical fashion.
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Post by survivorofthefire on Oct 16, 2011 22:18:08 GMT -5
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Post by B. on Oct 17, 2011 4:52:22 GMT -5
That's interesting....^^
I knew Lemony himself was Jewish, but the Baudelaires were never really depicted that way in the books.......
Also, One of Handler's parents (can't remember which) was Jewish. Is Daniel Handler himself religious at all?
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Post by beack on Oct 17, 2011 16:45:10 GMT -5
Daniel Handler is actually a secular humanist.
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Post by Lady Whatever on Oct 17, 2011 16:54:54 GMT -5
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Post by Hermes on Oct 18, 2011 8:13:15 GMT -5
DH is certainly involved in Jewish community activities and sometimes goes to a synagogue, and has referred somewhere to his keeping the Yom Kippur fast.
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Post by B. on Oct 18, 2011 8:17:17 GMT -5
Interesting. There is a mention of the Jewish celebration, Bat Mitzvah, in THH in the Library of Records.
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Post by Seymour Glass on Oct 30, 2011 13:08:32 GMT -5
That's interesting....^^ I knew Lemony himself was Jewish, but the Baudelaires were never really depicted that way in the books....... Also, One of Handler's parents (can't remember which) was Jewish. Is Daniel Handler himself religious at all? His father is definitely Jewish. I don't know if his mother is or not. |
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Post by B. on Oct 31, 2011 11:41:14 GMT -5
Thanks for the info  |
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Post by Very Funky Disco on Nov 1, 2011 12:58:03 GMT -5
I would say that the Baudelaires are ethnically Jewish, but non-religious.
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Post by B. on Nov 1, 2011 13:26:03 GMT -5
I agree. Just because someone doesn't follow a set faith it doesn't mean they have no ethics.
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Post by Lady Whatever on Nov 1, 2011 14:05:02 GMT -5
Judaism has a long history of ensuring that Jewish ethics survive outside of a religious context though. Just ask Albert Einstein ("My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.") or Baruch Spinoza ("I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.")
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Post by CountRicardo on Nov 6, 2011 14:02:43 GMT -5
I can't remember where I read this but Handler said in an interview somewhere that he is Jewish and therefore the majority of his characters automatically are.
- CR
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