I love Bugs, always have......and I've always had the impression that if he were human, he'd be Jewish. Neat article, thanks for sharing

I love Bugs too. He was / is a great role model!

** Note though the researcher is a bit off regarding Porky, who I believe is a friend of Bugs.

Or should I say love/trayf.....

in the comments on the article.

Is Yiddish for Not Kosher, or Unclean.

Porky Pig was a sidekick, not an enemy.

Love Bugs.

Honestly, though, I wouldn't be surprised. Look at "Superman"....Jew! In reality, it was a way for Jews to express themselves in ways that wouldn't be shot down because the Jewishness wasn't too obvious. It was how many Jews demonstrated the struggles of the Jewish community in non-obvious ways and made for damn good stories/jokes.

Who knew! I did not know that.

His creators were both Jews and it was really about being an "alien" in a culture which is awed by him and at the same time fears him. He is assimilated as a baby, his religion is forgotten (hidden) in place of the predominant one, he hides his true identity, he appreciates and supports his culture, but doesn't push it on others, and other parallels. The "real" story is that the creators weren't really making him a Jew, but more about expressing their concerns, hopes, and fears about being Jewish in America.

And I always wondered about this storyline. Why does he have to be a smart but shy guy with glasses, why not make him just an everyday businessman. Hmm.

So true.

So he can't be described as having an arch nemesis. If he did it would be Elmer Fudd, or Yosemite Sam, or one of the other Loony Tunes characters he had a spat with, but not Porky Pig. He didn't have much to do with Porky Pig, Daffy Duck was the one who shared the screen with him.

You could almost say Bugs shunned Porky which would probably still make him Jewish.

Maybe Tiny Toons and later but I don't consider that 'canon.'

Makes sense.

Who cares if the cartoons have Jewish characters playing them, just enjoy it, it is like these historians who when they are run out of history information go on blabbering about the society.

Go and do some history over your Brit community,called land of manners,actually Land of..i....

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Stern should've left that out as it shows he has not really studied the rabbit as carefully as he says. Perhaps his personal dislike of pork and pigs colored his judgement. People see what they want to see if not careful.

Or at least gender confused. How many times does he dress in drag? How many times does he kiss Elmer?

... so definitely not Orthodox.

-- Mal

They argued as to who created Bugs.
The Jewish producer, Leon Schlesinger, had nothing to do with it. He didn't like or understand cartoons.

But as the article says, Mel blank was and had a huge influence
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