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nikkichristmas-1 — 20 years ago(June 16, 2005 09:00 PM)

I was wondering if anyone else knew for sure. Was Max Goldman supposed to be Jewish? He mentions potato latkes, his son Jacob uses the phrase "Oy", in the bar he refers to his posterior as a "tuchus", and "Goldman" is a common Jewish name.
Just looking for others opinions on this.
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saint_pat — 20 years ago(July 09, 2005 10:50 AM)

I think both of the main characters are supposed to be Jewish.

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carnegie61 — 20 years ago(July 29, 2005 01:47 PM)

But, Ariel and John get married in a church. I guess Ariel could be Christian

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algirdasbr — 20 years ago(August 09, 2005 04:33 PM)

Matthau (Goldman) refers to Gustafson (Lemmon) as a "dumb friggin' Swede" - most Swedes are Lutheran.

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carnegie61 — 20 years ago(September 01, 2005 02:20 PM)

I watched "Grumpier Old Men" the other day. I noticed Maria was wearing a cross necklace. Of course, that doesn't mean that Max wasn't jewish. It just caught my eye since I posted to this thread recently.

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PeopleUnderTheStairs — 20 years ago(February 22, 2006 06:27 AM)

It seems Jack (whos Swedish) would be Lutheran and Ariel christian, Max was probably Jewish, yet I know people who eat latkes and say oy who aren't Jewish.
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bhilburn — 13 years ago(September 28, 2012 07:16 PM)

Lutheran's are Christian. Protestant, but Christian nevertheless. Just saying.

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hasheart — 10 years ago(April 26, 2015 10:06 PM)

Jack Lemmon's character i don't thik so.

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ponch_the_pimp — 19 years ago(April 22, 2006 08:32 PM)

I am pretty sure they dont specifically mention religion in either of the films.

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Odd_Bird — 19 years ago(July 02, 2006 09:05 PM)

Goldman is jewish! Jeez. The name, kevin pollack has to be jewish, there is too many things that point towards them being jewish.
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supermansjedi — 19 years ago(August 01, 2006 10:13 PM)

I don't believe they were Jewish, just Minnesotan! Some people in that particular area use phrases like "Oy-vey" and "Uff-da" it goes along with the accent!

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hasheart — 10 years ago(April 26, 2015 10:08 PM)

Jacob is usually a Jewish name, and so is the last name of his character.

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lroy77 — 13 years ago(October 07, 2012 02:41 PM)

That's the impression I got, but not very observant.

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bhilburn — 12 years ago(June 07, 2013 10:59 PM)

I just thought that it was a good movie.
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grendelkhan — 11 years ago(October 28, 2014 07:18 PM)

I'm a total wasp and say "Oy gevalt" and "tuchus." Yiddish has some great expressions that perfectly cap off a sentence.
Max might of been Jewish; but, he might also just be non-religious, so he probably didn't care if he was married in a Christian church.
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lousvr — 11 years ago(December 17, 2014 02:39 PM)

Is he suppose to be Jewish?> Well the answer is yes .. and no.. at the same time.. it's actually complicated..

Yes Walter Matthau is Jewish.
They play characters that in general aren't Jewish.
Nevertheless, Walter's character is allowed to be portrayed as Jewish. In the sense of why not.. 'Suspension of Disbelief'..
The characters are funny, the story is funny.. the movie is a comedy.
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hasheart — 10 years ago(April 26, 2015 10:05 PM)

yes they were Jewish

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wrlord2001 — 10 years ago(January 06, 2016 10:20 PM)

You really have to ask if characters named Max and Jacob Goldman are Jewish? Really?

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