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Mow Nate Bloom
Special to the Jewish News

Sheen's Jewish Fantasy

On March 2, Charlie Sheen's Jewish
manager, Mark Burg, tried to quash
claims that Sheen was anti-Semitic
by noting that his soon-to-be ex-
wife, Brooke Mueller, is Jewish. My
research showed that Mueller, in
fact, does have a Jewish mother.
Two days later, Charlie Sheen sur-
prised the world
(and almost
certainly his
manager) by
telling Access
Hollywood that
his mother
is "Jewish"
(although,
Sheen and Mueller
Sheen says,
"they" don't
know who his maternal grandfather
was).
Long story, short — it is virtu-
ally certain that Sheen's claim of a
Jewish mother is a fantasy.
The Catholic-raised Sheen is
the son of devout Catholic actor
Martin Sheen. His mother, Janet
Templeton Sheen, is of Southern
Baptist background, according to
an April 2010 radio interview given
by Charlie's older brother, actor
Emilio Estevez.
If you want many more details,
read my full article here: tinyurl.
com/4w8s9ut.

Rogen As "E.T."
Seth Rogen, 28,

has the title role in
the sci-fi comedy-
drama-thriller Paul,
opening Friday,
March 18.
Two British
Seth Rogen
geeks, Grame
(Simon Pegg) and
Clive (Nick Frost), decide to tour
America's (supposed) extraterrestrial
"hot spots." They accidentally met
Paul, a nice space alien who has just
escaped after 60 years of captivity
on a top-secret military base.
Paul and the geeks are chased by
federal agents (Sigourney Weaver
and Jason Bateman). Along the way,
they meet and travel for a time with
a kooky devout Christian (Kristen
Wiig). She loses her faith and turns
pretty wild after she accepts that
Paul is a real space alien — and con-
trary to fundamentalist scripture,

there is life outside planet Earth.
Paul convinces her by demon-
strating, like Steven Spielberg's E.T.,
that he has magical healing powers.

St. Paddy Jews

Since today is St. Patrick's Day, I
thought I'd highlight some Irish-
Jewish connections.
First, here are some famous
actors and actresses of Irish
(Protestant or Catholic) and Jewish
parentage; all identify, in a religious
sense, as secular
or Jewish: Matthew
Broderick, Jennifer
Connelly, Harrison
Ford, Alyson
Hannigan, Sean
Penn and Daniel
Radcliffe.
Other celebri-
Alyson
ties of Irish-Jewish
Hannigan
background include
TV host Brooke
Burke and Olympic
gold medal-winning
figure skater Sarah
Hughes.
The most famous
celebrity Irish-
Catholic person to
Anne Meara
convert to Judaism
is probably Anne
Meara, the wife of Jerry Stiller and
the mother of Ben Stiller.
The two most famous Ireland-
born and raised Jews are Chaim
Herzog (1918-1997) and Robert
Briscoe (1894-1969).
Herzog, the son of the chief rabbi
of Ireland, had a distinguished
career in the British army during
World War II and as a major general
in the Israeli army. He served as
Israel's U.N. ambassador and was
president of Israel from 1983-1993.
Briscoe is best known as the first
Jewish lord mayor of Dublin, an
honorary post that he was appoint-
ed to in 1956 (it is a one-year job).
He was born in Ireland, the son of
Eastern Europe Jews. Less well
known is that Briscoe had an impor-
tant, if not major, role in the fight
for Irish independence. Briscoe also
served in the Irish Parliament, as
did his son.
Legendary Irish-Catholic actor
James Cagney, who grew up in a
Jewish neighborhood, was almost
fluent in Yiddish and spoke a lot of
Yiddish in a 1932 film. Check out his
Yiddish scene on YouTube: tinyurl.
com/671zveb.

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