For several years now, this blog has received search-engine traffic under the search string “Is Norm Abram Jewish”. Are there that many people who find Norm Abram’s ethnicity or religious background interesting enough to Google? And for heaven’s sake, why?
(Although, if I were to get a job working for Norm Abram — who is a carpenter by trade and who has written books and appeared on teevee shows on the subject — I could put one of those bumper stickers on my car, the ones that say “My boss is a Jewish carpenter”.)
If he is he's the kind of Jewish that doesn't try to make a fashion statement.
I have no idea. I have never once wondered about his religion or ethnicity.
The Jewish carpenter joke was FUNNY!
Lots of people, possibly excluding Lynn, want to know about the ethnicity of people whose backgrounds are not clear. Some people walk up to people they don't know and ask, "What ARE you?"
Yeah like the guy with eight kids who just left his wife.
I do sometimes wonder about a person's ethnicity. I just never wondered about Norm Abrams'. No reason. I just never thought about it.