Jewish game characters

[StoneGold]

Since Johnny Klebitz got revealed as a Jewish biker, it got me thinking who else might be. There were a couple Israelis in Rainbow Six. And Resident Evil 0's Billy Coen's last name would peg him as a member of the Tribe.

[Donald M.]

I think we can safely assume that Isaac Kleiner from Half-Life 2 is Jewish. What about Gordon Freeman? Is Freeman a Jewish name?

B.J. Blazkowicz of the Wolfenstein games might be Jewish.

The Grand Theft Auto series has some Jewish stereotypes running around in minor roles, a shady lawyer in GTA III and some corrupt diamond dealers - referred to as "Jewish Mobsters" - in GTA IV.

That's all I can think of. I don't think a character's religious affiliation has ever been much of an issue in many video games, so often a name or accent is all we have to go on.

[london _mark_6123]

Goldberg from the WCW and WWE games is also of jewish descent.

http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/2001/11/Big-Not-So-Bad-Bill-Goldberg.aspx

[Hiromi]

Goldberg from the WCW and WWE games is also of jewish descent.

http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/2001/11/Big-Not-So-Bad-Bill-Goldberg.aspx
Anyone who used to watch the Man Show(when it was good) knew this.

[Black Atom]

BJ from Wolfenstein/Spear of Destiny was the first I thought of, too.

Maybe Meryl Silverburgh from MG:S.

[Jack]

I thought about making this thread a little while ago. Odd. I think it was after seeing yet another iteration of "Why aren't there more black characters in [medium]?" somewhere. Perfectly valid question and all, but I realised I'd never asked the same thing about my own ethnicity.

I imagine that some of the characters in Psychonauts were Jewish. I don't recall any being confirmed, but there were one or two names that certainly could indicate it.

[Jack]

There was a character in Harvest Moon who seemed to be Jewish. She had a Magen David on the wall of her house and I think she also was the only one who didn't go to church.