Mr Simon was opposed to birth control, although not for reasons of faith: he was a Jew, not a Roman Catholic.

ECONOMIST: Julian Simon

And even in Morocco, where King Mohammed calls himself Commander of all the Faithful, not just Muslims, a Jew was stabbed in the centre of Casablanca last week, and since then some Moroccans have preferred not to wear their skullcaps.

ECONOMIST: The few who remain face new uneasiness, perhaps danger

"I'm not a spokesman for all Jews, but as a Jew myself, I know that in our community we often ask whether such and such celebrity is Jewish or not, " the 35-year-old Franco-British engineer told Le Parisien newspaper on Wednesday.

BBC: Apple drops 'Jew or not Jew' app in France

She was a Hungarian Jew, and a psychotherapist, an irony not lost on those who have known Denton a long time and have never thought of him as being especially in touch with his feelings.

NEWYORKER: Search and Destroy

Its author, Ruth Harris, is not a devout Christian but, like Ms Medwick, a non-observant Jew.

ECONOMIST: Christian believers

Let me stipulate that as a Jew myself I may not be entirely neutral on this subject.

NPR: Discovering and Embracing Your Jewish Roots

He said believing in God was childish and he as a Jew is no different than another person and are not chosen by God.

FORBES: Researchers Predict the End of Religion

Conventional political wisdom may suggest that picking a religious Jew would have cost Gore among undecided voters in the Bible Belt, but that's not necessarily the case.

CNN: Bleeding-Heart Republicans vs. God-Fearing Democrats; What Is This?