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To those who complain the lead actress does not look Jewish...


Neither did Esther otherwise Mordacai could not have told her to tell no one she was a Jew. She obviously did not have the typical Jewish features.

That happens in every people group.

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Your logic is sound. But I'd bet Esther didn't look like a California Valley Girl.
"Typical Jewish features" depends on where you are. My Jewish wife was blonde, fair skinned, and blue-eyed.
A Jewish sailor off a US Navy ship has shore leave in Tokyo. On the Sabbath morning he is surprised to find a Japanese synagogue! He attends the service, which is all done in perfect Hebrew. Afterwards he asks the Japanese Rabbi, "What is this? Japanese Jews? I should know; I'm a Jew. I'm from New York!"

"Ah so," says the Rabbi. "You don't rook Jewish."


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