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* All of the Jewish Harvard students in ''Film/TheSocialNetwork''. The Jewish fraternity's party is pretty lame and filled with nerdy looking guys. Jewish guys have a preponderance of [[AsianAndNerdy nerdy Asian girlfriends]].

* Joel Glicker (David Krumholtz) in ''Film/TheAddamsFamily Values'' has it all: the asthma inhaler, the round glasses, the preference for complex science books and the vulnerability to everything. His sickliness immediately [[NightmareFetishist attracts]] Wednesday.

* Stanley Uris (from Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/{{It}}'') must count, what with loving birdwatching, being almost obsessively neat and smartly-dressed, and growing up to become an accountant.

* ''Series/TheMarvelousMrsMaisel'': In a cast full of Jews, only Midge's father Abe is a really an example, and he's a nerd in the "middle-aged, tweedy professor" style.

* [[AmbiguouslyJewish Mordecai Heller]] of ''WebComic/{{Lackadaisy}}'' was eventually confirmed by WordOfGod to be Jewish and is one of smartest members of the cast. Unlike many examples he's also extremely ''[[PsychoForHire brutal]]''.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Kyle is the smartest kid in his group and has a poster of Einstein on his wall. He also sports a classic, unfortunate Jewfro underneath his hat. However, he's cool enough to be just one of the guys. His cousin from New York, on the other hand, is extremely nerdy, delicate and stereotypical, to Kyle's annoyance.

%%* Joel Glicker (David Krumholtz) in ''Film/TheAddamsFamily Values''.

%%* Snot from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad''

* Andrew on ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth''. Also possibly [[BlackAndNerdy Missy]], whose mother is AmbiguouslyJewish whose father is a black man. Jessi may also qualify, being more intellectually oriented than most girls in her school except for Missy.

* David Levinson of ''Film/IndependenceDay'', played by Creator/JeffGoldblum. A NiceJewishBoy and GibberingGenius whose EstablishingCharacterMoment is [[SmartPeoplePlayChess playing chess]] with his lovably crotchety dad, he's an AlmightyJanitor with an [=MIT=] education, happy in his cable company job in New York City. When the alien ships first appear, he's sharp enough to figure out the purpose of the signal the ships are sending out, and with dad in tow heads to Washington D.C. to warn the President of the United States of the threat. (It helps that the ex-wife he's still devoted to works as the White House Communications Director.) Later, he figures out how to bring down the shields that protect the aliens' ships, finally giving humanity a chance to stop them. It's worth noting that while Goldblum has played nerdy characters in ''many'' films, Levinson is the only one explicitly presented as Jewish and thus able to qualify for this trope.

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* Professor John Frink of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' was always AmbiguouslyJewish until he cleared everything up by admitting that his father enjoyed kosher food. It should be noted that Hank Azaria based Frink's voice on Creator/JerryLewis from ''Film/TheNuttyProfessor1963''.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8552991/1/XXY-Evolution XXY:Evolution]]'', where most of the characters are [[RuleSixtyThree genderbend]], Kit Pryde (male Shadowcat) is nerdy, he loves science fiction and fantasy, and loves to play D&D with his few nerdy friends from his old school. This makes him [[TruerToTheText more closer to his female counterpart in her early comic book appearances]]. Unlike his female counterpart in the show, Kit has a crush on Katrina (female Shadowcat) almost immediately, due to resembling a dark elf from one of his favorite fantasy stories.

* Professor John Frink of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' was always AmbiguouslyJewish until he cleared everything up by admitting that his father enjoyed kosher food.

* ''Theater/FiddlerOnTheRoof'': Chava is sometimes portrayed as this, due to her love of reading books. The 2015 Broadway revival gave her glasses.

These characters often sport NerdyNasalness that may accompany a Brooklyn or [[YiddishAsASecondLanguage Yiddish-inflected accent]] as part of the stereotype.

%% * Jack's portrayal in ''Fanfic/QuotesBadHairDayRatedRForRetellingOfCaveStory''.

* Jack's portrayal in ''Fanfic/QuotesBadHairDayRatedRForRetellingOfCaveStory''. Also doubles as being Main/BadassAdorable and ridiculously {{Adorkable}}.

* All of the Jewish Harvard students in ''Film/TheSocialNetwork''. The Jewish fraternity's party is pretty lame and filled with nerdy looking guys.

%%* Ross Geller from ''Series/{{Friends}}''.

%%* Annie Edison from ''Series/{{Community}}''.

Jews are, perhaps, the originators of the modern {{Nerd}} stereotype. Why? Maybe their long, scholarly tradition, maybe their immigrant past (comparable to AsianAndNerdy and the BollywoodNerd), maybe their [[JewishMother overbearing]] {{Education Mama}}s, maybe for some other weird reason. But for whatever reason, you will rarely see a stupid Jewish character on TV (unless he or she is more of a DitzyGenius or GeniusDitz). In RealLife, many prominent doctors, authors, scientists and philosophers have been of Jewish descent.

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* [[InformedJudaism Marv Murchens]] (Daniel Stern) of the ''Film/HomeAlone'' movies is a double subversion. Though certainly geeky in appearance, he has a mind scarcely superior to that of a young child. However, on occasion he will be [[GeniusDitz the voice of reason and more intelligent than his partner]].

* Minerva Green, better known as Min, is the protagonist of ''Literature/WhyWeBrokeUp'' and applies. She's Jewish and a smart, bookish [[TheMovieBuff movie buff]] with a quick wit. She shares qualities of both a nerd and a {{Hipster}}, and falls somewhere between the two.

* Adam, scifi and video obsessed favourite son of a classic JewishMother, in ''Series/TheGoldbergs''.

* Stelsa Sezyat from ''VideoGame/{{Hiveswap}}'' and ''VisualNovel/HiveswapFriendsim'' was stated to be "troll jewish" and looks rather nerdy, with her large glasses and... [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes questionable fashion sense]].

* Ethan Siegal of ''WebComic/{{Shortpacked}}'' and ''WebComic/DumbingOfAge'' is a toy collector, a near-fanatical editor of the Transformers Wiki, and can recite ''He-Man'' audio books from memory.

* Arnold from ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus''. In the highly hated Christmas special, Chanaukah is mentioned. [[InformedJudaism That can only mean one thing.]]
* [[AmbiguouslyJewish Dipper Pines]] from ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' is heavily implied to be ethnically Jewish, but WordOfGod states [[https://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/758547032554344448 he was raised non-religiously]]. [[spoiler:His great-uncle Ford, the author of the journals,]] is a straighter example, since he ''was'' raised Jewish.

* Billy Kaplan / "Wiccan" from ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers''. In a team where every member is some degree of AscendedFanboy, he's still one of the biggest nerds, and goes from AmbiguouslyJewish to canonically Jewish during ''The Children's Crusade''.

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* ''Theatre/AShoggothOnTheRoof'', a parody of ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'' [[RecycledInSpace WITH]] [[Creator/HPLovecraft LOVECRAFT]], evokes this.

* Stelsa Sezyat from ''VideoGame/{{Hiveswap}}'' was stated to be �troll jewish� and looks rather nerdy, with her large glasses and... [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes questionable fashion sense]].

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* [[BigBad The Seraphim]] from Fanfic/AngelOfTheBat is portrayed as highly stereotypically Jewish and nerdy looking, in strong contrast to his imposing physique and strong BoomerangBigot tendencies later.
* Jack's portrayal in ''FanFic/QuotesBadHairDayRatedRForRetellingOfCaveStory''. Also doubles as being Main/BadassAdorable and ridiculously {{Adorkable}}.

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Jews are, perhaps, the originators of the modern {{Nerd}} stereotype. Why? Maybe their long, scholarly tradition, maybe their immigrant past (comparable to AsianAndNerdy and the BollywoodNerd), maybe their [[JewishMother overbearing]] {{Education Mama}}s, maybe for some other weird reason. But for whatever reason, you will rarely see a stupid Jewish character on TV (unless he or she is more of a DitzyGenius or GeniusDitz). In RealLife, many prominent doctors, authors, scientists and philosophers have been Ashkenazi Jews.

Jews are, perhaps, the originators of the modern {{Nerd}} stereotype. Why? Maybe their long, scholarly tradition, maybe their immigrant past (comparable to AsianAndNerdy and the BollywoodNerd), maybe their [[JewishMother overbearing]] {{Education Mama}}s, maybe for some other weird reason. But for whatever reason, you will rarely see a stupid Jewish character on TV (unless he or she is more of a DitzyGenius or GeniusDitz).