05.11.2012                      20.Cheschwan. 5773

Feature:

James Bond 007's Jewish History

James Bond is about as un-Jewish a hero as one could imagine. Yet Jews have played essential creative roles in the 007 film series, right up to the forthcoming ‘Skyfall’.

It’s hard to imagine anyone less Jewish — or more goyish — than James Bond: He of the shaken-not-stirred-martinis; he who serially beds the blond, buxom “Bond girls”; he who drives the latest, fastest, gadget-equipped sports car. He may be the hero, but he’s no mensch….