It probably ought to be noted that Lea Michele's mother is not Jewish, but rather Italian and Catholic... I wouldn't normally point it out, but for two things:

1. If we were talking about somebody like a Rachel Bilson (who has the exact same background), it would have probably been brought up by someone

2. Annoyance at her appointment as the unelected "embodiment of everything Jewish in the world" (no one who has ever received such an appointment has been anything but a negative stereotype, and she is no exception; Dianna Agron isn't the "embodiment of everythin Jewish in the world" for a reason)

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