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Wednesday’s love interest in “ Addams Family Values” is Jewish (and played by the Jewish actor David Krumholtz).

“I was a Jewish kid from Long Island who didn’t want to be a Jewish kid from Long Island,” Rudin said.Ĩ. Scott Rudin, the producer of both movies, is Jewish. As Wednesday, the flower girl, walks down the aisle, a spooky rendition of “Sunrise, Sunset” from “ Fiddler on the Roof ” is played on the piano.ħ. In “ Addams’ Family Values ,” Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd) marries the golddigging nanny Debbie Jelinksy (Joan Cusack). When Fester returns to his family after a mysterious 25-year disappearance, Gomez celebrates by dancing to “Mamushka, ” a traditional Addams family celebratory dance that is remarkably hora-like.Ħ. There’s “Family Plotz,” a beautiful instrumental song that accompanies Gomez as he reminisces about his long-lost brother Fester. Marc Shaiman, one of the producers and composers of “ The Addams Family” music, is Jewish - and his cultural background clearly inspired his work on the film. But not just any camp - a Jewish summer camp! While not explicitly mentioned in the movie, Camp Chippewa is a real camp in Wisconsin that’s popular among upper-class, Jewish households.ĥ. In “Addams Family Values,” everyone’s favorite spooky teenager Wednesday and her brother, Pugsley, are sent to a sleepaway camp. “Leather straps and red hot pokers? Oy vey iz mir!” Sonnenfeld replied, sending the whole set laughing.Ĥ. So Sonnenfeld told the actor to take it from the top “for the Hebrew version.” According to Rolling Stone, Julia asked, “How do you say ‘leather straps and red-hot pokers’ in Hebrew?” When Sonnenfeld confessed that he didn’t know, Julia asked about Yiddish.

While filming a scene for “ The Addams Family” - when Gomez discovers Morticia tied up, bondage style - legend has it that Julia kept flubbing his line, which was in Spanish. ” In the sequel, Sonnenfeld makes a cameo.ģ. Jewish director Barry Sonnenfeld - best known for “Men In Black” - made his directorial debut with “ The Addams Family. Family matriarch Morticia (played by Anjelica Huston) endearingly calls Gomez (Raul Julia) “bubeleh.” It’s a sweet Yiddish term that translates, in this context, as “darling” or “sweetheart.”Ģ.

In honor of the iconic movies’ arrival to your TV or home computer, we searched far and wide to gather all the Jewish facts from “ The Addams Family” movies.ġ.