The Jew Draft

The pool of possible draftees consisted of famous Jews who lived after the destruction of Solomon's temple in 3831 (70 CE). We didn't really have a goal and we currently still do not have a reason for the draft.

Round 1
1) Ian - Baruch Spinoza (philosopher) Challenged that the Torah was written by G-d. 17 century
2) Asa - Albert Einstein (scientist, philosopher, peace advocate) 20 cent.
3) David - Moses ben Maimon (doctor, philosopher) "Second Moses," examined holy books. 12c
4) Mike - Josephus (historian) Explained Judaism to the Greeks and Romans. 1c
Round 2
5) Asa - Hannah Arendt (author, political theorist) Wrote about totalitarianism and authority. 20c
6) David - Milton Berle (comedian, actor, messiah, advocate for transgendered people) "Mr. Television." 20c
7) Mike - Israel Ben Eliezer (rabbi, Baal Shem Tov) Founder of Hassidic Judaism. 18c
8) Ian - Martin Buber (philosopher) Creator of binational agreement, Palestine-Israel. 19-20c
Round 3
9) David - Sammy Davis Jr. (entertainer) Singer, comedian, all around awesome. 20c
10) Mike - Simon Bar Khokba (revolutionary) Led successful rebellion against Romans. 2c
11) Ian - Sigmund Freud (pyschiatrist) Founder of modern psychiatry. 19-20c
12) Asa - Jon Stewart (comedian) Host of the Daily Show. 20-21c
Round 4
13) Mike - Joseph Pulitzer (newspaper owner) Founded prestigious journalism award. 19-20c
14) Ian - J. D. Salinger (author) Wrote Catcher in the Rye. 20c
15) Asa - Golda Meir (Prime Minister of Israel) 1969-1974
16) David - Hank Greenberg (baseball player) Great hitter for the Detroit Tigers. 20c
Round 5
17) Mike - Moses Ben Nahman Gerondi (philosopher) Studied mysticism in holy book. 13c
18) David - Lionel Rothschild (British MP) Refused to take Christian oath required to be MP. 19c
19) Asa - Franz Kafka (author) Wrote Metamorphosis. 19-20c
20) Ian - Karl Marx (economic philosopher) Founded communism. 19c.
Round 6
21) David - Bella Abzug (congressperson) Feminist, anti-war activist. 20c
22) Asa - Noam Chomsky (author, professor) Linguist, political activist. 20-21c
23) Ian - Louis Brandeis (supreme court justice) 1st Jewish Supreme Court justice. 19-20c
24) Mike - Emile Durkheim (sociology) Founder of modern sociology. 19-20c
Round 7
25) Asa - Mel Brooks (director, actor) Funny guy. 20-21c
26) Ian - Theodore Herzl (author) Father of modern Zionism. 19c
27) Mike - Trudy Weiss-Rosmarin (author, scholar) Feminist activist. 20c
28) David - Elie Wiesel (author, professor) Holocaust survivor. 20c
Round 8
29) Ian - Simon Wiesenthal (author) Nazi hunter, Holocaust survivor. 20c
30) Mike - Harry Houdini (magician) 19-20c.
31) David - Regina Jonas (rabbi) 1st female rabbi 20c
32) Asa - Ayn Rand (philosopher) Rational self-interest. 20c
Round 9
33) Mike - Lev Vygotsky (educational theorist) Zone of Proximal Development. 20c
34) David - Russ Feingold (senator) From Wisconsin, voted against the Patriot Act. 20-21c
35) Asa - Edmund Landau (mathematician) Number theorem. 19-20c
36) Ian - Alfred Dreyfus (military) Wrongfully accused of treason against France. 19-20c
Round 10
37) David - Marv Levy (football coach) Led Buffalo Bills to 4 Super Bowls. 20-21c
38) Asa - Bob Dylan (musician) Folk singer. 20-21c
39) Ian - Phillip Roth (author) Writes about contemporary Jewish issues. 20-21c
40) Mike - Annie Liebowitz (photographer) Pictures for Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair. 20-21c
Round 11
41) Asa - Benoit Mandelbrot (mathematician) Fractal geometry. 20-21c
42) Ian - Jonas Salk (doctor, scientist) Cured polio. 20c
43) Mike - Larry David (comedian, actor) Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm. 20-21c
44) David - Ruth Bader-Ginsburg (supreme court justice) 20-21c.
Round 12
45) Ian - Yitzhak Rabin (Prime Minister of Israel) 1974-7 & 92-5, signed peace accord. 20c
46) Mike - Rachel Adler (theologian) Integrated feminism into Judaism. 20-21c
47) David - Sandy Koufax (baseball player) Great pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. 20c
48) Asa - Frank Gehry (architect) Guggenheim Museum. 20-21c
Round 13
49) Mike - George Gershwin (musician) Jazz composer. 20c
50) David - David Ben-Gurion (1st Prime Minister of Israel) Advocate of a Jewish state, socialist 20c
51) Asa - Steven Spielberg (movie director) Schindler's List, ET. 20-21c
52) Ian - Paul Wellstone (senator) Democrat from Minnesota. 20c
Round 14
53) David - Howard Cossell (sports announcer) Monday Night Football. 20c
54) Asa - Arthur Miller (playwrite) Wrote Death of a Salesman, The Crucible. 20c
55) Ian - Allan Ginsburg (author) Beat generation poet. 20c
56) Mike - Nadine Gordimer (novelist) Nobel Prize in Literature, South African. 20-21c
Round 15
57) Asa - Jerry Seinfeld (comedian) The show Seinfeld. 20-21c
58) Ian - Moe Berg (baseball player, spy) Spied for US during WWII. 20c
59) Mike - Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (linguist) Revived Hebrew. 19-20c
60) David - Stephen Breyer (supreme court judge) 20-21c.
Round 16
61) Ian - Shimon Peres (Prime Minister of Israel twice) Won Nobel Peace Prize. 20-21c
62) Mike - Paul Simon (musician) Folk Singer. 20-21c
63) David - Kerri Strug (gymnast) 1996 gold medalist. 20c
64) Asa - Saul Bellow (author) Canadian novelist. 20c
Round 17
65) Mike - Zsa Zsa Gabor* (celebrity) Famous for no reason. 20c
66) David - Abba Eban (politician) Israeli ambassador to UN & US, member of Knesset. 20c
67) Asa - Ariel Sharon (Prmie Minister of Israel) 2001-2006. 20-21c
68) Ian - Bernard Malamud (author) Wrote The Natural. 20c
Round 18
69) David - Red Holtzman (NBA coach) Led New York Knicks to 2 NBA titles. 20c
70) Asa - Carl Sagan (physics, author) Wrote sci-fi books. 20c
71) Ian - Andy Kaufman (comedian, wrestler) Inter-gender wrestling champion. 20c
72) Mike - Dennis Gabor (scientist) Nobel prize for holograms. 20c
Round 19
73) Asa - Stanley Kubrik (movie director) 20c.
74) Ian - Leo Frank (pencil factory manager) Lynched by Georgian mob after falsely accused of raping & murdering a little girl. 19-20c
75) Mike - Gene Simmons (musician) Lead singer of KISS. 20-21c
76) David - Primo Levi (author) Holocaust survivor. 20c
Round 20
77) Ian - Natalie Portman (actor) 21c.
78) Mike - George Soros (financial speculator) Funded anti-Soviet movements. 20-21c
79) David - Sa'd al-Dawla (chief minister) Chief Minister under the Mongol Ilkhan Arghun Khan. 13c
80) Asa - Art Spiegelman (cartoonist) Maus. 20-21c

* Zsa Zsa Gabor's maternal family was Jewish and her mother's parents died in the Holocaust. However, since she never identified as Jewish, she would not be considered as such according to the rules for this specific draft. Since we realized this after the draft was over, the pick stands.