TMZ already beat me<\/a> to the \u201cless Jewy name\u201d joke, but it bears repeating. That said, \u201cNatalie Portman\u201d is a lot easier to pronounce than \u201cNatalie Hershlag\u201d and nobody doubts her Tribe bona fides, so as long as Seth doesn\u2019t convert to another faith he\u2019s probably still welcome at the Seder table.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor Seth Green has legally changed his name to, well, Seth Green. The actor was born Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green but has been using Seth Green professionally for so long that he decided to make the change official. TMZ already beat me to the \u201cless Jewy name\u201d joke, but it bears repeating. That said, \u201cNatalie Portman\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[35,59,58],"class_list":["post-89","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-judaism","tag-names","tag-seth-green"],"yoast_head":"\n
Seth Green Legally Makes Name Less Jewy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Actor Seth Green has legally changed his name to, well, Seth Green. The actor was born Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green but has been using Seth Green\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/2011\/10\/seth-green-legally-makes-name-less-jewy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Seth Green Legally Makes Name Less Jewy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Actor Seth Green has legally changed his name to, well, Seth Green. The actor was born Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green but has been using Seth Green\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/2011\/10\/seth-green-legally-makes-name-less-jewy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Faith Goes Pop\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-10-21T14:00:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-10-21T00:26:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lilit Marcus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lilit Marcus\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/2011\/10\/seth-green-legally-makes-name-less-jewy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/2011\/10\/seth-green-legally-makes-name-less-jewy\/\",\"name\":\"Seth Green Legally Makes Name Less Jewy\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-10-21T14:00:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-10-21T00:26:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/#\/schema\/person\/7100bad6fb8ef5967356445b9bbfae61\"},\"description\":\"Actor Seth Green has legally changed his name to, well, Seth Green. The actor was born Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green but has been using Seth Green\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/2011\/10\/seth-green-legally-makes-name-less-jewy\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/2011\/10\/seth-green-legally-makes-name-less-jewy\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/2011\/10\/seth-green-legally-makes-name-less-jewy\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Seth Green Legally Makes Name Less Jewy\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/\",\"name\":\"Faith Goes Pop\",\"description\":\"Pop culture is crazy religious. Lilit Marcus is on the case.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/#\/schema\/person\/7100bad6fb8ef5967356445b9bbfae61\",\"name\":\"Lilit Marcus\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b73db1f44dd60b3fd59fcb469bb3364?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b73db1f44dd60b3fd59fcb469bb3364?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lilit Marcus\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/author\/lilitmarcus\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Seth Green Legally Makes Name Less Jewy","description":"Actor Seth Green has legally changed his name to, well, Seth Green. The actor was born Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green but has been using Seth Green","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/2011\/10\/seth-green-legally-makes-name-less-jewy\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Seth Green Legally Makes Name Less Jewy","og_description":"Actor Seth Green has legally changed his name to, well, Seth Green. The actor was born Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green but has been using Seth Green","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/2011\/10\/seth-green-legally-makes-name-less-jewy\/","og_site_name":"Faith Goes Pop","article_published_time":"2011-10-21T14:00:47+00:00","article_modified_time":"2011-10-21T00:26:08+00:00","author":"Lilit Marcus","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lilit Marcus"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/2011\/10\/seth-green-legally-makes-name-less-jewy\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/2011\/10\/seth-green-legally-makes-name-less-jewy\/","name":"Seth Green Legally Makes Name Less Jewy","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-10-21T14:00:47+00:00","dateModified":"2011-10-21T00:26:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/#\/schema\/person\/7100bad6fb8ef5967356445b9bbfae61"},"description":"Actor Seth Green has legally changed his name to, well, Seth Green. The actor was born Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green but has been using Seth Green","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/2011\/10\/seth-green-legally-makes-name-less-jewy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/2011\/10\/seth-green-legally-makes-name-less-jewy\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/2011\/10\/seth-green-legally-makes-name-less-jewy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Seth Green Legally Makes Name Less Jewy"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/","name":"Faith Goes Pop","description":"Pop culture is crazy religious. Lilit Marcus is on the case.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/#\/schema\/person\/7100bad6fb8ef5967356445b9bbfae61","name":"Lilit Marcus","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b73db1f44dd60b3fd59fcb469bb3364?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b73db1f44dd60b3fd59fcb469bb3364?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lilit Marcus"},"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/author\/lilitmarcus\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithgoespop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}