The Secret Jewish History of 'Gilmore Girls'

By Sigal Samuel and Anne Cohen for The Schmooze

Today is a big day. Today is the day we reconnect with Lorelai and Rory. Today is the day Netflix starts streaming all seven seasons of Gilmore Girls.

WE. JUST. CAN’T. EVEN.

The Gilmores themselves aren’t Jewish — Richard and Emily would gasp at the thought — but the show did give us such gems as the dancing rabbi, Kirk as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, and “Oy with the poodles already!” And those mandatory Friday night dinners at the parents’? Come on, they just scream Shabbat.

But more than that, there’s the theme song. Yes, that theme song.

Who knew it had a secret Jewish connection?

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