[Year of first publication] 1989 [Character(s)] Jerry Seinfeld, Tim Whatley, Rabbi Krischbaum, Kessler [Work] Seinfeld [Creator] Larry David Jerry Seinfeld [Country of publication] United States [Details] The character of Jerry Seinfeld is "a New York Jew, a sarcastic, wisecraking cynic with an overbite, living on the margin of the middle state."[105] In one episode, Jerry is upset that his dentist, Tim Whatley, has converted to Judaism so that he can tell Jewish jokes.[105][106] Rabbi Kirschbaum, who publicly exposed on his cable TV show personal secrets that Elaine Benes had told to him, was a "unique" negative portrayal of a Rabbi on American TV.[106] In the pilot, Jerry's neighbor was initially the Jewish Kessler, but was changed to non-Jewish Cosmo Kramer in part because Brandon Tartikoff had thought the show was "too New York," "too Jewish" for the mainstream American public.[105] [Media] 
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