http://jewishcurrents.org/the-subversive-power-of-jewish-humor-40591

This article made me reflect on why famous people changed their last names away from typically Jewish ones, such as Kubelsky and Konigsberg. The name-changers may claim that the Jewish last name is “unclassy”, but that makes me question what makes it as so? The reason that the Jewish last name is seen as unclassy is perhaps a product of there being hardly any Jewish last names in media and culture. However, if they ceased to change their last names, then it would not be unusual or unclassy to see Jewish last names in the media. In a world where media surrounds Christian culture, young Jews need to know that it is okay to be Jewish in a public setting- to not be ashamed of it. Famous people, the modern world’s role models, who hide their Jewish heritage by changing their last name will in no way support young Jews who are unaware of how to display their Judaism.