Stereotypes of Jews - Physical Features

Physical Features

In caricatures and cartoons, Jews are often depicted having dark skin, curly black hair, large hook-noses, thick lips, dark-colored beady eyes and wearing kippahs.

Jews are commonly caricatured as having large noses or hook noses. Jews are also portrayed as swarthy and hirsute. There is a brown, edible woodland fungus, Auricularia cornea, commonly referred to as "Hairy Jew's ear".

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