Greenfield is Jewish; Deschanel, who plays the titular new girl, Jess, recently joined the tribe, and Jake Johnson, who plays Nick, has a Jewish dad. Johnson was born Mark Jake Johnson Weinberger.

Mazel tov to “New Girl” on their bar mitzvah…scene. On the latest episode of the Fox comedy, Schmidt (Max Greenfield) Jews it up yet again, this time crashing a bar mitzvah with Nick (Jake ...