pbHighlights how millennial Jewish stars symbolize national politics in US mediabrbbrJewish stars have longed faced pressure to downplay Jewish identity for fear of alienating wider audiences. But unexpectedly, since the 2000s, many millennial Jewish stars have won stellar success while spotlighting rather than muting Jewish identity. In iMillennial Jewish Starsi, Jonathan Branfman asks what makes these explicitly Jewish stars so unexpectedly appealing And what can their surprising success tell us about race, gender, and antisemitism in America To answer these questions, Branfman offers case studies on six top millennial Jewish stars the biracial rap superstar Drake, comedic rapper Lil Dicky, TV comedy duo Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, man-baby film star Seth Rogen, and chiseled film star Zac Efron. pBranfman argues that despite their differences, each star's success depends on how they navigate racial antisemitism the historical notion that Jews are physically inferior to Christians