Talk:Jessica Seinfeld

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I’m not sure why several anonymous IPs keep reverting improvements to this article and making it look like a blog rant. Pontification (i.e., “Jessica should have known better”) is NOT appropriate on Wikipedia. Stick with facts and quotes from legitimate sources. Also, balance is required. Jessica has denied knowledge of Lapine’s work and therefore a statement to that effect is appropriate - stop deleting it. Also, please learn to format section headings correctly. And stop using the word “plagiarism.” Plagiarism is when an author lifts entire passages from another’s work and uses it in her own work, without attribution. Seinfeld is not accused of this – her cookbook is merely very similar to Lapine’s, and she never claimed that she invented the concept of hiding vegetables in children’s food. Therefore, at worse, this is a case of copyright infringement. Even then, recipes are rarely protected by copyright, so there’s really no legal case here. And finally, please get your facts and dates straight, and stop deleting my corrections. CagedRage 18:20, 30 October 2007 (UTC)


 * There has been plenty of defense for Jessica Seinfled. But the article reads like an attack on her.  This should be remedied and I've notified the BLP noticeboard.  --Horoball 20:59, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Case settled?
There is currently a footnote saying the case was settled out of court on July 29, 2008 for an undisclosed sum, and that there is a gag order forbidding disclosure of how much the settlement is. However, the link given as reference is broken, and I was unable to find any other reference on the web. Could it really be that NO ONE wrote about the settlement in their blogs, when so much was said earlier about the lawsuit? Ratfox (talk) 04:19, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

My opinion is that CagedRage has not sufficiently studied the case, and, as a result, this Wikipedia entry is misinformed and misleading. Why isn't there a link to the "smoking gun" website that has a pdf file of the original lawsuit filing? That filing makes explicitly clear that Lapine is not claiming that the idea of pureeing food is hers. On the contrary, and much more specifically, Lapine outlines in page after page the incredible number of instances that prove that Jessica Seinfeld has taken nearly verbatim passages from the book and presented them as her own. In a majority of the cases, it is clear that Seinfeld has simply changed one or two words, but has largely plagiarized Lapine's book. The misuse of Lapine's book goes well beyond "fair use" legislation. The evidence is clear and unmistakeable. In any case, CagedRage and others may not agree with this analysis, but at the *very* least they should be upfront and honest enough to include a link to the original complaint so that readers can make up their own minds.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0107083seinfeld1.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.249.178.55 (talk) 04:35, 22 May 2010 (UTC)


 * I agree the Smoking Gun link should be referred to in the article. Specifically, because it demonstrates the absurdity of the lawsuit.  I just read through its 19 pages, which even include lengthy transcripts from Seinfeld appearing on Letterman.  (Note to self: if you sue Jerry Seinfeld, don't act surprised that he has a bully pulpit to make fun of you.  Comedians benefit amply from the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.)  The little content in this document with any substance is a list of identical vegetables secretly put into snacks, e.g., spinach put into brownies.  Both books use the same vegetables for a number of snacks.  That's it.  There is nothing else there.  The case was thrown out of court for good reason.  What else is there to say?  (Nothing.  That question was rhetorical.)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.92.237.244 (talk) 16:48, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Pure Advertisement
This reads like pure advertising for Jessica Seinfeld's businesses. And it's funny how someone keeps making changes so that everything sounds positive towards Jerry and Jessica. This is supposed to be a factual account of the woman and not only does it sound like an "about" page for her Baby Buggy venture, but it's being manipulated by her or people who work for her because Jerry and Jessica have screwed over quite a few people, husbands, Realtors, authors and that's going to have to go in this article if she's going to have an article on Wiki. How sad are these people that they must be seen in a good light even if it means lying. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.12.229.117 (talk) 20:50, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

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Name change
From the opening sentence "Jessica Seinfeld (born Nina Danielle Sklar", why is there no discussion of when/why she changed her name from Nina to Jessica? Surely, being a public personality, some interviewer/reporter has asked this question before? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.210.115.106 (talk) 04:50, 31 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Came here to ask the same! 98.144.130.222 (talk) 20:00, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

To add to article
Basic information to add to this article: information about Jessica Seinfeld's family background and ethnic heritage. 173.88.246.138 (talk) 02:48, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

Stance on Israel
how is this blurb -

“At UCLA, counter-protesters funded by Charity for Israel turned violent, attacking the pro-Palestinian protesters' camp and shooting fireworks into the encampment.”

-  relevant to Jessica Seinfeld’s biography? The article earlier noted how she donated money to Charity For Israel. Okay, that’s a fact about her. This subsequent blurb about what Charity For Israel is alleged to have subsequently done since does not seem to have anything to do with her. To my understanding ,this is a news item that can be discussed on a news page or another area regarding that organization. As it relates to her, was she in some way involved in these alleged activity, made a statement on it or otherwise involved? RelevanceCounsel (talk) 16:24, 6 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Moreover, I am not seeing any evidence in the linked sources that identifies this charity as backing counterprotests. 96.235.17.133 (talk) 18:51, 6 May 2024 (UTC)