Not bad. He doesn’t totally ring my bell, but maybe that’s because he’s not Jewish.

(Disclosure: my hawt boyfriend isn’t Jewish, but has been mistaken for Jewish in the past. As I also have a thing for Jewish guys, my attraction to him makes total sense.)

And, really, Brian? He’s Jewish because he likes Jewish-character movies and shares the same name as other Jews? Really?

1. His surname is Cohen, after all. This should be a giveaway in itself, as a Cohen is a Jewish priest, and it’s hard to disagree that having Ben in the England team is a blessing, which no doubt helped towards England’s victory.

2.Ben’s first name is Ben – which is a nice Jewish name meaning ‘son’. So Ben Cohen means ‘son of a Cohen’.

3. When asked in a TV interview on the day of the victory parade how he came to play rugby, Ben replied “I was just brought in to make up the numbers” – something which happens to a lot of Jewish people on sports teams (who are often there just “to make up the numbers”)

4. He says two of his favourite films are Meet The Parents and Snatch – both of which feature prominent Jewish characters (Ben Stiller as a neurotic Jewish nurse in Meet The Parents and Mike Reid impersonating a Hassidic Jew in Snatch).

5. He is from Northampton, which has a Jewish community.

6. He shares his name with a lot of other Jewish people called Ben Cohen, the most famous being Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben And Jerry’s. Not only is he totally Jewish, but the company’s ice-cream is 100% kosher certified.

Related links:

Ben Cohen official site