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President Donald Trump’s recent mispronunciation of Yosemite – in which he referred to the national park as “Yo-semites” – is causing some merriment on social media. And one of the biggest revelations is that a beloved cartoon character bearing the park’s name may actually be a Semite.

“It being a strange world, Yosemite Sam is actually Jewish,’ Atlantic editor Yoni Applebaum tweeted. “He bore more than a passing resemblance to his creator, Isadore Freleng, and his full name is given in one episode as Samuel Rosenbaum.”

Yosemite Sam’s full name was unveiled in a Looney Tunes cartoon that aired in 2013, the first time it had been mentioned since being created by Jewish animator ‘Friz’ Freleng, who claimed he modeled the character after himself.

Yo-semite Sam is actually Jewish: After Trump’s gaffe it emerges that the that famed cartoon character is named Samuel Rosenbaum https://t.co/J9VhMZIer1

— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) August 8, 2020