Who knew that the Terp even had a name, let alone that he's Jewish?

Apparently, though, he's not the first mascot to have a bar mitzvah celebration. Dan Steinberg reports on the D.C. Sports Bog that among those other mascots that have celebrated the rite of passage are Syracuse University's Otto the Orange and the University of North Carolina's Rameses.

Rabbi, the matchmaker

A New Jersey rabbi is so keen on seeing Jews marry within the faith that he's paying for free JDate membership for congregants. As of last week, Rabbi Don Weber and his wife, Rabbi Shira Stern, had paid for nine memberships, according to the Asbury Park Press.

"Most of the weddings I'm doing for my congregants now are people who met from JDate," Weber, who had announced his matchmaking service on Yom Kippur, told the paper. "I think we need to find a way to say to our children that we'd like to you to date Jewish people without saying what our grandparents said, which is, 'If you marry someone who isn't Jewish we will disown you.' "

He's hoping to see the payoff in six months to a year, and be asked to officiate at some weddings.

Bond girl might be a sabra

An Israeli model and actress is in the running for a new James Bond film, Ynet reports. Just call her Atias, Moran Atias.

The actress is soon to begin shooting in Adam Sandler's latest flick, You Don't Mess with the Zohan.

Desperate brit

It's not too often that a brit milah merits more than a quick reference on prime time, but we don't think we're going out on a limb by saying that Sunday's TV brit for a non-Jewish baby was a first.

When Desperate Housewives' Bree Hodge and her husband, Orson, disagree on circumcision for their baby (really her grandson, but if you don't watch, don't ask), she takes the newborn to a friend's brit, where she convinces the mohel that she's Jewish (makes reference to her grandma Tzeitel) and assures him that she'll raise the baby to be just as observant a Jew as she is.

A more accurate name for the series would be Deceptive Housewives.

Oy, he shouldn't be a doctor?

Most Israeli doctors have no desire to see their children follow their footsteps into the medical field. Only 35 percent of 500 doctors surveyed in an Israel Medical Association poll would recommend the profession to their children.

But, what would a poll of Jewish mothers reveal?

Liquid latkes

Just because you're on a liquid diet doesn't mean you have to miss out on latkes, applesauce, chocolate gelt or jelly doughnuts for Chanukah. Those are the four soda flavors (kosher, of course) in the Jones Soda Company's Chanukah Pack.

The kosher sodas also come in ham flavor ‹ in the Christmas Pack.

We'll pass, thank you.

Dreidel game, Texas style

Goodie bags at Sunday's American Music Awards will include a new twist on Texas Hold 'Em: the No Limit Texas Dreidel game. The new game uses poker betting rules, but the stakes are chocolate gelt instead of poker chips.

If you want to win, we'd advise you not to break into the foil wrap.

‹ compiled with reports from JTA News and Features, The Jerusalem Post and other sources