--- description: Readers are divided over whether Dunham's quiz is funny or just plain offensive title: What's The Difference Between Lena Dunham's Dog & her Jewish Boyfriend image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt633381a994576a12/6987784ff887dc0f85e89590/lena-dunham-jack-antonoff.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Can You Tell The Difference Between Lena Dunham's Dog And her Jewish Boyfriend?  by [Naina Bajekal](/author/naina-bajekal/)  ## Naina Bajekal Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Bajekal was executive editor and international editor at TIME. Mar 27, 2015 12:30 PM CUT  Lena Dunham and Jack Antonoff attend the "Girls" season four series premiere after party at The Museum of Natural History in New York City on Jan. 5, 2015. Lena Dunham and Jack Antonoff attend the "Girls" season four series premiere after party at The Museum of Natural History in New York City on Jan. 5, 2015.Jamie McCarthy—Getty Images  by [Naina Bajekal](/author/naina-bajekal/)  ## Naina Bajekal Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Bajekal was executive editor and international editor at TIME. Mar 27, 2015 12:30 PM CUT Writing in [The New Yorker](http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/03/30/dog-or-jewish-boyfriend-a-quiz "undefined") this week, Lena Dunham asked readers to guess whether a number of statements apply to a) her dog or b) her Jewish boyfriend. While some [have criticized Dunham](https://twitter.com/jessicamoz/status/581243200406462464 "undefined") for perpetuating tired stereotypes, others have been [tweeting](https://twitter.com/alexiskleinman/status/579988643831484416 "undefined") it, [praising](https://twitter.com/proustian/status/580025299070554112 "undefined") Dunham’s [sense of humor](https://twitter.com/glutenfreegirl/status/580198187543101440 "undefined"). Read some of her statements below and decide for yourself: – We love to spend hours in bed together on Sunday mornings – He’s crazy for cream cheese – I feel that he is judgmental about the food I serve him. When I make something from scratch, he doesn’t want to eat it, but he also rejects most store-bought dinners. [Read the rest here.](http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/03/30/dog-or-jewish-boyfriend-a-quiz "undefined") _Read next:_ [_What If Michael Bay Directed_ ](http://time.com/3759462/michael-bay-girls-lena-dunham-marine-jess-a-shoshanna-parody-hbo/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined")[Girls_?_](http://time.com/3759462/michael-bay-girls-lena-dunham-marine-jess-a-shoshanna-parody-hbo/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3761268/lena-dunham-dog-jewish-boyfriend/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3761268/lena-dunham-dog-jewish-boyfriend/"},"headline":"Can You Tell The Difference Between Lena Dunham's Dog And her Jewish Boyfriend?","datePublished":"2015-03-27T12:30:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:29:53.208Z","description":"Readers are divided over whether Dunham's quiz is funny or just plain offensive","url":"https://time.com/3761268/lena-dunham-dog-jewish-boyfriend/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt633381a994576a12/6987784ff887dc0f85e89590/lena-dunham-jack-antonoff.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Naina Bajekal","jobTitle":"Bajekal was executive editor and international editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/naina-bajekal/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt633381a994576a12/6987784ff887dc0f85e89590/lena-dunham-jack-antonoff.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Lena Dunham and Jack Antonoff","caption":"Lena Dunham and Jack Antonoff","creditText":"Jamie McCarthy—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3761268/lena-dunham-dog-jewish-boyfriend/","name":"Can You Tell The Difference Between Lena Dunham's Dog And her Jewish Boyfriend?"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"A Year in Space: The Mission","description":"On March 28, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly begins a historic year in Space. 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