>> Notice how Jesus looks Italian in all the paintings? I always picture him as a young Billy Crystal. <<
He certainly does NOT look like a Roman in any of the pictures, if that’s your insinuation. My wife’s family is from Northern Italy. She’s blonde, blue-eyed, round-faced, and has a short nose.
Monty Python has alrady addressed this issue.
Brian: “I’m not a roman mum, I’m a kike, a yid, a heebie, a hook-nose, I’m kosher mum, I’m a Red Sea pedestrian, and proud of it!”