.@benjaminroffman Anthony Goldstein, Ravenclaw, Jewish wizard.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 16, 2014
Has Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry ever admitted a Jewish student? Yesterday, J.K. Rowling confirmed that the answer is “yes.”
In response to a fan’s message on Twitter, the Harry Potter series author revealed that a Jewish wizard named Anthony Goldstein belonged to Ravenclaw house. We’ve embedded the tweets above—what do you think?
In addition to coming to her fans rescue via social media, Rowling has been a busy bee with adding new content on Pottermore. For the past few days, several new details about Potions Master Severus Snape has been unveiled. (via BuzzFeed)
SPOILER ALERT: If you don’t want to know more, you should stop reading now!
According to Jezebel, Snape served as a potions teacher at Hogwarts because chemistry was Rowling’s least favorite subject during her school girl days. Time reports that Rowling also shot down a rumor that Snape was a vampire despite his “unhealthy pallor, and is sometimes described as looking like a large bat in his long black coat.”