I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. This isn’t just the Sandersons. Jewish actresses are cast as witches all the time.

Here’s Idina Menzel in Wicked

Here’s Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter Movies

Here’s Rachel Weisz as the Wicked Witch of the East in Oz The Great and Powerful

Here’s Mila Kunis as the Wicked Witch of the West in the same movie

Here’s Alyson Hannigan as Willow on Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Here’s Ruth Gordon as Minnie Castavet in Rosemary’s Baby

While there are exceptions, this is far too common to be coincidence. Witches have historically been Jew coded throughout the history of European folklore. So when casting directors think “witch,” they’re probably already thinking of Jewish women to play the part.

Note that the Wicked Witch of the West shows up on this list twice (even if these are more nuanced portrayals than in the original Wizard of Oz). Also notice that “good witches” are usually portrayed by blonde goyim. There’s a reason for that.

It might be somewhat relevant that the non-Jewish actress playing one of the sisters in Hocus-Pocus is Lebanese-American. The joy of Semitic features, I guess

I was actually just about to post this.