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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]‘Nobody Wants This’ Pits Jewish Women Against ‘Shiksas.’ Nobody Wins. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/05/opinion/nobody-wants-this-jewish-gender.html?smid=nytcore-android-share[/quote]

Geez, summarize it if it’s behind a paywall.

I wish everyone would just realize it’s a show with 1 Jewish guy who dumps his 1 Jewish girlfriend for a new girlfriend who happens to not be Jewish.

It’s not an indictment against Jewish women or non-Jewish women. Religion is just context for the plot. [/quote]

My feeling was that Erin Foster is a vain nepo baby with probably not the best values (don't know her mom, but her dad is clearly a piece of shit) So the characters, Jewish or not, reflect her own entourage and herself: self-absorbed, superficial, fickle, a little off. She thinks these people are fine, normal humans instead of mostly terrible. [/quote]

This. Also, here you go, gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/05/opinion/nobody-wants-this-jewish-gender.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QE4.1cvk.-kKslv0UkCF1&smid=url-share[/quote]

Ou vey.

The NYT opinion piece is a master class in finding ways to be offended when you only view something through your biased lens. And offering up Sandler’s “You are so not invited to my bat mitzvah” and specifically the crazy Sarah Sherman caricature of a rabbi who sings pee-pee songs as a better depiction of Jewish culture underscores the writer’s skewed perception.

As a shiksa married to a Jewish guy from a NY/NJ conservative Jewish family, here’s my take:

- Of course a rabbi would encounter questions/comments/concerns from family if he brought a shiksa around as a rebound from the nice Jewish GF who everyone already accepted as family. (I had a hard time being accepted by my guy’s family and they barely went to temple.)

-Sasha’s bossy wife admittedly started as a trope, but she basically came across as a strong and committed wife/mother struggling with her own MIL issues. ICYMI: MIL issues are universal and transcend race and religion.

-The sports scene was just a mechanism for the shiksa to use booze to break into the group. The silly team name made sense for the movie but their performance wasn’t fostering a stereotype that Jews are bad at sports. I mean, the team almost won after all.

-I think it’s sad if Jewish women think all Jewish men prefer women who aren’t Jewish or don’t look Jewish. I certainly don’t think that’s true. First, all the Jewish women I know from really Jewish families don’t look the same. I know Jewish women who are natural blondes. Lots of men have a type, but types are all over the map. Contrary to popular belief, there is no singular American beauty type. While some men prefer blondes, others prefer brunettes or redheads. And the reality is our country has basically abandoned religion (google the dramatic decrease), so nobody really cares about such things…except perhaps Jews. I get it: thx rabbi who married us alongside a priest made a big deal about why Jewish mothers want their children to have Jewish kids: dwindling numbers jeopardize their community. In fact, the priest made the same comment on behalf of Jews. All this to say, it makes sense for Jewish people to be hypersensitive to this stuff—including dumb shows like this that are just meant for fun.

Honestly, my current opinion is that Sandler must be really powerful in Hollywood since his silly movie didn’t prompt criticism the way this show has. [/quote]

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