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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Finished the series last night.

What did I take away from this?

Erin Foster appreciahes many of the spiritual and traditional elements of Judaism. But it’s pretty clear she has a lot of trauma related to being accepted by the Jewish women in her husband’s life. Foster really did Jewish women dirty in this portrayal - she clearly has a bone to pick.

You also need to remember that the vast majority of people watching this series have ZERO Jewish people in their personal lives. So this series - warts and all - is forming their views of Judaism, their traditions, family life, etc. This is a very skewed portrayal and, frankly, kind of worrying. [/quote]

Disagree.

Quick show of hands: who felt immediately accepted by their BF’s mom? Anyone?

Now let’s just hear from those dating a Jewish guy (regardless of your religion). Anyone?

Now let’s hear from the shiksas: how long until your MIL accepted you? How was the wedding planning?

Life is messy. Plenty of moms are difficult or perceived as difficult by the GF regardless of religion. It’s a thing.

Regardless, there’s no hook for a show without conflict. Duh. [/quote]

Shiksa is a hateful word thrown around too casually. I am Jewish now but was not when I met dh. I was always accepted and conversion never came up once with my ils. We never had a religious wedding and nobody cared. Honestly it was more about how our kids would be raised than about me at all! And with Kristen Bell being 40+ the issue of kids would have mattered more than her being Jewish or not.[/quote]

I married a Jewish man and my ILs accepted me right away. We had an interfaith ceremony with clergy from both religions and traditions from both sides. [/quote]

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