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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love it, binged over the weekend.  My mid 40s daughter also loved it.  We have no preconceived notions about Jewish people so it's all new to us, plus with the generally low quality of sit coms and rom coms we'll tolerate some stereotyping and stretches of reality.

Overall, A+[/quote]

Then you must be the intended audience. [b]This felt like a Jewish primer in different places.[/b] I have Jewish in-laws (not my direct in-laws, my DH was the product of an interfaith marriage) and I have learned a lot of small things from them. However, I knew what a shiksa, Shabbat, etc. were before ever being married. Defining everything felt pedantic.

Super cute though! [/quote]

I thought that was the intention of this show. With all the anti-Semitism these days, it’s a good idea to make shows that educate non-Jews about Jews.[/quote]

But not helpful showing the judgy insular bits, or the "you can't marry a non-Jew" bits. That could backfire. Also, everyone has already pointed out the slur that keeps being used over and over. We're pretty united as a community on what that means. [/quote]

Slur? You mean shiksa?

I’m a catholic woman married to a Jewish man…so I’m the shiksa. If I refer to myself that way and don’t consider it a slight let alone a slur, then you don’t need to be offended on my behalf. [/quote]

oh honey.[/quote]

Yes?

Why do you think you should be offended on my behalf?

I can’t tell you how often the word shiksa has popped up over the last three decades my husband and I have been together. It’s NBD. It’s always been used in a joking way. [/quote]

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