I’ve been noticing the disturbing trend that many frum folks on Facebook are trying to prevent themselves from being labeled a racist by skirting around the “racial element” of The Knockout Game. There’s this obvious fear in being too forthcoming…
Tag: stereotypes
I am not Orthodox: Chabad propaganda
If you ever ask someone who’s of chabad stock if they are chabad, they will generally respond to you that they’re just Jewish and that they don’t like labels. No one likes labels, but for the sake of deciding where…
Is it fair to judge Orthodoxy by scandal?
This past shabbos, the Rabbi spoke about how “frum scandal” is the new yetzer harah, he spoke about how the frum scandal is used an excuse by people who don’t want to grow in their yiddishkeit. He’s absolutely right in…
Yom Ha’atzmaut the day to judge your fellow Jew
Yom Ha’aztmaut is one of the few times a year when you can actually judge, disparage, and stereotype your fellow Jews and be right about it. On all other days of the year, we tend to judge folks by the…
Do Jews really have small penises?
From Gawker: San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum has launched a lovely exhibition in honor of the Jewish holiday Tu B’Shevat, or New Year for the Trees. One component of the exhibition includes a wishing tree that encourages people to write…
Why the current use of the term “Torah Jew” is a chillul hashem
Found this interesting piece on the blog To Kiss a Mezuzah and received permission to re-post here. By Susan Esther Barnes We Jews seem to have a lot of labels for ourselves these days. Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, Modern Orthodox, Chasidic,…
Switching from black velvet to suede yarmulkes defies stereotypes
One of the people I met over the last days of yuntiff tried to stereotype me and failed miserably, he exclaimed shock when I told him that I hadn’t grown up yeshivish or let alone any variety of mainstream Judaism…
Stereotyping Orthodox Jews
Frumster has a pretty good list of labels to stereotype the people on their site, so I decided to throw in my own two cents and give you folks the real definition. Sure it’s negative, cynical, but it’s fun and…
Why do Frummies drive like idiots?
It’s true, the more religious the community, the worse the drivers they produce. Have you been to Boro Park or Flatbush? What about The Five Towns or the Catskils, it’s really a nightmare. Luckily, other folks like my dear friend…
Modern Orthodox are much more judgemental than black hatters
Did you know that modern orthodox Jews dislike black hat Jews more than black hat Jews dislike the modern orthodox? I was just as shocked as you when I found out the news, it was reported in a recent survey…
Where did the Cheap Jews stereotype come from?
The following video was made in homage to the post I wrote sometime back about how picking up fallen change may make Jews look cheap. Are Jews cheap? I think the stereotype probably started because we were barred from owning…
Non-generic Jewish sects
Everyone knows the generic Jewish sects, modern orthodox, Chassidic, reform, conservative and so on. What many people don’t know are the different sub groups or ways to call those people that venture a little from the generic categories. Flamers: Usually…
I have a dream
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for achdus in the history of our nation. Several years ago, some great Rabbis, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today,…
Ambiguous terms used to describe a potential shidduch
I am sure I will miss a few terms, but there are some general terms that I hear quite often in the shidduch world. I just got back into the whole mix of things so I am sure I will…
Black Hats are just like Kugel
Guest Post By E. Fink Post stolen from the Dov Bear Blog Please don’t take this post too seriously. It’s partly written tongue in cheek. I bear no grudge against hat wearers. I myself was a devout hat wearer for…
Does picking up fallen change make Jews look cheap?
I am walking down the street and suddenly I see penny on the ground, I resist the urge to bend down and grab it and keep walking. I think about the penny on the ground and walk back, casually looking…
Judging BT’s by their body maneuvers during shul
As I watched the poor unknowing guy standing with his feet apart trying to bounce correctly for kedusha while holding his siddur awkwardly I realized that Jews have a lot of different body maneuvers. In my crazy mind I came…
Christian Salt maker ries to compete with Kosher Salt
I never knew the salt market was that large, but I guess some Christian guy thought that Kosher Salt controlled too large a share, because he hopes that his Christian Salt is better than the kosher stuff. It got me…
What does Yeshivish mean to you?
What is yeshivish? I am consistently wondering what on earth yeshivish means. Does it mean you attend yeshiva, if so one who went to Ramaz which has a prom may even be considered yeshivish. What about those who learn full…
Judging people by the food they serve for shabbos
Frummies are huge into kugels, it seems like anything can be considered a kugel nowadays, cranberry apple pie or cobbler has even been changed to reflect the frummy kugel culture. Potato kugel must be oily, if you do not feel…