Whew! I’m so glad you showed up here, Eve. I don’t feel quite so conspicuous now.
I certainly appreciate all the compliments, but I’d have to agree that Eve’s got the “exotic beauty” thing all wrapped up!
Are Michelle, Eve and I the only Jewish girls here? We certainly do all have completely different looks. And speaking of the “Nordic” look, y’all should see my beautiful sister, chocolate. My mother’s side of the family are all from Sweden and she’s the one that got the blonde hair and green eyes. We look so completely different that no one even believes we’re related.
Hey Wally, now we’re even. I was smitten with you a long time ago - who couldn’t be, with that razor wit and adorable charm?! I would definitely take you up on your proposal - I loathe doing the dishes and scrubbing floors. But don’t you think the current Mrs. Wally would object just a little?
And Rick, never fear, you are my one and only Naked Twister and Full Contact Origami partner. I’d marry you, too, if it weren’t for that whole pesky religion thing. Darn my luck.
But if spoke’s willing to learn…
Olentzero, I don’t think we’ve ever bumped into each other on TSD before. Where’ve you been hiding?
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” - Anne Frank
“Mom, he’s a neo Nazi! He’s a doctor also? Well…” - WallyM7
Howdy. Or I should say, Shalom. I’m Jewish too.
(As in born of Jewish parents–This disclaimer is in case anybody here is reading this thread.)
I have red/strawberry blonde hair and brown eyes. I think I look very Jewish, and many Jews agree with me. I guess I look Eastern European/Russian.
Less savvy gentiles think that Jews don’t have light hair and straight noses, so I have been mistaken for a non-Jew on many occasions.
Unfortunately, I have been privy to some unkind comments about my people. When I point out that I am a Jew, the nasty bigot invariably says–“But I didn’t know you were Jewish! You have red hair!” They seem angry, as if I was somehow hiding my true identity with my light hair and straight nose. Sorry, folks, they grew out of my head this way! I had nothing to do with it.
Notice, too, that the bigot does not apologize for his/her comments–just is angry that I turned out to be Jewish. Sometimes, I feel like this makes them even more convinced that Jews are sneaky and untrustworthy–that I am a Jew impersonating a gentile.
I used to like Jewish girls. I used to have the major hots for them. I married one. Then after the divorce, somehow the effect wore off. My new “thing” then was Indian women. I actually went to India to marry my second wife.
Well, I guess I just have different standards for bigotry than most people on this thread. Making an incorrect guess about someone’s ethnicity doesn’t constitute bigotry in my eyes. Considering Judaism to be an ethnicity also does not constitute bigotry in my eyes. I don’t know whether or not it’s bigotry when a Jew tells a Jewish joke and a gentile laughs at it. I’ll have to think about that one.
I hope that your statement was not directed at me. When I said that I have heard “unkind comments” from bigoted non-Jews, I was not referring to Jewish jokes. I was referring to the times when people have told me that all Jews are cheap, nasty, cheaters, etc.
Sorry to bring up a sore subject in this otherwise lovely thread.
