Jewish stereotyping is a form of racial profiling ( Read more... )

I hope introductory posts are okay? I'm really happy to see this community; I'm not Jewish myself but I'm a Jewish Studies major and I do attend services when I'm at school (the community in my hometown is sadly nonexistent, so it's more difficult when I'm back for the summer). Jewish history and culture has fascinated me since high school. I'm ( Read more... )

Those of you who acquired a New York Jewish sensibility by dint of proximity to New York may be interested. Tovah Feldshuh will be starring in Dan Gordon's play "Irena's Vow" from September 7 to November 2. The play is about Irena Gut Opdyke, a Polish Catholic who was the housekeeper for an SS Officer and who protected 12 Jewish refugees. $39.50 ( Read more... )

Something that has always interested me (and that came up in this discussion of Jewish characters played by non-Jewish seeming actors) is this notion of a tv show seeming "too Jewish" by Hollywood standards. rydra_wrong explains this phenomenon here:

Neal Gabler's An Empire Of Their Own: How The Jews Invented Hollywood argues that this is precisely why ( Read more... )

Okay, here's something I've wanted to discuss for ages. I have a really hard time with the casting of obviously non-Jewish actors in overtly Jewish roles ( Read more... )

Wow, guys, the community is growing at warp speed! This is so exciting ( Read more... )

Anyone have clues where to share the news that we're up and running?

Aside from community spaces, I want to encourage people to make mention of us in their ljs over the next weeks so we can get the word out.

Todah rabbah.

Hi, guys, and welcome to stilljewishAs you can see, we're still in the middle of setting things up here, and we'd love some input about things you do and don't think belong in the community. If you've got any thoughts or suggestions about things such as community goals, topics that shouldn't be allowed, ways we should be defining things, etc, this is the ( Read more... )

So here we are and I have to confess to being a bit overwhelmed by actually doing this thing ( Read more... )