Random Tel Aviv story that is like, a really really deep and profound parable about Jewish Life in the 21st century

Posted by alli on 12/15/2005 in Jewlicious · 6 Comments

Me to Makolet Guy: Excuse me, is this soup Parve? I can’t tell by the hekscher.
Makolet Guy to Random Chassid: Ayzeh yofie! She asks if it’s parve! Can you believe? What a good Jewish girl she is, and in this part of Tel Aviv! Where they all act like goyim, where you tell them something is Parve and davka they won’t buy it. Doesn’t it warm your heart? Can you believe it?
RC to MG: (shrugs, leaves)
Me to MG: Thanks, but, um, I’m just a vegetarian.

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veggie g

12/15/2005

How funny. Israel is the land of Milk and Milk- thank goodness for the “parve”

Ben-David

12/15/2005

EXCELLENT!!!

Dina

12/15/2005

My haircutterwoman once told me that she was thinking about getting a piece of lace to sew around the bottom of her skirt because it didn’t quite cover her knees. She’s the equivalent to a baalat teshuva…but she’s Catholic.

Gary H

12/15/2005

that dialogue warmed my heart a little. For a few seconds.

Seth Chalmer

12/16/2005

But wait, O ye vegetarians. Could not something parve still conceivably be boiled in fish juices? Really, you’re only safe with kosher dairy. And if you’re vegan, then tough tofu, don’t even take kosher into consideration. Right? Or am I missing something?

12/19/2005

As a long-time vegan and all-the-live-long-day lifetime Jewess, i thank you for this fantastique post. I CAN TOTALLY RELATE!!!

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