Comments on: but you look Jewish…

By: Meg

Meg — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:33:02 +0000

I tend to have people ask me if I’m Jewish. However, I’m Mexican, Dutch, and Welsh. But, it’s all relative.

By: Tom Morrissey

Tom Morrissey — Fri, 01 May 2009 08:22:44 +0000

I’m sick and tired of telling people, ‘just because I’m witty, good-looking and intelligent doesn’t automatically mean I’m Irish.’

By: Aliza Hausman

Aliza Hausman — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:09:55 +0000

By the way, good book. I also profiled it on my blog.

By: Aliza Hausman

Aliza Hausman — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:08:42 +0000

If you’ve read my blog and my article “Funny You Don’t Look Jewish,” then you’ve heard just about enough from me on the subject. In Israel, I discovered I was 100% Israeli-looking. In New York, people stare at my curly fro and without introducing them they’ll ask me if I converted or try to figure out what race I am. It’s frustrating and what’s worst, these stereotypes about what a Jew looks like are so pervasive, I get letters about it from all over the world. Jews look like everybody else. We’ve got all kinds.

By: Modern Girl

Modern Girl — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:46:10 +0000

I guess I’ve done the opposite. As a shiksa, I was 22 before I realized there was a pattern forming – almost all the guys I had fallen for (celebrities and in real life) were Jewish. I’d see a guy on tv (e.g. Jacob Hoffman) and think, “he’s cute” and later on find out he was Jewish. Even after I clued in that Jewish boys appeared to be “my type” I still had hard a time purposefly pointing them out in the crowd…but I kept doing it.

I met my boyfriend and had chatted with him online for a week before he eventually told me that he was Jewish. I was completely stunned, but took it as a sign.

If I consciously think about Jewish stereotypes, I can’t pick out Jewish boys at all. But if I think about who I find “cute” and neglect hard fast rules like noses and curls, then I usually get atleast an 80% accuracy rate.

By: Chava

Chava — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:26:21 +0000

Try getting the, “But you don’t look Jewish” or “You don’t have a Jewish name” response. Since I don’t fit into your stereotype then I must not be Jewish, right? How silly of me. I’ve seriously worked with people who gave me a ‘knowing look’ when they found out that I was taking the day off for Yom Kippur.