Dumbing Down Israeli Stereotype Jive |
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by Beth Gottfried, March 8, 2007 |
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Stereotypes Are JewcyIsraelinsider did a piece on young Israel and the various cliques that have developed in a country divided between young secular Jews (most of whom live in Tel Aviv) and the growing Haredi community, comprised of Ultra-Orthodox Jews.
At the bottom of the secular evolutionary totem pole are the arsim. These men strut around the street looking for any excuse to blow off their anger (usually directed at unassuming, defenseless old people) and are endearingly referred to as, "pimps." Most often, arsim are accompanied by their arm candy aka frechot. These women usually adorn the token high heels, acryillic nails, and a ton of make-up to go with their mile-high hair.
In case you're wondering these stereotypes aren't limited to simply secular Jews. Orthodox Jews have a few too, depending on their country of origin. They are usually lumped together under the tem dosim however.
So while on the subject of superficially classifying people, I'd like to give a shout out to Noam and Lior (an oleh hadash) because they make secular Judaism look so very appealing.
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Beth Gottfried Lisogorsky is a professional blogger whose work has appeared on numerous sites from Rotten Tomatoes to PopMatters. She loves film, TV (yes "the boob tube"), and music and has critiqued on all three. In 2004, she published a book More... |