and i am definitely that: teach kids (so now hate them), muslim(!) shalom, salamm, live on the other side of the pond and sarcastic, so when r we meeting up for coffee!!! A pic of someone else, i do have the same hair and shirt

I came across 'lezberado' on youtube....another american jewish nutter lesbian....also looks exactly like judy's twin....since judy wants someone very much like herself....this one would be perfect.

hey judy, check her out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asiV6s8mdmM

PS- if u girls end up dating, send me something nice.

Judy,

I watched your episode of She Said What and I must say that I totally understand the need to date other Jews. I think there is a time when you think religion doesn't matter. You can have a spiritual connection with someone of a different religion, share similar beliefs, morals, etc. so, you really don't think that it matters what religion they were raised. When it becomes an issue for me is when you get beyond the preliminary dating, things get a little bit serious, it's time to go out to dinner with your new love interest and your parents.

How the hell do you explain a meal out with Jewish parents if you are not a Jew? First of all there is the time of day. I mean who eats dinner at 4:30 if they are not in Boca Raton and dragging a walker? Next comes where to sit. The hostess asks them if they have a preference, they say no and as soon as she heads towards a table, my father asks if they have a booth. Before you can take your jacket off, my mother feels a draft, then you are being moved to the less drafty area of booths, which, invariably is near the kitchen, which, of course, is noisy. Finally seated my father is snapping for the waitress to take our orders before you even have an opportunity to open the menu. He is in a terrible hurry since he has been retired since 1980. Have you ever known a Jew to order off of a menu as it is offered. Even the beverage, "I want a diet coke, on the side I want a glass full of ice, and four slices of lemon, that's four slices, honey." "I want a bowl of the matzah ball soup but I want it hot, really hot, just put it in the micorwave for a few minutes before you bring it out, honey." If there are taste buds left on my father's tongue that have not been seared off by nuclear soup, I would die of shock.

You realize after sitting through one of these meals with your nice waspy girlfriend, the girlfriend whose parents would eat shards of glass in their salad before thinking of sending back food, that she is looking at your parents and realizing what her future has in store. It really isn't fair to expect that someone who has never had a conversation with her family that involved personal information can relate to a woman  whose mother calls her 6 times a day to keep her updated on her father's bowel movements after minor surgery, just in case I was worried.

So, I do understand the desire to date other Jews if only to protect the nice gentile girls out there.

Warm Wishes,

Shana 

Loved what you said on the podcast, especially at the end, I have totally fallen in love with someone through their writing!  I thought I was the only one!  It is totally possible...although unlikely...that is why it's so great when it happens!  But I get what you say about wanting to see her picture--I will go out with anyone once, because you never know, but I JUST WANT TO SEE WHAT SHE LOOKS LIKE!!!  Nothing wrong with that.  I don't post my picture, but will send it to anyone right away.  I totally get that.

I am also funny, and a big fan of funny.  My favorite hobby is laughing, although I am so lucky to work in a place where we laugh every day--if nothing funny happens, we laugh at each other.  So it's more than a hobby.

Not jewish, but a lawyer, and consider myself an honorary jew (but still funny--and that refers to the lawyer part).

I am in NYC--will now go to see your show and maybe hope to run into you at the cubby or some other such place...think you're adorable and that we would definitely hit it off.  At the very least, it would be a lot of laughs.

Thanks for the kinship--you are fabulous!

recluse@

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