<p>Thank you for explaining all of that, Lergmom.</p>
<p>I object to some of the broad stereotyping in terms of personality characteristics, some of which is apparent here on this thread, even among those who have no negative feelings about people with those characteristics. Jews, as a group, are not any more or less outgoing, reserved, pushy, patient, opinionated or passive than any other group of people around them. </p>
<p>I can enjoy a joke at the expense of a group to which I belong but ugh, that airline quip wasn’t the least bit funny (or true for that matter). I definitely cringe when I hear these kind of generalizations repeated, even (especially) by other Jewish people.</p>
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<p>^^^ Totally agree, Roshke. I think, though, PRJ’s post # 144 was not meant to be funny, but to point out the stereotype and antisemitism that still exists. I think, though, if your point is that this offensive comment shouldn’t have been repeated at all, that is a good point.</p>
<p>^^ I know the story was supposed to represent the unbelievable rudeness and sterotyping that still goes on , but somehow you get the feeling that people forget the moral of the story and just tend to remember the story.</p>
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<p>LOL!</p>
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<p>Now that is serious schlepping nachas (literal translation from the yiddish is “lugging pleased pride”, but it refers to taking great pleasure in a relative’s or friend’s successes). </p>
<p>mantori.suzuki, God might not care about stupid games, but I figure He cares about Cal v. Stanford and UCLA v. USC. I see the outcomes of these games as regular evidence that He doesn’t interfere. Or at least He’s not interfering on the correct side. :D</p>
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<p>JYM, your kids would have liked my brother, who as camp director taught kids to change the song
**“Am Yisrael Chai!”<a href=“trans:%20The%20Jewish%20People%20Lives!%22”>/b</a> to **“I’m a squirrel. HI!”<a href=“trans:%20I’m%20a%20squirrel.%20Hi.”>/b</a> </p>
<p>The kids all waved at each other; very cute.</p>
<p>boysX3 and p3t,</p>
<p>I can never say the motzi without thinking of it the way my dad used to say it “Ha motzi le’chem Minnie Horowitz”. Still makes me smile :)</p>
<p>*** BTW, p3t, which camp did your brother direct?? DH’s cousin directs Nah-Jee-Wah</p>
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Slithey, perhaps She just doesn’t care enough to get involved, has enough other problems to deal with, and just wants to enjoy the game.</p>
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<p>Among most Christian congregations that I am aware of it’s considered improper to ask God to take sides in a game, i.e. pray for victory. Athletes and teams are, however, encouraged to pray for the safety of the players on both sides, and it is permissible to pray to be granted to perform to the best of your abilities.</p>
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What’s g-d got to say about the GA-FL game this weekend?</p>
<p>**** Hey, the game is on Halloween. GA fans can go in costume dressed as fans of an imaginary winning team 
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<p>this thread has taken on a life of its own…wonder if the OP has checked in lately…</p>
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<p>Well, yeah. And obviously He wants Notre Dame to win, unless they’re playing Boston College, in which case He just wants to see a good game.</p>
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<p>My biggest laugh of the day, thanks!</p>
<p>Do you think G-d sees all these games live, or does He / She have TiVO?</p>
<p>It’s more like “Pre-VO”. The Calvinists are right.</p>
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<p>LOL…!</p>
<p>I love the squirrel one, too. And the translation.</p>
<p>God said he isn’t happy with most of the posts in this thread and He told me so H_imself. </p>
<p>Lighten up people, you sound silly.</p>
<p>^^^ How much lighter can posters get here without floating away?? Everybody IS being silly. Thats the point. As someone m,entioned, this thread has taken on a lfe of its own with many twists and turns. Interesting ride!</p>
<p>I’m sorry, but the title of this thread just makes my skin crawl. I haven’t participated because I was hoping it would just go away and didn’t want to bump it up, but now that it is #1, I’m guessing my participation won’t have a significant impact on keeping it alive. I’m not sure why I have such an emotional reaction to it, but it really does concern me that it could fan some flames I’d rather not see fanned (although I do love the comic relief with the squirrels, etc.). How do you explain the rise of antisemitism in Eastern European countries after the fall of Communism in countries that simply lacked a Jewish presence? How to you explain Hugo Chavez? And unrelated to Jews in particular, but certainly in the same philosophical vein, how do explain the more recent massacres and genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Kosovo? How do you explain ethnic cleansing? Sudan? Sure, there’s geopolitical reality, but is that what it’s about, or is there some insidious evil that allows whole groups to give way to blood lust? Why do people hate any other group of people who are in some way different to the point that they want to wipe them out?</p>
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<p>Very powerful post, ccsurfer. I had the same visceral reaction to the thread title, and initially had a similar hope. I waited too, but then decided to peek in and see what it was all about and how it would be handled by cc posters, especially since it was in the cafe and not in the pol forum. It has turned into an educational and amusing thread. Yes, there have been some distasteful sterotypes, but IMO they have been addressed and delicately challenged. I decided that as a Jew, I shouldn’t run from such threads or thread titles, but to read, and find a way to participate, educate and perhaps to amuse, which in the longrun hopefully helps to dispell some of the ignorant stereotypic comments that dotted the earlier pages of this thread. Hopefully the turn of events here has supported that hope and belief.</p>
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<p>Well, after the end of communism, those wretched countries were attempting to implement capitalism without any capital, so while they were at it I guess they thought they’d do antisemitism without any Jews as well.</p>