| 单词 | shiksa |
| 例句 | “Mom doesn’t like it when Bubbe calls her shiksa. Why do you let her? Why don’t you stand up for Mom?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Is Bubbe going to call her shiksa and brush her off? A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Whenever we invite Dad’s cousins to Passover Seder at our house, Bubbe will get up from the table and say, “The shiksa needs my help in the kitchen.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z But then she mumbles, “Once a shiksa, always a shiksa” and I know it’s not me Mrs. Gruver is disappointed in. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The shiksa exists only insofar as the Jew is aware of her; she is defined relative to him. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z While the shiksa has come a long way from her shtetl days, so, of course, has the Jew; the two move in sync. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z At this point Jews were using “shiksa” to connote the servants, the ones who did not have the luxury of being observant. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z The report doesn’t go into any detail we’d much care about except the epithet thrown: “shiksa,” a word of Yiddish origin, commonly defined as a female gentile, with some undefined measure of pejorative connotation. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z Indeed, contemporary British slang dictionaries define “shiksa” as an American idiom. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z For these characters, Jews who have nothing particular to assimilate from, the shiksa needn’t represent anything beyond her particular non-Jewish traits. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z The shiksa’s prohibition/allure, then, is fractured along generational lines — the parents discriminate, the son guiltily lusts — and the pejorative is diffused, less personal, and a lot more nuanced. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z And “shiksa,” as the kind of word that could be very attractive to the riffraff, was appended and begot “shakester” and “shickster,” terms that initially denoted a lower-class woman. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z Matt’s fiancée, Tracy, is a flaxen-haired model with a bleeding heart, “every Jewish boy’s shiksa fantasy writ large.” A Father-Son Novel Served With a Twist 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z There are nearly as many examples as there are Yiddish stories; the shiksa, it’s clear, is bad news. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z And if “shiksa” is used at all by today’s British Jewry, it’s in reference to the help and is derogatory; non-Jews would very likely not recognize the word. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z But “shiksa,” given its pedigree, couldn’t very well be used by non-Jews in its traditional meaning. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z Both “shiksa”s are pejorative, but in different ways and of different intensities: one personifies forbidden pleasure, sharply reflecting the guilt and frustration of the tempted; the other is blandly derogatory, almost below concern. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z If the shiksa is the one chasing Jewish men, and not the other way around, then the shiksa has defeated her own purpose, has run her course. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z Which if nothing else is a semantically big deal — “shiksa” isn’t usually thought to be so potent a slur. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z Indeed, Haskell is as elegant and cultured a Southern-bred shiksa as one could hope to read for an analysis of evolving Jewish identity in the director of “Jaws” and “Schindler’s List.” A Feminist’s Biography of Steven Spielberg Focuses on His Jewish Identity 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z What’s noteworthy here, aside from the fact that Candice Bergen is apparently the archetypal shiksa, is that what was arguably the shiksa’s essence, namely prohibition, is gone. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z The shiksa who fascinated and tormented Alexander Portnoy, who tempted you and horrified your mother, has been psychologically deflated to the point of a simulacrum. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z A shiksa is still, to be sure, a pejorative, but all of a sudden it’s also sort of a compliment: you’re worth the guilt. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z Given the Jew’s overrepresentation in American culture, the shiksa was of course a popular theme: Abie’s Irish Rose, about an intermarriage, was a Broadway hit in the 1920s. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z This is about as far as shiksa and her variations got in popular British culture before dropping off. “Shakester,” “shickster,” and variations thereof have been obsolete for at least 60 years. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z Over the last cultural generation or two the shiksa became commonplace — somewhere between Portnoy’s Complaint and The CounterlifeRoth stopped italicizing the word — and at the same time lost most of its frisson. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z Those who stray too close to the shiksa can be destroyed. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z And the shiksa is someone your parents, no matter how secular, will always disapprove of. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z The question, then, isn’t whether shiksa is a pejorative; it’s whether she’s even relevant. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z Indeed, even the pejorative connotation of “shiksa” is fuzzy at best. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z He says all the right loving words to Cathy, but you never sense that to him she is anything more than just a trophy: a shiksa goddess. Review: ‘The Last Five Years,’ a Decoupling Starring Anna Kendrick 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z And behind all this, of course, the question remains: is calling someone a shiksa really a hate crime? Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z She occupies a hazy cultural nexus; the shiksa is not Jewish but is nonetheless only a shiksa on account of Jews calling her thus. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z Charlotte of Sex and the City, in a surprisingly hardy plot line, dates and eventually marries Harry Goldblatt, who calls her his “shiksa goddess.” Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z The Jew is still Jewish, and the shiksa is still non-, but the designation has more to do with geography than religion. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z If you are not Jewish and know less than a dozen words of Yiddish and are nonetheless familiar with “shiksa,” then you yourself are an indication of how far the word has come. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z But unlike goy or shaygetz or yok — other Jewish terms for non-Jews, of varying nastiness — “shiksa” has been acculturated, appropriated, bent, misshapen, retrofitted, loved and reviled, but rarely understood. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z In Israel, where there are not that many non-Jewish women around to apply it to, “shiksa” is now used pretty much exclusively by the ultra-Orthodox to describe/insult a non-religious Jewish woman. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z While the shiksa of Yiddish lit is without a doubt a pejorative, she is not, alas, of immediate help to us with respect to the incident in Toronto. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z She’s not a mother herself, but she is Jewish — which came as a surprise to Ms. Soloway, the creator of “Transparent,” who said, “I thought she was a shiksa princess.” Between ‘Transparent’ Seasons, Judith Light Isn’t Playing Nice 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Yet there was director Serge Seiden on the phone, officially offering her the part of Melody, the sweet-but-superficial shiksa girlfriend in Studio’s runaway hit. Nine months after casting call, actress lands part in Studio Theatre’s hit ‘Bad Jews’ 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z The modern era of the shiksa begins only towards the end of the 19th century, with the advent of a secular Yiddish literature. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z In “American Pastoral,” how irresistible a shiksa could be, not just because of her beauty and the health she would surely hand down to your children, but because of the baggage she wouldn’t. What Philip Roth Taught Me About Being an American Jew 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z As a mere aesthetic description, “shiksa” delivers none of the thrill of the forbidden, is no longer the go-to object of lust, is someone your mother would just as likely approve of as not. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z The movie most certainly disparages the young Jewish man who pursues her, but only so far—and it undoubtedly disparages the young Jewish woman he spurns for the shiksa goddess. Screening Alert: Elaine May’s Masterful “The Heartbreak Kid” 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z And then came his final success, his marriage to Diane Sawyer, a “shiksa goddess,” in the words of the director Jack O’Brien. Let Us Now Praise Mike Nichols 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z The stakes, the growth, the obstacles, the violence, everything, is cast in psychological terms: the shiksa prohibition is maintained and enforced not by God but by your mother. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z Roth’s shiksa is the shiksa-seductress, but as approached through the associative prism of psychoanalysis — and to Portnoy’s Jewish id she represents much more than transcendental sex. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z It is true that “shiksa” in its original form was nothing more than dysphemistic jargon — used by an insular group to refer to someone not of their own — and of course it was offensive. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z Jack Robin’s mother in The Jazz Singer, mourns, “Maybe he’s fallen in love with a shiksa!” and his father disowns him. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z Indeed, the only place where this shiksa still exists is among the still-insular Orthodox and Hasidic, many of whom either still speak Yiddish or borrow heavily from it. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z The point of all this is that the pejorative of shiksa has been hollowed out: “shiksa” today is used as often as not in winking self-reference. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z Asking if Israeli model Bar Refaeli is a shiksa breaks the machine. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z Yetta and Rose locate her father but, surprise, he has already remarried a shiksa and forgotten about his family back in Germany. ‘Transparent’ Season 2 Finale: It’s a Boy 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z With his wife in the hotel nursing a sunburn, Lenny falls instantly for a blonde Midwestern temptress named Kelly, played by Cybill Shepherd as the ultimate shiksa goddess. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z A remarkable collaborator, and she's a shiksa goddess and a trapeze artist, all of that. Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll 2010-12-02T22:44:00Z And Mel thinks: ‘Wow, the biggest shiksa in the world! We thought the album was too Jewish but if she can get it, anyone can!’ 'I want everyone to be happy': how Rob Reiner became a great director – and a political hero 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z The shiksa, then, must be examined within the context of whatever language she’s appearing in, which brings us to 19th-century Britain. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z My late mother was a shiksa — tall, strawberry blonde and Midwestern — and that’s often enough for other Jews to disown and dismiss me: “Oh, so you’re not actually Jewish.” Faced with Donald Trump and David Friedman, Jews must resist the toxic allure of tribalism 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z Drew Barrymore, wife of Will Kopelman, recently called herself a shiksa on national television. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z Marry a shiksa, give your mother a heart attack. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z Using a Yiddish expression for non-Jewish woman, Mr. Reiner told Brooks: “Well, there’s the biggest shiksa in the world. We must be all right.” Carl Reiner, TV comedy pioneer and probing straight man to Mel Brooks, dies at 98 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z He tells his friend that he’s going on a date with a shiksa, one who has been asking him penetrating questions. ‘High Maintenance’ and the New TV Fantasy of New York 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z “All I could do was, not being as pretty, as thin, as accomplished, was: ‘I’m a New Yorker, and I’m going to straighten this shiksa out.’” Valerie Harper, Who Won Fame and Emmys as ‘Rhoda,’ Dies at 80 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Nice to know that a shiksa can make it in on the Upper West Side, pretending to be Jewish. Rachel Brosnahan’s Comic Timing 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z But with the wig I am a vibrant, if older, shiksa who could toss her moveable hair at any country club longingly visited by a Philip Roth protagonist. Well: Living With Cancer: Wigged Out 2014-02-20T20:02:08Z The comedy centers on a college senior named Daphna Feygenbaum who clashes with her cousin and his shiksa girlfriend over a family heirloom, among other things. ArtsBeat: Jake Gyllenhaal to Make American Stage Debut at Roundabout 2012-04-19T15:41:42Z |
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