10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHIKSEH»
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shikseh in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
shikseh and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Kalooki Nights: A Novel
There is a potency in the idea of the shikseh that is hard to throw off, no matter
however many of them you fall in love with. A shikseh an- swers to some capacity
for lowness in yourself. Not the woman, the word. But once the word has done its
...
The shikseh bent her head to a side, took the challah away from her mouth and
looked at me. “Who do you want?” “Yuzheh.” “My name isn't Yuzheh. My name's
Stasha. What's your name?” “Mendl.” “You wanna play?” “Yeh, but get rid of the ...
3
Reach for the Top: The Turbulent Life of Laurence Harvey
Eventually, he would be found, having gone off hand in hand with the shikseh,
who was fond of him, fearlessly to visit her friends. He would amuse them by
singing Yiddish and Hebrew nursery songs and performing little dances. They
would ...
4
A Companion to Australian Literature Since 1900
... eating lobster — something flamboyantly non-kosher — in a restaurant when
he looks up and sees them. They are sneering and abusive, even grotesque (197
-98). His mother turns the conversation to the fact that he's going with a shikseh.
Nicholas Birns, Rebecca McNeer, 2007
Anyway, you know that skinny shikseh of Nick's simply detests it — sickly little
thing that she is. She tried to paint the deck green, then demanded that Nick get
rid of it. So Nick agreed to sign over his fifty percent ownership to Bert and me in ...
6
The Jewish Graphic Novel: Critical Approaches
woman (“shikseh”), but does not want a divorce: “You wanna play around with
your shikseh?? . . . Go!! I'll hide it from the kids so they won't be ashamed”;38 and,
true to her promise, she informs her son delicately in the story's final dialogue ...
Samantha Baskind, Ranen Omer-Sherman, 2010
7
The Worst It Can Be Is A Disaster: The Life Story of Braham ...
If the Staintons didn't welcome a Jew into their midst, thatwas nothing compared
withmy grandparents whowere appalled thatIwas to marrya shikseh. Intheireyes '
marrying out' wasabout theworst thing aJew could do. My grandfather toldme,'I ...
'shikseh'. in. Israel. Lynne. Reid. Banks. WHEN I first arrived in Israel, it was as
the quintessential stranger and outsider. Not only was I a gentile; I was right
rather than left- wing, not very sympathetic to Zionism as I then understood it (
which ...
9
Isaac Asimov's treasury of humor: a lifetime collection of ...
"To a shikseh?" cried out Mr. Moskowitz, highly scandalized. "And why not to a
nice Jewish girl?" "Because," said Sammy, "all my friends have married your so-
called nice Jewish girls and I don't want any part of it. All these nice Jewish girls
do ...
10
Jews and Non-Jews, Falling in Love: An Informal Guide to ...
But sheigitz and shikseh are in reality Yiddish terms derived from a biblical
Hebrew word meaning an "abomination" or "despicable thing." The Bible
admonishes the ancient lsraelites to avoid the abominable practices of their
Semitic ...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHIKSEH»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
shikseh is used in the context of the following news items.
Michael Douglas to receive Genesis Prize
1. He married a shikseh. Sarah B, , U.S.A. / Israel, (01.17.15). 2. Good choice of a Reform member, son of a Goya. Michael, , California, USA, (01.17.15). 3. «Ynetnews, Jan 15»
Scottish independence: It is the English who should be on their …
An old friend once assured me that the Queen is Jewish. “And Princess Margaret,” I muttered. “Not that shikseh,” he snapped. “Look at her face. But Her Majesty? «The Independent, Apr 14»
Ruth Marcus: A religious fight in Israel
Men called her names: Shikseh, the derogatory term for a Gentile woman. Prutzah, whore. Ruth Marcus is a columnist and editorial writer for The Post, ... «Washington Post, Aug 12»
Japanese-Jew Doesn't "Oy Veh" So Much Since Obama
For this one Japanese-Jewish woman who always thought she was strange; even once given the title of "Shikseh Princess" at a Bar Mitzvah by some nice ... «Huffington Post, Jun 09»
