[Uncle Miltie]

Everybody take a chill pill.

[Gene Eric]

very happy to longer have a subscription to Netflix

[EinNYC]

What an utterly disgusting ill-conceived slur on the portrayal of a rabbi. Those rabbis I know, young and old, are men who walk with G-d. Their every word and action is guided by Jewish law. They are wonders in knowing Torah, Jewish law, and humanity. I have had very close, warm friendships with various rabbis and their wives. They certainly don’t use drugs or have relationships with non-Jewish women, nor any sort of improper relationship with a Jewish woman. They are not even allowed to be alone in a room with the door shut with a woman not their wife, mother, or sister! This writer is a worse influence than a pestilent disease, and Netflix should be sued for character defamation.

[Dr. Sivana]

Radloff also took issue with the show’s opening episode for a scene in which Brody’s character’s mother refers to Bell’s character as a “shiksa,” a derogatory term for a non-Jewish woman.

"Shiksa" was a term used by the reformed Jewish guys on my dorm floor. It is somewhat derisive. And not the worst thing said ("Goyim are for practice" was the worst I heard). Hey, you want "The Goldbergs", get a Time Machine. Norman Lear and his ilk brought us this approach, and it ain't going away.

[Telepathic Intruder]

"what I really wanted to do was shed a positive light on Jewish culture from my perspective"

[No name given]

This is a good reason to never subscribe to Netflix.

[TheWriterTX]

First things first, the Jewish line is passed on through the mother according to some branches of Judaism, so it would make perfect sense for a devout, Jewish mother to want only a devout Jewish girl for her son.

As a devout Christian, I am hoping my children will marry devout Christians, too.

Shiksa is Yiddish for non-jewish girl. Shegetz is the term, I believe, for a non-jewish man. Given the Jewish history of persecution by outside cultures, it is not surprising on an instinctual level that worried parents would eschew someone from outside their religion.

What a lot of people don’t understand is that being a Jew is not just a religion; language, culture, faith, social norms, modes of behavior, and an epic history are all part of their identity.

Finally, Conservative and Orthodox Jews are highly educated, scholars of religious text (particularly rabbis), and will not be moved from their path. Contemporary rabbis (Jinos), like faux catholic priests, are pretenders. The majority of Jewish people that I know are smart, hardworking, highly ethical people.

The wackos in Hollywood, like all other stripes of wackos in Hollywood, do not represent Judaism. Back when I worked for the National Council of Synagogue Youth arranging Shabbatons, almost every issue they were concerned with were things non-Jewish parents were concerned with: safety, cultural rot, attacks on religion.

Not surprising that Hollywood would bash Jews. Unless they are going over Holocaust material, most depictions of traditional Jews, like those of Conservative Christians, is negative.

Another garbage series I won’t watch.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

It doesn't sound like a show with staying power. After a couple of episodes the whole concept will be played out and stale.

Of course what else would you expect from Netflix, edification and nuance? Netflix in general is an open sewer where people go to watch the leftists turds float by.

[nitzy]

This is a rare unforced error from Hollywood. They should know by now that it is only acceptable to portray white Christian people in negative light.

[Chickensoup]

50 years ago BRIDGET LOVES BERNIE was canceled because jews and catholics disliked the concept.