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...demographic time bomb and that to preserve Israel as Jewish and democratic, Israel could not remain in control of all the West Bank and Gaza. So he did what was previously unthinkable: he withdrew unilaterally from Gaza and dismantled the settlements there. Only someone who had built the settlements and also been tough on terror and never willing to "compromise on Israeli security" could have taken on the settler constituency in Israel. His main legacy will be that Israel will make its future choices based not on the biblical vision of the land of Israel but on the practical needs...
That is not a joke. Jews are “hip,” at least in the minds of producers at VH1, which has cycled a new show, “So Jewtastic,” in its repetitive holiday schedule. This hour-long ramble features giddy Jewish B-list celebrities expressing relief and excitement about how their brethren—Adam Brody (a.k.a. Seth Cohen) on “The O.C.,” John Stewart on “The Daily Show,” and Howard Stern on his morning radio show—have reached...
Because this budding cultural phenomenon is simply based on stereotypes, I would say no. A critic might cite this answer as evidence of my own inability to overcome Jewish pessimism, but I do have a separate explanation...
Brody, Stewart, and Stern are all Jewish, but pop culture does not celebrate them because they dance the Hora or recite Hebrew; pop culture right now appreciates traits in these stars that have formerly been associated with Jews but are now much more prevalent in broader society. Americans—or at least The O.C./Comedy Central/VH1-watching Americans—are attracted to resemblances of themselves in current Jewish stars, and not some conscious love for Moses’ people...
...course no stereotype necessarily applies. Not every Jew is a pessimist, and only 75 percent of American Jews receive a college diploma according to the 2004 National Jewish Population Survey. Popular culture has found a representation of its changing self in trite Jewish stereotypes, and it has again pigeonholed Jews into those characteristics...