http://www.jewinthecity.com/2008/07/when-did-hollywood-get-so-jewy/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:06:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.jewinthecity.com/2008/07/when-did-hollywood-get-so-jewy/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Allison Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:36:49 +0000 http://174.132.89.171/~jewinthe/?p=100#comment-85 <p>Josie-<br /> I completely agree with you - we should generally not (except for my wedding excerpt which really was spot on) look to People magazine for accurate information regarding Jewish practice and rituals. There's obviously lots of distortion in pronunciation of names as well as practice when it comes to non-Jewish stars doing Jewish things. However, despite the fact that my post was mostly tongue-in-cheek, I do find it somewhat fascinating that non-Jews are running to Jewish tradition more quickly than the Jews themselves. Ought to give us some pause for thought....</p> Josie-
I completely agree with you – we should generally not (except for my wedding excerpt which really was spot on) look to People magazine for accurate information regarding Jewish practice and rituals. There’s obviously lots of distortion in pronunciation of names as well as practice when it comes to non-Jewish stars doing Jewish things. However, despite the fact that my post was mostly tongue-in-cheek, I do find it somewhat fascinating that non-Jews are running to Jewish tradition more quickly than the Jews themselves. Ought to give us some pause for thought….

]]> http://www.jewinthecity.com/2008/07/when-did-hollywood-get-so-jewy/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Josie Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:11:37 +0000 http://174.132.89.171/~jewinthe/?p=100#comment-84 <p>The problem that I have with celebrities and their inherent love of Jewish names, customs, and rituals is that, well...they kind of bastardize it in a way. The media then portrays our beautiful, meaningful faith as something just anyone can do and to me, that isn't so. They also give false information that makes me boil over with annoyance and my non-Jewish friends start asking me questions that either have nothing to do with Judaism or just don't make sense. Just because it's in People magazine doesn't make it the truth!</p> The problem that I have with celebrities and their inherent love of Jewish names, customs, and rituals is that, well…they kind of bastardize it in a way. The media then portrays our beautiful, meaningful faith as something just anyone can do and to me, that isn’t so. They also give false information that makes me boil over with annoyance and my non-Jewish friends start asking me questions that either have nothing to do with Judaism or just don’t make sense. Just because it’s in People magazine doesn’t make it the truth!

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