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  2. Shiksa - Wikipedia

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    In North American and other diaspora Jewish communities, the use of "shiksa" reflects more social complexities than merely being a mild insult to non-Jewish women. A woman can only be a shiksa if she is perceived as such by Jewish people, usually Jewish men, making the term difficult to define; the Los Angeles Review of Books suggested there ...

  3. Shidduch - Wikipedia

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    In the past and until today in more conservative Orthodox Jewish circles, dating is limited to the search for a marriage partner. Both sides (usually the parents, close relatives or friends of the persons involved, and the singles themselves) make inquiries about the prospective partner (e.g., on his/her character, intelligence, level of learning, financial status, family and health status ...

  4. Niddah - Wikipedia

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    In the Orthodox Jewish community, women may test whether menstruation has ceased; this ritual is known as the hefsek taharah. The woman takes a bath or shower near sunset, wraps a special cloth around her finger, and swipes the vaginal circumference. If the cloth shows only discharges that are white, yellow, or clear, then menstruation is ...

  5. Yiddish - Wikipedia

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    Yiddish, [a] historically Judeo-German, [11] [b] is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews.It originated in 9th-century [12]: 2 Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with many elements taken from Hebrew (notably Mishnaic) and to some extent Aramaic.

  6. Jewish Women Have Strong Thoughts About One Of The Most ... - AOL

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    The word, derived from Yiddish, has been used historically (and often disparagingly) to describe a usually blond, non-Jewish woman who tempts an otherwise God-fearing man to stray from his ...

  7. List of English words of Yiddish origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of words that have entered the English language from the Yiddish language, many of them by way of American English.There are differing approaches to the romanization of Yiddish orthography (which uses the Hebrew alphabet); thus, the spelling of some of the words in this list may be variable (for example, shlep is a variant of schlep, and shnozz, schnoz).

  8. I grew up Catholic while my wife was raised Jewish. We're no ...

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    “Being a Jewish woman is part of my identity, and I want to make sure my kids know it’s part of theirs too," she says. While she’s OK with her kids celebrating holidays from both of their ...

  9. A Guide to (and Unofficial Ranking of) Hallmark’s Hanukkah ...

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    In the movie, a Jewish woman gets trapped reliving Hanukkah on a loop. She tries everything possible to get herself to the eighth day of the Festival of Lights while falling in love with someone ...