Shiksa

Shiksa ( Yiddish : שיקסע , Polish : siksa) or shikse , is a Yiddish and Polish word that has moved into English usage, mostly in North American Jewish culture, where it may be used as a pejorative term for a non-Jewish woman, but is now often used satirically. Not all gentile non-Jewish women are referred to as shiksas, only those who are intervening with Judaism in some way, e.g. dating jewish men, intermarriage, etc. Typically, although not exclusively, "Shiksa" refers to an attractive, tall, usually blonde woman, the type who more easily can tempt Jewish men and boys to stray away from women of their own faith. Among orthodox Jews, the term may be used to describe young Jewish women who fail to follow orthodox religious precepts. The equivalent term for a non-Jewish male is shegetz .

Shiksa ( Yiddish : שיקסע shikse ) is an often disparaging term of Yiddish origin that has moved into English usage (as well as Polish and German ), mostly in North American Jewish culture, as a term for a non-Jewish woman or girl. Writer Menachem Kaiser argues in his essay "Anti-non-Semitism: An Investigation of the Shiksa" that "the pejorative connotation of 'shiksa' is fuzzy at best" because "'shiksa' today is used as often as not in winking self-reference". Among Orthodox Jews , the term may be used to describe a Jewish girl or woman who fails to follow Orthodox religious precepts. The equivalent term for a non-Jewish male, used less frequently, is shegetz . Los Angeles Review of Books .

Term for a non-Jewish woman or girl Not to be confused with Shiksha . Josef Budko's woodcut depiction of the shiksa in Hayim Nahman Bialik 's Behind the Fence Shiksa ( ) is an often disparaging, although not always, term for a Gentile woman or girl. The word, which is of Yiddish origin, has moved into English usage and some Hebrew usage (as well as Polish and German ), mostly in North American Jewish culture . Among Orthodox Jews , the term may be used to describe a Jewish girl or woman who fails to follow Orthodox religious precepts. The equivalent term for a non-Jewish male, used less frequently, is shegetz . Because of Jewish matrilineal descent , there is often less of a taboo associated with non-Jewish men. Los Angeles Review of Books . "The Quest for the Ultimate Shiksa". : Cite journal requires |journal= ( help ) The Ordeal of Civility: Freud, Marx, Lévi-Strauss and the Jewish Struggle with Modernity . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).