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Types of Jewish representation I’d like to see more of (incoming thread):
Jews who like being Jewish.
Liberal Jewish practices. Religious involvement of liberal Jews.
Female rabbis and cantors. Jewish clergy who are actual characters and not props.
Jews celebrating holidays like Passover and Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and Sukkot and Shavuot.
More of what Rugrats did with their Passover episode, and also other things.
More of what Rugrats did with their Passover episode, and also other things.
Jews celebrating Hanukkah, in a way that’s not about Christmas or about explaining what Hanukkah is.
Jewish Torah learning. Jewish learning in which people argue with and respectfully interrupt each other.
Jokes about the Talmud that aren’t on the people studying it.
Jokes about the Talmud that aren’t on the people studying it.
That one old guy who swears up and down that he’s an atheist but also runs the weekday minyan.
Jewish women who are loved and lovable.
Jewish mothers and partners who aren’t the butt of misogynistic/antisemitic jokes.
Jewish mothers and partners who aren’t the butt of misogynistic/antisemitic jokes.
Jewish women over sixty who are respected as people.
Friendship between Jewish people.
Social groups that contain more than one Jewish person.
Romantic relationships between Jewish people.
Interfaith relationships that are depicted as people who love each other as people (without turning it into a stereotypical story about tolerance or rebellion).
Jews with disabilities in stories in which disability, Jewishness, and the intersection between the two matter.
American Jewish stories that take place somewhere other than New York or Los Angeles.
Rural Jews. Southern Jews. Square state Jews.
Rural Jews. Southern Jews. Square state Jews.
Jewish kids who go to public school, whose Jewishness matters in the story at times of year other than Christmas and Hanukkah.
LGBTQ+ Jews who like being Jewish and have connections with other LGBTQ+ Jews and LGBTQ+ affirming Jewish spaces.
Also: Black Jews. Puerto Rican Jews.
Also: Jewish people involved in social justice issues *as directly impacted people* and talking about Jewish frameworks for fighting for their own lives and rights.
Eg: Jewish women approaching abortion rights and other reproductive rights *as a Jewish moral imperative*.
Eg: Jewish women approaching abortion rights and other reproductive rights *as a Jewish moral imperative*.
People converting to Judaism and Jews who converted years ago, depicted accurately and respectfully.
I’d also watch the heck out of a series about the Jewishness of American Jewish politicians and judges.
Jews who rely on food stamps.
Jewish refugees and immigrants in the present tense.
A wider range of emotional tones.
Humor and trauma, but also sincerity and accomplishment and pride.
Comedies about alienation and very serious sad movies about antisemitic violence, but also like, cartoons, regular drama, after school specials, hokey romances, etc.
Humor and trauma, but also sincerity and accomplishment and pride.
Comedies about alienation and very serious sad movies about antisemitic violence, but also like, cartoons, regular drama, after school specials, hokey romances, etc.
American Jews serving in the US military.
Jewish children as full fledged characters who have actual character development.
Novels that treat culturally-specific Jewish words as normal words and don’t put them in italics.
The Jewishness of Jews who identify as secular or non-religious.
Jewish atheists who quote Torah thoughtfully and sincerely.
B’nai mitzvah from multiple directions that reflect the range of experiences and feelings that Jewish kids have.
Adult b’nai mitzvah for Jews who didn’t do it as kids, choosing to do it as adults.
(Eg: in real life, I’ve seen more than one Israeli woman decide to do a bat mitzvah while working at an American summer camp.)
(Eg: in real life, I’ve seen more than one Israeli woman decide to do a bat mitzvah while working at an American summer camp.)
Trans Jews who converted to Judaism.
People who convert to Judaism after becoming romantically involved with a Jewish person, depicted in a way that respects their Jewishness.
Single people who convert to Judaism.
Jewish men interacting with children respectfully.
A range of yarmulkes/kippot, in various contexts.
LGBTQ+ pride kippot.
Kippot worn by women.
People crocheting kippot, including as a form of flirtation.
LGBTQ+ pride kippot.
Kippot worn by women.
People crocheting kippot, including as a form of flirtation.
Stories in which Jews make art. (Please feel free to reply with recommended Jewish art/artists here).
American Jews who like being American Jews in a way that involves valuing being both.
