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Bringing Sexy (Single Semites) Back
It’s the long-awaited return of a series that coulda been a contenduh: The Single Semite of the Month series over at Jewlicious, which lasted all of one month, because I couldn’t find enough candidates for a monthly series.
But now I’m bringing it back here on JDaters Anonymous, co-branding it with Jewlicious, and enlisting the help of the blogosphere and the Facebook community to find these elusive men and women who are making sexy Semitic, and making Semitic just a little darned sexier. From the Facebook group:
Know a sexy or sassy single Semite who should be highlighted in this series on Jewlicious.com and JDaters Anonymous? Join our single Semite scouts in our search for Jewish men and women worthy of the title.
We’re not just about pretty faces and obvious celebrity choices. Our search takes us past Portman, beyond Braff. Humor, intelligence, activism, dedication, passion–all these qualities are even more important than how objectively hot someone is. (No porn stars, please. Especially Ron Jeremy.)
So submit your nominations now…
Is it really effective to put people on display like this? I know Jewish Week does this with Havalight members but I don’t know – I would be very wary of putting my name and face in the mass media simply as a means of getting dates. It seems so objectifying. Very, “Get your kosher meat here! Get it while it’s hot!”
Why not just have a pageant – Mr. and Ms. Jewish USA or something?
There was a Mr. and Mrs. Jewish USA pageant sponsored by Heeb, I think. But it was very tongue-in-cheek. And I think those Havalight ads are just that–ads, not commissioned content from the JW.
My intent with this was to highlight Jews who are highlightable for various reasons, and hope that the nominees would reflect not just the outer “hotness” that contemporary society prizes, but take the whole package into account. That way it’s an opportunity to recognize people who are truly hot, from the inside out, and maybe some of the interesting things they’re doing.
Does Molly Ringwald qualify? She did appear in that Jewish play.
Hey, what about nominating stars who played Jews in movies? I nominate Mia Sara (she was one hot frummie in A Stranger Among Us)
How about Julianna Margulies from A Price Above Rubies. Come to think of it that movie would make Renee Zellweger eligible too!
I nominate Esther K!
[…] Usually when I hear about a book like Eric Schaeffer’s “I Can’t Believe I’m Still Single,” I do an internet search for the publisher or PR agency, send them an email, and ask for a review copy so I can write about it in the Jewish Week. And if the author is cute and Jewish, I might nominate him for Single Semite of the Month. But in this case, I owe a debt of gratitude to a gossip website. Thank you Gawker, for providing excerpts (“I mean we’re men. We’re wired to see a woman, smash her on the head with a bone, drag her unconscious body back to our apartment by the hair, and fuck her”) and saving me the trouble. Somehow, I don’t think the Jewish Week’s quite ready for Schaeffer. What’s interesting to me is how Schaeffer seems to have become a guilty pleasure of sorts over at the G–they began posting about him, then swore they wouldn’t post about him again, then swore that they’d just do one more post, then one more…if you trace the headers of the Schaeffer posts, you’ll see how reluctant blogging transitioned to full-on taggable addiction. They can’t stop. Partly because it’s their job to snark about guys like Schaeffer. But I think it’s also partly because they love it. Or love to hate it. Or hate that they’re loving it. Whatever. It’s a fine line. […]