Excerpt From Blog Post:

There are a ton of stereotypes out there about the Jews. They range from violent and aggressive to passive and wimpy, from filthy rich to just plain old filthy.
Some stereotypes insult, while others flatter.
And some just seem to just come from out of nowhere.
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So, I’m sitting in my car when this song pops on the radio:
Here you have a catchy hip-hop song with zero connection to anything within the vicinity of Judaism, and they’re semi-randomly tossing in words like “mazal tov” and “l’chaim”. (starts around the 2 minute mark)
The theme of the song is an all-night, out of control, super fun party… something I am not used to the world associating with Judaism.
Depraved, immoral Mossad agents, deceptive diamond dealers, and overly righteous religious fanatics, this stuff wouldn’t surprise me a bit.
Black Eyed Peas shouting “mazal tov”,...