This is fake, right?

This sounds very scripted. Very pre-planned and completely fake.
Where did you find it?

that was totally fake.

No, this is real, this is also quite old. I remember this. I know, lamentably, too many parents whose reactions would make this mp3 an understatement.

OK, fine, it’s ethnocentric, then. Must we resort to using SAT words? 😀

When I was in college before I was Jewish, I went to a formal with one of my Jewish friends. Even though there was nothing significant between us, she would not let her parents know that she was going to it with a goy, for some reason she mentioned several times to me that her father served in the IDF. The interesting thing now is that I am probably more observant than she is and I defend Israel more than most Jews.
As for this tape, it is very damaging to us. People do not understand the problem with interfaith relationships. They could look at this as racist, and think of Jews generally as racist. It has nothing to do with race. If the partner is sincerely interested in conversion, I would be surprised if a Jewish parent would sincerely object on racial grounds.

can you guilt your children into following Torah? maybe. for a little while. they’ll at least fake it maybe. but how long will that hold? all you can really do is try to set a good example and make sure they have the education to understand the Torah, even if that understanding turns out to be one you disagree with.
You can’t beat your kid over the head with a chumash and expect that to turn them into tzaddikim.
I see articles on stuff like “How do we stop intermarriage?”
Well, we can’t. People who don’t think its important to marry a Jewish spouse are probably going to marry a non-Jew. And can you really convince someone who has their mind set that its not important that it is? What are you going to reference? Torah? Chazal? What if they don’t take stock in that, or at least not in regards to relationships? Then what?
Well a lot of folks would play on holocaust guilt, but its not been that effective in the past and is questionable (to say the least) ethically.
love is the best way to teach torah…i forget who said that exactly…but it was somebody cool

Ahavah bat Sarah: Oh fer… PLEASE GET YOURSELF A DICTIONARY! These parents may be many things – bigotted, ignorant, certainly not very politically correct – but there is nothing in what they say that makes them racist. They didn’t object to their daughters prospective suitor on the basis of his race – Italian is not a race – they objected on the basis of his religion. That’s not racist, capish? One can change one’s religion, but one cannot change one’s race, Michael Jackson aside. And I’m not even defending the parents here! Their idea that an Italian is likely to be a criminal is prejudiced and incredibly ignorant.
But it aint racist.

This whole thing was quite disturbing somehow and so very…well, New York-ish and Borat-ish, in fact. Isn’t it possible to make comedy without cruelly making fun of others?

As a former radio pro, I not only found this tasteless and unfunny. It’s no wonder radio is going down in a handbasket.

Wow, that clip was hard to tear myself away from!
And there’s nothing wrong with preferring your own people (however you define that for yourself). It’s not bigoted or racist.

races don’t exist, and we use the word anyway. IF races existed, Italians and Jews would be kinda like what races are, right? people running together?

“He’s italian, he could be a criminal or a rapist.” Replace Italian with Black or Spanish, either way, this statement is racist. It’s not rocket science an, also, it doesn’t represent all Jews.
In the reality , there are races, period. Philosophize all you want, in whatever the world you’re living in. Say it’s not racism till you’re blue in the face, that’s just undeniably ignorant.

Check this out:
In the 1980s, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Jews are a race, at least for purposes of certain anti-discrimination laws. Their reasoning: at the time these laws were passed, people routinely spoke of the “Jewish race” or the “Italian race” as well as the “Negro race,” so that is what the legislators intended to protect.
http://www.jewfaq.org/judaism.htm

“Everyone’s a little bit racist
Sometimes.
Doesn’t mean we go
Around committing hate crimes.”
– Some Wise Puppets

CK, race is an invention. It was invented, essentially, by white men in order to classify people they did not want in their social circles. Anyone they did not deem part of the “White Race” was considered a different race. Jews (and Italians) were once considered not white, but because they have white skin, were allowed to assimilate into “white society”. Which is why now, there are many who think that being a Jew means just having a different religion and that being Italian is just a nationality.
My point in all this is that the term “racism” (while in the dictionary says is the intolerence of other races) should include people of all “races.” In other countries, Nationality is deemed a race. Religion can be deemed a race. It’s a word that means different things to different people.
Take that however you want to.

I have the feeling that if the situation in the MP3 was reversed, and it was someone bringing a Jew home for dinner and the parents freaked out saying “You can’t date him because he’s a Jew – he [insert anti-semitic libel here]” then people would not be making excuses, splitting hairs and saying it isn’t racism technically etc

I’m actually surprised that Mobius thought this was real! Isn’t it blatantly a joke? If you saw a minstrel show would you think that was reality? This is a jewish minstrel show ! So change the description on your webpage.

Marisa James – what do you mean by “reinstate” the shidduch? Frum people still use this! Non-frum people too – think JDate, Jewish single weekend retreats, etc. I’m not advocating for or against that; I think it instinctual for Jewish parents to prefer that their child marry Jewish.
How can Judaism exist without Jews?
It might sound “racist” that Jewish parents prefer that their children date Jewish, but ultimately it’s the child/adult who decides. If you don’t want the pressure from your parents to do so, then don’t marry a Jew. But why call parents who do, racists?
As for the allegations of racism, it seems that Mobius is crying wolf. Neither parent employed this kind of syllogism: the boyfriend is Italian, all Italians are criminals, therefore the boyfriend is a criminal. The mother said that it was a possibility that he could be a criminal – and anyone could. These parents were over-the-top, that much is obvious. Any parent who would make death threats against the potential spouse of their child is f***ed up… But then saying that it’s “BELIEVABLE” is confessing that it is actually a hoax.
Why, then, concoct an allegation of racism? Are there not real examples to use for this?

John Brown – If the situation were reveresed, we wouldnt really care whether the people were racist or not. But all they’d be saying is, “You’re a Christian, you can’t date a Jew!” which is perfectly understandable.
(except for the criminal, rapist comments, of course)
Also, if its real, I can’t believe there isnt more outrage over the freaking radio show: “it’s the best religion” “I’m going to bring home your daughter naked”. This is humor? I find it immature and disgusting. Also, the daughter, stuggeling for some comedy, throws in a line about being “bigger in the pants”? That nausiated me.

This is so fake.

Mobius: What scares me more then how lame this skit was, is that anybody jewish would even consider the fact that this was real after having heard it! Come on! you don’t have to e-mail the station! just listen to it again, listen how it sounds like the classic jewish stereotype! This is just silly ass humor, not some reality based programming that sparks debate about jewish racism. Anybody who grew up in a jewish community should know better!

I don’t know if this was actually broadcast, and it it was it is truly hard to believe. I think this whole thing was all made up.
Now, what Jewish family would swear and act like this when knowing that they were being monitored, let alone any parent of any religion?
We Jews have assimilated through the years, and it is only understandable since we are still a minority that we encourage our children to not intermarry. In these days and times insn’t there enough for a married couple to deal with without adding to the mix a husband and wife of different religions? Isn’t there enough problems with children growing up in these days and times than to subject them to being unsure of the faith that they are to observe, their history etc?
Doesn’t a Radio Station have anything better to do that telecast such shtuss? It I was to live in NY and hear this on the radio, believe me, I would have been calling up the radio station and lodged a complaint. Not to mention, during this telecast I would have called my friends up as well to have them witness such ignorance, and they themselves would have called and lodged a complaint.
This truly must be a farce. Such a shanda to have some prank like this done. The father doesn’t sound Jewish at all, the mother has a some what NY Yiddish accent. This telecast exhibits naarishkeit to the hilt. This can be viewed by us Jews as being anti-semitic, and as promoting anti-semitism.