Yoram BlumenbergA gut #Shabbos.
Is this racist or just not PC?
https://youtu.be/qt4LgSTikyQ
(A comedian about the differences between #Ashkenazi and #Sephardim )
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Serge from BabkaModi isn't being racist. That's just being funny.
I posted him doing a nearly identical set of bits over a year ago. :)
Muss das sein.@serge @blumenberg interesting. I thought it was pretty boring. But I guess as an ex catholic I might lack insight to get the jokes.
Have you been to Ashkenazi shabbat dinners? Have you been to Sephardi ones? It's pretty spot on!
@serge @blumenberg no. Sadly not. That’s what I mean. I lack knowledge for the jokes.
@serge @jnfrd I've been to ashkenazi and sephardim and what Modi describes isn't my experience at all. It's more between orthodox and conservative/liberal. Not only the duration but the passion too – at least regarding the rituals/tseremonye.
Ps. My grandfather was conservative, but coming from an (ashkenazi) orthodox shtetl community, and when he retired he became orthodox/frumm again. No erev shabbos less than 3 hours. No erev pessach less than 6 hours.
@blumenberg @serge my first, probably very ignorant, thought was: a northern dude cracks jokes about the lively southerners. Just with a vocabulary I’m not used too.
But again. I’ll just trust your opinions more than mine here.
No, not at all this. Also he's not making fun of just Sephardim. He's also making fun of Ashkenazim, which he does a lot.
Comedian Modi on Ashkenazi vs Sephardic Shabbat Shalom
@serge @blumenberg ok. Making fun of everyone is something I dig.
Ashkenazic VS Sephardic (1)
@serge @blumenberg interesting would be a better description.
With the exception of the Schmalz Hering. That’s funny Because it sounds German but means something different. ;)
@serge @jnfrd No, not at all. But I wouldn’t say it’s funny either. It’s interesting … and not accurate: it shows the different ritual traditions in Israel from two (religious unspecified) congregations but doesn’t reflect or mention the religious differences between Orthodox, Conservative/Masorti and Liberal /Reform Judaism – not to mention the regional differences, eg. Israel vs. Germany vs. USA vs. other regions, in the rites and traditions.
And Sephardim, like the Ashkenazim and all the other «flavors»/communities of Judaism, aren’t homogeneous, there are so many different traditions even between eg. US-Ashkenazim Conservatives and German-Ashkenazim Conservatives or Israel-Ashkenazim Conservatives … therefore the Video («Ashkenazic VS Sephardic (1)») is a simplification from a singular POV.
@serge I didn’t meant that he’s maybe racist by making fun of the Ashkenazi and the Sephardim, I meant the «rice and beans» part at 03:46: «[…] if you marry a Sephardic guy, on Passover you can eat rice and beans. You could have married a Mexican. […] They never mention that the kids all come out with one eyebrow. […]»
The Differences Between Ashkenazi & Sephardic Jews | Modi Stand Up Comedy
Oh yeah. That part wasn't funny and gave me the creeps too.