This Paperback Book item from Simon Spotlight Entertainment was reviewed on 11-Oct-2008. Search ISBN:0689878893 offer from Abebooks or used books from Alibris. Boy Vey!: The Shiksa's Guide to Dating Jewish Men Reference Book. Classifications : Love, Sex & Marriage Humor Entertainment Subjects Books Satire Humor Entertainment Subjects Books Self-Help & Psychology Humor Entertainment Subjects Books General Humor Entertainment Subjects Books S . Click the following link to view the cover of Boy Vey!: The Shiksa's Guide to Dating Jewish Men. Related topics: Humor. Entertainment. Subjects. Books. Satire. Humor. Entertainment. Subjects. Books. Humor. requestid: 985fb970-7a06-4f27-a707-6d2277c4196a
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1) Paperback Book Boy Vey!: The Shiksa's Guide to Dating Jewish Men by Simon Spotlight Entertainment. "Shiksas are for Practice!" I believe it was Philip Roth who said this. No, I did not read the book. But I will give gentile women some great advice. A Jewish guy who comes from a traditional Jewish family and has lots going for him will have his pick of top notch Jewish women. As such, if he is consorting with non-Jewish women, it is probably just for sexual conquest. I can say this firsthand and on behalf of my many Jewish male friends, mostly reform and conservative. Non-Jewish women will do things in bed that a self-respecting Jewish woman would never do. And guys are guys. If it costs us a few dinners, we are willing to shell out whatever it takes to make it halfway through the Kama Sutra. This is how my dating went with non-Jewish women--read this and if it is similar to your situation, don´t say I didn´t warn you.
---You go out for a few months, have incredible sex, incredible conversation, and do everything but meet my family. I come up with every possible excuse as to why you can´t meet my family yet. We go through a succession of breakups (all the while I´m having fun with other shiksas)until I tell you that it probably won´t work out, given our backgrounds. Going forward, you will always be there for that "late night call" or whatever. Yes, free love still exists. Please note this is a description of myself a Jewish male during the ages of 18-28. I am now happily married to a Jewish woman because I have done every single depraved sexual thing I could for practice, as I would never have my wife and future mother of my children do them. This is a shared mentality. Believe it. This is why non-Jewish women are taboo to the Jewish man and he therefore seeks them. That is not to say that real interfaith love does not exist, but that is all dependent on age, demographics, etc. I know this will incite some people, but it may save a few women from getting hurt in the end.¤ 2) Paperback Book Boy Vey!: The Shiksa's Guide to Dating Jewish Men by Simon Spotlight Entertainment. I am a non-religious Jewish man. I read this book because I´m doing as much research as I possibly can in the dating area. I found this book to be distasteful because of all the stereotypes, but more specifically because its a book about how a girl should manipulate a situation into her favor when relationships should be mutual and not as manipulative. Everyone is different, but as the author states, someone that this book is not intended for a woman trying to get with a religious man because if she is, she´ll have to convert first most probably. And that´s not an easy process. I honestly with a somewhat open-mind find this book to be distasteful, not horrible, but close enough. Take this as it is, I know the author expected such criticism when she wrote it.¤ 3) Paperback Book Boy Vey!: The Shiksa's Guide to Dating Jewish Men by Simon Spotlight Entertainment. If you are a man, don´t review/bash the book. It´s not about gay jewish dating. If you are a Jew, don´t review the book either because I think you just don´t get it. This is a book that is upfront about being more comedic than insightful and it is. It´s a book that helps women like myself laugh through situations when our boys´ Jewish family/friends/community set out to make us cry. This book is delightful and funny, great to be read together to have a laugh. I can understand why people who aren´t in the situation of gentile girl and jewish boy wouldn´t enjoy the humor, but honestly, the book isn´t even for you. It´s for me, to make light of a situation that can be wonderful but also frusterating, and give a fun meaning to a usually the offensive "Shiksa."¤ 4) Paperback Book Boy Vey!: The Shiksa's Guide to Dating Jewish Men by Simon Spotlight Entertainment. There´s very little that I can say about this book, and none of it is positive. Besides being stereotypical, which many people have already noted, I find this book to be a complete waste of time.
Seriously, what is the point of this? This isn´t a unique, cool idea. It´s another attempt at someone trying to ruin something that´s beautiful and sacred. I really hope nobody will take this book seriously, because the truth is that there´s a lot that this book isn´t saying. A better book title might be, "As a Jew, should I marry a Jew?" which would go along nicely with "As a (blank), should I marry a (blank)?"
As a Jewish man with many Jewish friends, I can´t imagine why anyone would be crazy enough to date us. We´re not as charming as Seinfeld would have you believe, and most of us would be "a world of trouble" for anyone. "Shiksa´s" be warned, Jewish men are not what Kristina Grish would have you believe.¤ 5) Paperback Book Boy Vey!: The Shiksa's Guide to Dating Jewish Men by Simon Spotlight Entertainment. As a Jewish man who has joyfully experienced and approves of inter-faith romance, I find most of the negative reviews of this book found here to be ridiculous.
The book itself is witty, insightful and humorous, but most of the negative reviews seem to be written either by people totally lacking in any sense of humor and/or by people who disapprove of inter-faith dating and/or marriage.
This is a light-hearted but insightful guide written for people who do NOT disapprove of inter-faith romance, so why use Amazon´s pages to post your personal, religious objections to inter-faith romance? If you object, then this book is not for you in the first place, and IMHO it is really chutzpah for you to use Amazon as a platform for your personal views on the general subject, instead of reviewing the book on its own merits.
What´s next - negative reviews of cookbooks that include recipes containing ingredients you don´t approve of? I respect everyone´s right to an opinion, but Amazon should not be used as a platform or soapbox for religious or political views. It is for product reviews.¤ Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 8-Nov-2008, 06898788939780689878893, 940-900-930-500-181-H0B-8 
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