gitl_eli7 ([info]gitl_eli7) wrote in [info]weirdjews2,
2008-02-27 17:32:00
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Purim Costumes

At this time of year in Israel all the toy stores are packed with (unfortunately mostly kidsized) Purim costumes.  While browsing through today, I couldn't help but to take a picture of this one.



Yeah... So I've never in my whole life seen a rabbi that looks like that.  I've also never seen an Asian rabbi either...


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[info]larryv

February 27 2008, 15:46:38 UTC 4 years ago

Clearly the rabbis you've seen in your life are not of the "Fancy" variety.

[info]tpau

February 27 2008, 16:00:03 UTC 4 years ago

i wnat to know... if not a jewish rabbi what other kind??

[info]sui_generis

March 3 2008, 07:38:16 UTC 4 years ago


Well -- a Klingon one, of course.




Come on, now you're just being silly on purpose.

[info]eyelid

February 27 2008, 16:45:57 UTC 4 years ago

oooo... Fancy!

[info]marlowe1

February 27 2008, 16:49:16 UTC 4 years ago

Ok. This is awesome on so many levels. Chief among them is how occasionally academics love to bitch about how Western culture borrows heavily from Asian culture and gets it all wrong. Madame Butterfly. Firefly. Charlie Chan.

Sometimes it's insulting. Sometimes it's merely strange if you know what's being used.

This is just the opposite. Little Chinese kids dressing up like rabbis.

I haven't been so amused since I saw The Last Samurai and Cowboy Bebop in the same week proving that Americans really dig Japan and Japanese people really dig America and neither one of us really gets the other one - but we really dig each other.

[info]kolraashgadol

February 27 2008, 17:29:22 UTC 4 years ago

Uh, folks,
I'm sure there are rabbis who have asian ancestry (if only since many Jews from Eastern Europe sure do have some distinctive tatar- like features). And if there haven't been yet, I guarantee there will be soon. "Rabbi" like "Jew" is not a racial category.
However, I must admit, I doubt I'll ever see a rabbi, Asain-ancestry or no, dressed like the COhen gadol (that's gotta me the choshen on his chest, yeah?) Well, unless of course mashiach arrives tomorrow, in which case, you just never know.

[info]twostepsfwd

February 27 2008, 18:12:05 UTC 4 years ago

http://www.jwmag.org/site/c.fhLOK0PGLsF/b.3589521/

Scroll down to the bottom for a picture of Angela Warnick Buchdahl, the first Asian-American Rabbi and Cantor.

Also, isn't Iran technically in Asia? And India certainly is. In which case we all know of lots of Asian rabbis.

[info]gitl_eli7

February 27 2008, 20:20:37 UTC 4 years ago

Israel is technically in Asia, so we're all really Asian. But when I said Asian, I meant the Far East.

[info]saldemonium

February 29 2008, 05:55:54 UTC 4 years ago

That made me spit Pepsi. Mind if I metaquote you? =)

[info]_josh

February 27 2008, 17:29:08 UTC 4 years ago

I think maybe they're confusing "Jewish" with "Moshe" and "Rabbi" with "Rabbenu". It's kind of vaguely Egyptian looking and he's got the stick and the I'm-parting-yam-suf-and/or-I'm-king-of-the-world gesture. Even so, priceless. By priceless, of course, I mean no more than 18 shekels. Although... you gotta pay for that level of fancy.

[info]eyelid

February 27 2008, 18:17:59 UTC 4 years ago

By priceless, of course, I mean no more than 18 shekels. Although... you gotta pay for that level of fancy.

lol, win.

[info]shadowkate

February 27 2008, 18:07:31 UTC 4 years ago

...I just woke up.

For some reason when I saw the picture, I thought it said "Jewish Rabbit". Then I was even more confused until I looked closer and saw "Rabbi".

[info]rochelle

February 29 2008, 00:43:03 UTC 4 years ago

You're not the only one!

[info]ilca

March 2 2008, 09:03:28 UTC 4 years ago

I was also sure it was a rabbit costume! No kid would want to dress up like a rabbi - they're a dime a dozen in Israel.

[info]triedthistwice

February 27 2008, 20:17:12 UTC 4 years ago

This is ten levels of win.

[info]introducingyael

February 27 2008, 20:40:48 UTC 4 years ago

Oh prease oh prease tell me that says MADE IN CHINA on the back.

[info]furrymouse

February 28 2008, 01:33:05 UTC 4 years ago

Jacob-san and his Amazing technicolor wii-coat?

[info]triedthistwice

February 28 2008, 20:47:15 UTC 4 years ago

You win ten internets.

[info]ye4rsfr0mn0w

February 28 2008, 16:14:44 UTC 4 years ago

This is irrelevant but I don't know Jewish customs and was wondering what Purim was and is about?

[info]eyelid

February 28 2008, 19:11:27 UTC 4 years ago

Purim is a celebration of a time when, by the bravery of a Jewish queen, the Jews narrowly avoided being genocided in Persia. more info here. It is based on the book of Esther.

[info]ye4rsfr0mn0w

February 28 2008, 21:24:34 UTC 4 years ago

Ohh okay. Interesting. :) THanks for the info link. :)
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