There May Be Something Good About Being Jewish After All

I know nothing but nothing about Glee.

Seems it's a TV program on Fox, a musical comedy-drama set in Ohio that focuses on a high school show choir (also known as a glee club).

But Jewish is a subject I search out.

So, I ended up finding this in the NYTimes

Meanwhile, in an entirely artificial plot twist designed for narrative convenience that turns out to be pretty funny, Puck decides he needs to date a Jewish girl, and Rachel’s not only available but initially enthusiastic. Best moment: when Puck’s little sister runs screaming from the room during the family’s traditional Simchas Torah viewing of “Schindler’s List.”

and a comment there:

So, this week’s Glee… This episode was all about choices. How do you negotiate competing desires? Do you separate them out and force a choice (like Ken making the boys choose between football and glee); refuse to even notice the contradiction (like Puck’s mum serving pork while angsting that he’s a bad Jew for not dating a nice Jewish girl);

Oh, the character Rachel is played by Lea Michele:



Here's a better description of the episode:

Rachel Berry always gets what she wants. The few times she doesn’t, she’ll make her outrage known. But, when Rachel Berry gets what she wants, the world is a happier place. And Rachel Berry has set her sights on something that she’ll kill to get.

She wants Noah Puckerman.

At temple, last week, she saw Puck bowing his head dutifully. Rachel smiled, and saw that his lips were pouting in concentration. She could dream about those lips...but she wouldn't let herself. She wouldn't let herself fantasize about the boy that poured slushes on her every other day, the boy that her fathers were dying for her to date. Daddy had even told her that Mrs. Puckerman wanted to set the two of them up, because Puck needed "a good Jewish girl" in his life...

...While driving to temple last week, his mom decided it’d be nice to discuss his love life. She just couldn’t BEAR the fact that he couldn’t find a good Jewish girl. And then, she suggested Rachel Berry. Seriously? Rachel Berry? The hyper-active, petite brunette from Glee? Puck couldn’t believe his mother’s craziness. But the more she rambled on, the more he realized that Rachel wasn’t all that bad. Sure, the chick made him want to light himself on fire, but she was decent when she toned it down. And the way she dressed…well, it would be enough to make the toughest man on earth crumble. The way her legs went on for days, and how nicely those short, preppy skirts complimented her…he almost crashed the car thinking like that. He couldn't get that girl out of his head after that. His mind wandered way too far into the gutter, and he imagined how nice it would be to have her body against his, instead of those women from his above-ground pool cleaning business. A soft, supple body like hers would be a nice change.

When he saw Rachel at temple later on, he made up his mind. The way her sweater clung in all the right places, and how her knee-high socks and Mary Jane’s made her look like a school girl waiting to get spanked…well, Puck was sold. He had to have Rachel Berry.

Well, maybe there is something good about being Jewish?