A Complaint About The Terms 'Frei' & 'Shiksa'

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    SayIDidIt™
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    oomis, it didn’t bother me, I actually found it funny! But I definitely agree with you!

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    my own kind of jew
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    Oomis said:

    “SIDI, that is appalling, and it is not the first time I have heard such a thing. Children in certain religious groups, need to have better derech eretz. Certainly it is obnoxious for them to call out “Sheigetz!” to a frum Yid who has a different hashkafa from their own (but who is nonetheless unquestionably frum).

    And I will be even more controversial here, and say it is also appalling for them to direct that remark to a non-frum Yid. No Yid is a sheigetz, and the expression is meant to be disparaging.”


    And I would extend that to any person, regardless of religious affiliation. The term is derogatory and as far as I have ever heard or seen, only used to insult someone, regardless of the literal meaning of the word or it’s original intention, it’s now just another “dirty” or ‘curse” word).

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    And I would further extend it to any insult.

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    kj chusid
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    Hello chevreh what’s going on I haven’t logged in a while

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    zahavasdad
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    I have a friend who is a Rabbi with Simicha from YU. He had a teaching job at a chassidish yeshiva and the boys used to call him a Shaygetz

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    oomis
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    My own kind of Jew – you’re right.

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    Avi Gordon
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    I believe that the usage of the word “frei” originated from the Maskilim, who referred to themselves as “free from mitzvos.” Frum people then perpetrated this by calling the non-frum (not yet frum) as “frei.”

    In Israeli society, the word used is “chiloni” or “chofshi.”

    Regarding the usage of “shiksa”, refer to the following article, The Jewish N Word:

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