See Shiksha (NGO) for the Indian educational organization.

Shiksa (Yiddish: שיקסע) or "Shikse," is a Yiddish word that has moved into English usage, mostly in North American Jewish culture, and is used as a pejorative for a Gentile (or non-Jewish) woman. Shiksha is an NGO devoted to improving the standards of education in New Delhi, India and its neighbouring regions. ... Yiddish (ייִדיש, Jiddisch) is a Germanic language spoken by about four million Jews throughout the world. ... Yiddish (ייִדיש, Jiddisch) is a Germanic language spoken by about four million Jews throughout the world. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with pejoration. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Discretion in use of the term is called for, as it is still regarded as offensive.

The word could be derived from the Hebrew term sheketz, which means either "detestable", "loathed" or "blemish," depending on the translator. It can be used to refer to any female gentile. “Hebrew” redirects here. ...

Apart from the above usage, Shiksha also means "education" in the Hindi language. Hindi (Devanagari: or , IAST: , IPA: ), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in northern and central India, is one of the official languages of the Union government of India. ...

Pop cultural uses

• An example of this trope can be seen in "The Serenity Now" episode of Seinfeld, where a number of Jewish characters display attraction to Elaine Benes; George Costanza then explains this as a response to her "shiksappeal."

• Lenny Bruce wrote a short story on the subject of shiksas, in which he subscribes to the WASP-y conception.

• Jason Robert Brown's musical The Last Five Years features a song titled "Shiksa Goddess" that explores the main character Jamie's desire for a non-Jewish woman - whom he eventually marries.

• In an episode of the American sitcom The Nanny, Fran Drescher's character describes Maggie, the eldest girl in her care, as a "shiksa goddess" to a Jewish boy she wants Maggie to date.

• The term was also used in an episode from season four of Queer As Folk. The Jewish lesbian, Melanie, describes her gentile partner, Lindsay, as a "Shiksa Goddess" after Lindsay has been unfaithful.

• In an episode of Sex and the City, Harry Goldenblatt refers to his girlfriend, Charlotte York, as a "shiksa goddess" after they discuss how he must marry a Jew; this eventually leads to her conversion to Judaism.

• Dr. Julianna Cox, the chief medical examiner on the TV series Homicide: Life on the Street refers to herself as "no ordinary shiksa" following the examination of a dead Jewish victim (to the surprise of Detective John Munch).

• In the first season Chicago Hope episode, "Heartbreak", Camille, who was raised Catholic, is speaking at the shivah of a rabbi friend. She mentions that "Rabbi Taubler married me and my husband. He used to joke that I was his first shiksa." This is greeted with smirks from some of the congregation and head-shaking from others.

• In Season 1, Episode 15 (Disco Inferno) of CBS crime show Cold Case, The team investigates a 1978 case where 22 people were killed in a fire at a popular disco. Det. Lilly Rush played by Kathryn Morris was called a shiksa by one of the victims' mother (Benny).

• The term figures prominently in Philip Roth's novel Portnoy's Complaint, a Jewish man's narrative about, among other things, his sexual exploits with several shikses.

• Shiksas are mentioned in "You Won't Succeed on Broadway", a song from the musical "Spamalot", with the line, "You may even have some shiksas making stews!"

• In the Saturday Night Live sketch where John Belushi portrays Vito Corleone in a therapy group, one of the other therapy patients, a stewardess played by Laraine Newman, says that while making a dessert, she overhears her boyfriend's mother say, "Look, the shiksa's making us a Presbyterian pie."

• In The Jazz Singer, Jackie's mother says, "Maybe he's fallen in love with a shiksa."

• In an episode of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, London tells Maddie that she celebrates Hannakuh even though she's not Jewish. She uses the phrase "And miss out on eight days of presents? Not this shiksa."

• In an episode of The West Wing, Josh calls CJ a "paranoid Berkeley shiksa feminista" during an argument.

• In an interview with the Jewish Press, conservative commentator Ann Coulter was quoted as saying, " . . . I just started a screenplay about a Connecticut shiksa like me trying to become an expert on Israel. It's called Mission Impossible IV."

• In the television program Moonlighting, season 4 episode 2 is titled "Come Back Little Shiksa" (referring to character Maddie).

• In the song Pretty Fly For a Rabbi, Weird Al Yankovic remarks of the temple's new rabbi, "Even shiksas think he's swell."

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