No..I don't think it would be offensive at all, I know a few non Jews who have done it and the Jewish in the crowd were the ones howling. No idea about Shiksa...
Shiksa means non-Jewish. Not offensive to sing it if you aren't.
from the dictionary of difficult words:
shiksa
n. (often derogatory) non-Jewish girl
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/difficultwords/data/d0011309.html
It is considered an offensive term depending on who's saying it. Who knows. I guess it depends on who you are, you know?
Yeah i was thinking the same thing. Updated On: 8/31/05 at 11:36 PM
In my family, shiksa is a whore.
Well, it's a non-Jewish girl, but from the outside, Jews consider non-Jews to be dirty and, well, slutty.
"Why can't you find a nice Jewish girl instead of spending all your time with that shiksa!"
If anyone takes offense to that, send them to my house and I'll give them a firm kick in the bottom.
Shiksa is a non-Jewish girl but (at least according to my family) she's usually a very attractive blonde
I've always felt shaygutz was much more derogatory . And frankly, Norbert who sang the role originally ain't egzacly barmitzvah, and NObody finds him singing it offensive!
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