So Eric and I are throwing ourselves a Bar/Bat Mitzvah for our mutual birthday party. We are both WASPs; this is a celebration of both Ironic Judaism (so hot for 2006) and the fact that we spent way too many weekends as middle schoolers drinking mocktails and doing the limbo as our peers became men and women, while we languished in Protestant childhood.
But I digress. So, is this cake
a) tasteless/tacky/how could you possibly eat a Torah-shaped confection at your birthday party?
b) fabulous/tacky/you MUST eat a Torah-shaped confection at your birthday party!
11 comments:
I vote B...I love it!
B.
No question. In haiku:
Celebrate birthday
The only way a WASP can
Eat a Torah cake
Ix-nay the Jewish star and my people approve.
Definitely B. I want one, just because.
Simple test. If two Jewish friends of yours were throwing themselves a confirmation and had a cake in the form of a crucifix what would your response be?
Anon- Honestly, I wouldn't have a problem with that. I'm not a practicing Christian and would not be personally offended by it. However, take it from someone who was both baptized and confirmed while going to all these bar and bat mitzvahs-- WASPy parties SUCK in comparison.
And you don't have to be anonymous-- if I am genuinely offending anyone with this stuff, it's OK to let me know. That's the risk we bloggers take.
B!
I don't know you so I feel extremely sketchy responding... I definitely vote B!!
I'm for it. Welcome to the Tribe.
Don't forget the yarmulkas and blow-up guitars!
Speaking as someone who just celebrated Hanamas with her non-Jewish and half-Jewish friends I say, B!
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