Jewess

A lot of hits to this site follow the word, "Jewess". I currently came upon a site where a Jew was totally grossed out by the word, "Jewess". What can I say? It seems that he and I live on different planets.

I remember a few years ago, I had used the word "Jewess" in some email to a very popular Jewish site, and that email had been publicised. In return, I received an email from someone who was totally disgusted by my use of the word: he said, to this effect, "Don't you know how humiliating this word is, how denigrating"????

Well, uh, nooo. I was not here at the inception of its trashing.

I wrote back to him, and said that the word "Jewess" fills me with pride. It so reminds me of the word, "lioness". I always think of Jewesses as fierce, fiercely intelligent and protective just like lionesses (oh that reminds me, major props to The Lioness, a Jewess on my sidebar who is always an inspiration).

As for those who are repulsed by the term- meanwhile, I do recall from Ivanhoe, for example, a noble Jewess who sacrificed so much- so, what is your problem? Cause I am thinking it has way more to do with your identity as a Jew than mine. More to do with smearing Jews in general, a kind of self-hatred or uncertainty resulting from some sort of confusion and dependence on some evil zeitgeist that has nothing to do with our community. Cause in the end, tell me why the moniker of "Jewess" makes you gag. I'm thinking this was not a moniker promulgated by the "goyim". Cause then, are you telling me there is no grammatical feminine equivalent of "Jew" in Hebrew that we can proudly put out there?

I also do recall that a close friend, a Jewess, never used the word, "Jew", when she could use the word, "Jewish", instead.

I warn you though, I am not gonna be on your side about this. But I do wonder and I will listen. In the midst of this, did I ask a question? Yes, I did.

Ain't it just like Jews, to quibble over the details. I wonder what that means?