Anonymous: Hmm I see your point. Of course suburban middle-class moms can be Jewish, and I did not intend for that sentence to imply otherwise. What I meant to ask was, if every single character we see on TV (even the well-known Protestant ones like Lois) are in some way Jewish, does that signify that mainstream American culture has become Jewish? And if all of America is speaking Yiddish and winking at Jewish "inside jokes," is there anything special left for those who actually are Jewish?
Anonymous: Hmm I see your point. Of course suburban middle-class moms can be Jewish, and I did not intend for that sentence to imply otherwise. What I meant to ask was, if every single character we see on TV (even the well-known Protestant ones like Lois) are in some way Jewish, does that signify that mainstream American culture has become Jewish? And if all of America is speaking Yiddish and winking at Jewish "inside jokes," is there anything special left for those who actually are Jewish?