• Acknowledgements xi

Introduction: On Being "Too Jewish" in "This Weird Loop" 1

1. Learning to Be "More American" - The Goldbergs 17

2. "Write Yiddish, Cast British" - From Dick Van Dyke to Mrs. G 48

3. Prime-Time Intermarriage I - Bridget Loves Bernie 78

4. The Dramas - thirtysomthing and Northern Exposure 104

5. Intermarriage II (Shiksa Goddesses Transforming Jewish Guys) - Anything But Love, Flying Blind, Mad About You, Brooklyn Bridge, and More 140

6. Intermarriage III (Some Jewish Women Get Gentile Guys) - Rhoda, The Nanny, Dharma & Greg, Friends, Will & Grace 172

7. A "Too-Jewish"/Not-Jewish-Enough Jew for the '90s - Seinfeld 201

8. Looping Back, Breaking Ground, and Calculating Loss - 100 Centre Street, The Education of Max Bickford, State of Grace 218

Notes 243

Index 263