History Main / ShiksaGoddess

* ''Series/NeverHaveIEver'' has the Jewish Ben Gross, who after dumping his JewishAmericanPrincess girlfriend Shira, dates a few gentile girls like new girl and Indian Muslim Aneesa, the Latina Margot, and longtime academic rival and main character Indian Hindu Devi [[spoiler: Devi and Ben end up in a committed and happy relationship at the end of the series]]''.

* [[IncrediblyLamePun Tracy Bacon]] from Creator/MichaelChabon's ''Literature/TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay'' is presented as a gay male version of this trope.

* ''Series/QueerAsFolk'': Melanie calls Lindsay her shiksa goddess at one point.

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* In ''ComicBook/TheCrew'', Kasper Cole is dating a black woman who frequently butts heads with his Jewish mother.

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* Creator/JuddApatow is in love with this trope, with ''Film/KnockedUp'' probably the most notable example. One need only look to the fact that he married Leslie Mann to see the inspiration.

* ''[[Film/TheHeartbreakKid1972 The Heartbreak Kid]]'' might be the TropeCodifier. A self-centered young Jewish man leaves his [[NiceJewishBoy Nice Jewish Girl]] new bride for a blonde goddess that he sees on the beach. While he's on his honeymoon.
* The wedding in ''Film/AmericanWedding'' is all about this, which is mildly ironic, as the Gentile bride is played by the Half-Irish/Half-Jewish Creator/AlysonHannigan and the Jewish groom is played by the Roman Catholic, Italian-American Jason Biggs, who is often mistaken for a Jew.

* ''Film/AllMyLovedOnes'': Samuel Silberstein is a successful older Jewish musician and is engaged to Eva Marie, a beautiful young blond woman who is Christian. [[spoiler:She loves him but her father later persuades her to leave him because of the persecution the Jewish are facing before WWII.]]
* In ''Film/TheGreatHoudinis'', the Jewish Harry marries the Catholic Bess, [[JewishMother to his mother's dismay]]. They hold two different wedding ceremonies, one for each religion.
* ''Film/TheFront'' has Howard, the working-class Jew, falling for Florence, the well-bred Connecticut WASP.
* ''Film/SolomonAndGaenor'': In 1911 Wales, a young Jewish man named Solomon Levinsky falls in love with a blonde-haired Christian girl, Gaenor. Because he knows neither family will accept them (hers are conventional anti-Semites, his is Orthodox and marrying outside the faith is strictly forbidden), he introduces himself as "Sam Livingstone" and pretends to be a gentile. Tragedy ensues.
* ''Film/TheAwakeningOfMottiWolkenbruch'': The film's plot is kicked off by Jewish Orthodox student Motti meeting and falling in love with non-Jewish Laura.
* ''Film/ShivaBaby'': The Jewish Max brings his seemingly perfect "shiksa princess" wife, Kim, to the shiva, where she is the object of envy of his (also Jewish) sugar baby Danielle.

* Creator/DanielleSteel romance and drama novel "Fine Thing" features Jewish protagonist finding the love of his life in Gentile, blonde Liz. His mother, the textbook stereotype of the meddling and dominant Jewish mother, first tries to sabotage this but then comes to dearly love Liz.

* [[IncrediblyLamePun Tracy Bacon]] from Creator/MichaelChabon's ''Literature/TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay'' is presented as a gay male version of this trope
%% * The titular character from ''Jeffery Archer's'' short story, Christina Rosenthal, certainly qualifies.
* Alex Portnoy in ''Literature/PortnoysComplaint'' talks at length about his attraction to non-Jewish women and his three Christian girlfriends, whom he nicknamed the Monkey, the Pumpkin, and the Pilgrim.

* ''Series/ScenesFromAMarriage2021'': Jonathan was raised in a conservative Jewish family and gave up his religion after he got with Mira. As she says, he liked it that she didn't care for the traditions. After they split he starts picking up the traditions again. It's telling that his second wife is Jewish, although he still prefers whatever he has with Mira over her.
* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': In "The Serenity Now", Elaine's "shiksappeal" attracts three Jewish men over the course of the episode. It starts with a 13-year-old boy who, immediately after being officially declared a man during his bar mitzvah, forcefully makes out with her. When she rejects him because he's only 13 and therefore not "really" a man yet, he ''renounces Judaism'', calling the bar mitzvah a sham. Later on, the boy's father plants one on her as well, and when she tells him that he's only attracted her because of her shiksappeal, he ''also'' renounces Judaism in an effort to prove that he'd still be attracted to her if he wasn't Jewish. Finally, when she tries to talk to a rabbi about how to get rid of her shiksappeal, the rabbi tells her that shiksappeal is just a myth... and then immediately proceeds to hit on her. Even Jerry's attracted to her in this episode; after his girlfriend makes him get more in touch with his feelings, he actually proposes to Elaine. (Ironically, Elaine is played by the Jewish Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus.)[[note]]In point of fact, of the actors playing the Gang, only Michael Richards--who played Kramer--''wasn't'' Jewish. (Jason Alexander is Jewish--his legal name is Jay Greenspan. He looks much more Jewish when he has a beard.) This is even though the only confirmed Jewish member of the Gang was Jerry--and even though Kramer could have been Jewish.[[/note]]
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* ''Series/SexAndTheCity'':
** Charlotte [[ConvertingForLove converts to Judaism for Harry]], who she ends up marrying.
--->'''Charlotte:''' ''[to Harry]'' I give up Jesus for you, and you can't even give up the Mets?!
** In an early season, Charlotte sleeps with an Orthodox Jewish artist whose work she's evaluating.

* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'':
** Howard Wolowitz calls Penny a Shiksa Goddess.
--->'''Howard:''' ''(to Raj)'' You're missing the point! A Shiksa goddess is not an actual goddess. We ''prey on'' them, not ''to'' them.
** Howard ends up with Bernadette (played by Creator/MelissaRauch, who ironically is Jewish herself). They initially connect over freaking out their families. Bernadette, being Catholic, is thrilled at the prospect of freaking out ''her'' parents. Their relationship has since moved beyond that joke.
* On ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'', Harry teases Dick and Tommy for dating "blonde shiksa goddesses" Mary and August. Possibly a subversion, as they're not really Jewish, or even human. Their landlady dubbed them with a Jewish identity because they had the last name "Solomon", and she didn't know they took it off [[LineOfSightName the side of a truck]] (of the actors playing the Solomons, only Creator/JosephGordonLevitt is Jewish in RealLife).
* In an episode of ''Series/ColdCase'' it's learned that the victim of the week had been disowned by his father because of his (the victim's) intent to abandon plans to attend dental school, and marry a non-Jewish woman, whom he (the father) outright describes as a "Shiksa".
* Referenced by name in ''Series/BeingHumanUS'': [[WolfMan Josh]]'s sister Emily thinks he's jealous because [[LipstickLesbian she hooked up with a Shiksa Goddess]] before he did.
* ''Series/{{Glee}}'' has Puck (who's Jewish) having feelings for blonde and Christian Quinn

* ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'': the uber-Jew Larry is married to Cheryl, a level-headed, middle-American WASP. Their clash of cultures and personalities drive many plots.
* ''Series/ViennaBlood'': In Season 1 Max forsakes Clara, the nice Jewish girl that his parents have set him up with, because he falls for Amelia, who is a Gentile. This becomes an even bigger plot point in Season 2, as Max's parents try to set him up with another Jewish girl and his mother overtly disapproves of Max's dating a non-Jewish woman.
* The mistress of a Hasidic rebbe in an episode of ''Series/BlueBloods'' is referred to as such.
* ''Series/MadMen'' featured some relationships involving Gentiles and Jewish people.
** The straightest example is Peggy Olson. Raised Catholic, blue-eyed, and of Irish Catholic and Norwegian ancestry, she dates the culturally-Jewish Abe Drexler from Season 4 through Season 7A. Also, in a one-off moment, Peggy's colleague Michael Ginsburg's AlterKocker father had a [[DirtyOldMan very interesting reaction when he saw her]].
** Briefly discussed when blue-eyed, WASP-y Betty Draper talks about a NiceJewishBoy from high school she dated. Apparently, the following year, all the Jewish girls dyed their hair blonde.
** Inverted for two relationships, with Gentile men and Jewish women: Don Draper had an affair with the Jewish department-store owner Rachel Menken in Season 1, and a few years later ultra-WASP Roger Sterling divorced his wife to marry his Jewish secretary Jane Siegel. These fit since both Don and Roger are very much un-Jewish in appearance and very much conventionally attractive (with the caveat that Roger is a SilverFox), to say nothing of both being wealthy and powerful businessmen.
* ''Series/TheMarvelousMrsMaisel'':
** Midge and Joel are a married Jewish couple. Joel leaves his wife for his ditzy "Methodist" secretary, which Midge finds particularly insulting. Joel's own parents are politely but staunchly against the pairing.
** Joel eventually dumps the "Methodist"...only to take up with one Mei Ling, daughter of the Chinese landlords of his nightclub. (It's in [[FriendlyNeighborhoodChinatown Chinatown]] and they're using it as a front for their illegal Chinese casino.) This leads to an awkward situation where it's played straight ''and'' inverted--as much as his parents are horrified by this Chinese shiksa, ''her'' parents are horrified by this Jewish guailao. (It's also a bit of a nod to a trope from about 20-30 years after the setting of the series that American Jewish men can't resist (East) Asian American women and vice versa.)
** Midge's brother married a blond Gentile woman who promptly converted and is trying ''way'' too hard to be Jewish enough for her in-laws.
* ''{{Series/Scrubs}}'' gives Elliot an ImagineSpot where she thinks of making a robot as her dream husband. She also happens to make him Jewish (revealed by breaking a glass at their imagined wedding ceremony) -- while she is blonde and blue-eyed. Immediately after snapping out of the fantasy she bemoans that's really going to piss off her WASP-y parents.
* ''Series/SchittsCreek'' has Jewish Johnny Rose married to WhiteDwarfStarlet Moira Rose, who is implied to be Irish Catholic. Their son David refers to himself as a "delightful half-half situation" when asked if he is Jewish.
* An in-universe example on ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'': The Bundys visit a Hollywood TV studio where there are [[https://i.4pcdn.org/tv/1514106969214.jpg posters]] for fictitious shows, including "Me And The Shiksa".

* This was one of the principal tropes in ''Abie's Irish Rose''. Abie's father wouldn't stand for any NiceJewishBoy marrying a non-Jewish girl, so Abie has to trick his father into believing that Rose Mary Murphy is actually Rosie Murpheski. The father doesn't find out the ruse until the Jewish wedding ceremony is well underway.

* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' has one of the classics, The Queen of Sheba, show up. She never actually gets a chance to interact with King Solomon on-screen, but it does show that she has an obvious crush on the man and wants to protect his legacy. However, there isn't any confirmation that she was really married to him or not (as her profile mentioned it's just a Ethiopian folklore), or if her crush is actually caused by her Spirit Origin being affected by that story.

** The Countess Cora Crawley has an Episcopalian Mother and a late Jewish Father. She tells off a guest at her niece's wedding for implying that it must be "embarrassing" for a girl from the family to marry a Jewish man.

* Sandy and Kirsten Cohen of ''Series/TheOC''

** Charlotte [[ConvertingForLove converts to Judaism for Harry]], who she ends up marrying. Charlotte to Harry: "I give up Jesus for you, and you can't even give up the Mets?!"

* Series/{{House}} notes that Cuddys' mom is "...a Shiksa." Apparently she converted when she married Cuddy's father. [[ObnoxiousInLaws She's also a bitch.]]

--->''(to Raj)'': You're missing the point! A Shiksa goddess is not an actual goddess. We ''prey on'' them, not ''to'' them.

** Midge's husband Joel leaves her for his ditzy "Methodist" secretary, which she finds particularly insulting. Joel's own parents are politely but staunchly against the pairing.
** Joel eventually dumps the "Methodist"...only to take up with one Mei Ling, daughter of the Chinese landlords of his nightclub. (It's in [[FriendlyNeighborhoodChinatown Chinatown]] and they're using it as a front for their illegal Chinese casino.) This leads to an awkward situation where it's played straight ''and'' inverted--as much as his parents are horrified by this Chinese shiksa, her parents are horrified by this Jewish guailao. (It's also a bit of a nod to a trope from about 20-30 years after the setting of the series that American Jewish men can't resist (East) Asian American women and vice versa.)
** Midge's brother married a blond Gentile woman who promptly converted and is trying ''way'' too hard to be Jewish enough for her husband.
* ''{{Series/Scrubs}}'' gives Elliot an ImagineSpot where she thinks of making a robot as her dream husband. She also happens to make him Jewish (revealed by breaking a glass at their imagined wedding ceremony) - while she is blonde and blue-eyed. Immediately after snapping out of the fantasy she bemoans that's really going to piss of her WASP-y parents.

* The musical ''Theatre/TheLastFiveYears'', which actually has a song titled "Shiksa Goddess" in which Jamie rejoices that his new girlfriend is not Jewish and admits that he doesn't really care about anything else. If you were infer from this that Jamie's and Cathy's relationship is a little shallow… you might be right.

* ''Film/BordelloOfBlood'' is an interesting example of this and MatzoFever in the romance between Katherine Verdoux and Rafe Guttman. For such a gleefully trashy film, it's got a very interesting subtext about interconfessional romance.

The inversion of ''Shiksa Goddess'' is MatzoFever, which is about non-Jews having this reaction to Jews.

** Lady Rose becomes a near ''perfect'' example (blonde, blue-blooded and British)[[note]]Daughter of a Scottish marquess, to be exact[[/note]] when she hooks up with the Jewish Atticus Aldridge in Series 5. Atticus's father is against the union, but his mother just wants her son to be happy and even threatens him with divorce if he does anything to jeopardize the wedding.

** Joel eventually dumps the "Methodist"...only to take up with one Mei Ling, daughter of the Chinese landlords of his nightclub. (It's in [[FriendlyNeighborhoodChinatown Chinatown]] and they're using it as a front for their illegal Chinese casino.) This leads to an awkward situation where it's played straight ''and'' inverted--as much as his parents are horrified by this Chinese shiksa, her parents are horrified by this Jewish guailao. (It's also a bit of a nod to a trope from about 20-30 years later that American Jewish men can't resist (East) Asian American women and vice versa.)

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* In ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]]'' the Jewish - under ''most'' writers' pens - Sebastian Ives dated the non-Jewish Callie Evans off and on for the first two years of high school.

* The Bible has Jezebel, a Phoenician Baal-worshiping princess, marrying the Israelite King Ahab. It's a false conversion due to her intentions to wipe out the original Hebrew religion and replace it with her Canaanite religion of worshiping the idols Ba'al and Asherah. This is why "Jezebel" is often used to mean a temptress or slut. Though to be fair, Ahab married Jezebel to form a political alliance with Phoenicia, not because he loved her.
* Ruth, the Moabite daughter-in-law of the Jewish widow Naomi, who later on marries Naomi's kinsman Boaz. There's also the wives of Joseph (married an Egyptian) and Moses (married a Midianite/Ethiopian).
** Ruth's marriage to Boaz is a {{Subversion}}, though, as it's made clear she was a Jewish convert before she married him.
** Apparently in an attempt to avert this, one legend has it that Joseph's wife, Asenath, was actually his long-lost ''niece'', being his half-sister Dinah's ChildByRape who was shipped off to Egypt and adopted by Potiphar.
* Then there's the numerous foreign wives of King Solomon, who lead him to build places of worship for their own gods. He is punished by the fracturing of the kingdom after his death.
* Since Judaism is matrilineal, some traditions believe that non-Jewish wives converted when they married - otherwise, their children wouldn't have been Jewish, which would be extremely incongruous when the child is, say, the king of Israel. Some of them, like Solomon's wives, were just ''very bad'' at it.

* ''[[Film/TheHeartbreakKid1972 The Heartbreak Kid]]'' might be the TropeCodifier. A self-centered young Jewish man leaves his NiceJewishGirl new bride for a blonde goddess that he sees on the beach. While he's on his honeymoon.

The tendency of some Jewish male characters in media to be paired with a non-Jewish female character ("Shiksa" in Yiddish). Typically, shiksas represent the exotic outsider to the insular Jewish community. Jews looking to break free of the bonds of Jewish society might do so through association with shiksas. A gentile partner might also be a status symbol in areas where Jews are still discriminated against. Other Jewish men might simply be more attracted to women without Semitic features─most modern Jews grow-up more exposed to the larger society's notions of beauty than to their ethnic-specific ones. Shiksas are often [[PhenotypeStereotype blonde and blue-eyed]], traits more rare among Jews, to distinguish them from the Jewish norm.

The word "shiksa" comes from the Hebrew word for "abomination," as these gentile temptresses were feared to be stealing away all the {{Nice Jewish Boy}}s. Like most cultures, Jewish society traditionally looks down on members marrying outsiders, seeing it as a rejection of their heritage and community. Mixed couples won't necessarily perpetuate the traditions and beliefs that bind Jewish society together. In fact, children to a non-Jewish mother aren't culturally Jewish themselves by religious law. It's a really insulting term, on par with "slut" or "whore." If one character is calling a woman a shiksa, you can bet they're not particularly fond of her.