If I know something about contemporary pop culture (which I don’t), I know that all the kid’s love that song about licking lollipops and going to candy shop(pe)s. Which is why every shiksa is guaranteed to bag a rich Jewish boy for the holidays just by popping one of these babies into your mouth. Nothing says ‘sexy ‘like religious crossovers.* And who knows? One day you’re sucking on a Hannukah cane, the next day you’re converting to Judaism for the love of your life. It could happen.
*Note: Not sure if these are Kosher, which will only add to said Shiksappeal.
Candy Babel
12/26/2011
Love this! I have been searching for Jewish Candy Culture History but this is very 20th century! Thanks -Amani, PDX
“Most American Jews came from the lower middle classes, and therefore they brought with them not a lot of Jewish culture. The American Jewish story starts with Ellis Island, and the candy store in the Bronx.”
Arthur Hertzberg