{"id":391,"date":"2009-11-21T17:40:14","date_gmt":"2009-11-21T17:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/windowsanddoors\/2009\/11\/the-kosher-vampires-of-twiligh.html"},"modified":"2009-11-21T17:40:14","modified_gmt":"2009-11-21T17:40:14","slug":"the-kosher-vampires-of-twiligh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/windowsanddoors\/2009\/11\/the-kosher-vampires-of-twiligh.html","title":{"rendered":"The “Kosher” Vampires of Twilight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twilight screenwriter, Melissa Rosenberg, tells the Jewish Journal that “her” vampires are not like any others. “They’re kosher vampires<\/a>,” Rosenberg says, laughing.<\/p>\n

To call them “kosher” may be a stretch<\/a>, but the leading figure, Edward Cullen, and his family are all “vegetarians” — which in this context means they don’t drink human blood, though they do eat animals — and therefore they are not killers, but hunters. Their anomalous way of life, in which diet is not simply a carnal drive but a moral choice, makes them outsiders, not only from the world of mortals but also from the larger vampire culture, who see the Cullens as a threat to the vampire establishment. The story’s human protagonist, Bella, idolizes the Cullens, and, you could say, sees them as a light unto the vampire nation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, what do you think? Are these vampires really different? Are all vampires “Jewish”, in the sense that they are eternal outsiders, as Rosenberg speculates? I am not sure, but I do know that any time you watch a movie, and ask who is the “Jewish character”, you will learn a great deal about what being Jewish means — not to the character, but to yourself. Now that’s always intersting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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