I was walking into a synagogue for a bar mitzvah and these two old men laughed and called me shiksa?

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I felt really mortified, because I am really Jewish myself. I was reading that sometimes Orthodox Jews will refer to a young woman who does not follow Orthodox precepts as a shiksa. I am trying to think what they could have meant. I was wearing a conservative dress that fell below my knees and a linen blazer. My head was not covered but then it was a Conservative shul and I am divorced. This has really bothered me. What do you think they could have meant? I was the only woman around so they must have been talking about me. I felt like I wished the pavement would open up and swallow me, I was that embarrassed. They were really old, could have been just meshugene, but I can't stop my blood from boiling about this.

Update:

@Kagos- Depending on how it's said, these men could have been calling me anything from maid to prostitute to abomination to piss pants to simply non Jew but in a not nice way as though it were an insult. So hell yes it's uncommon. Only a nudnik would say such a thing to a woman entering a shul, sorry.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

they were flirting with you. They were hopin you'd come home with them and change their diapers.

Zena IC XC NIKA · Answer

That seems very strange.

I can't believe an Orthodox Jews would  call a Jewess a SHISKSA

A Shiksa is for  a  crude name for Unbelievers ( Ladies)'

Definition of SHIKSA
ften disparaging: a non-Jewish girl or woman 

: a Jewish girl or woman who does not observe Jewish precepts —used especially by Orthodox Jews 
Dictionary 

A word like that should never be used at a Bar Mitzvah or at anytime

Drebi · Answer

Where I'm from a lot of Jewish people call ATTRACTIVE women (generally those who aren't obviously Jewish) shiksa. So perhaps they weren't aware that you were Jewish & they meant that you were attractive and might be tempting to people there.

I believe in Healthy Fur · Answer

At the end of the day, it's just a couple of old farts and no one cares what they think. They laugh at people, not realising the whole world is laughing at them.

? · Answer

I understand completely. Next time they use that name on you tell them to Fxxk Off. Then everything will be fine.

Anonymous · Answer

Be proud who you are ! I am a Catholic & I am proud. 
Your alright in my book baby, stand tall. God is with 
all of us.

Anonymous · Answer

Huh. Is this really uncommon enough to warrant mention?

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I was walking into a synagogue for a bar mitzvah and these two old men laughed and called me shiksa?

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