<p>I am planning to enter Brandeis in the fall of '08. I was just wondering what the dating scene is like? I’m very Scandinavian-looking (light blonde hair, blue eyes) and someone told me the Jewish guys at Brandeis wouldn’t want to date me because of this? I just want to know if my dating options will be limited due to the large Jewish population (I’m not at all concerned what religion or ethnicity a potentional l boyfriend is). </p>
<p>Please note this has no bearing on whether or not I’ll go to Brandeis; I am just curious.</p>
<p>I think it would only be a problem with Conservadox Jews. Reform and secular wouldn't care. There's a column in the Hoot written by a girl who is not Jewish complaining about being called a shiksa (Yiddish disparaging term for a non-Jewish woman) so I suppose there is that discrimination, but I personally have never seen it and none of my non Jewish friends have experienced it. I know several Jewish guys dating nonJewish girls and I'm a Jewish girl who has never dated a Jewish guy. Things happen and it's not necessarily a preference for one ethnicity over another.</p>
<p>Also, there are blond hair, blue eyed Jews so just because you look Scandinavian doesn't really mean much :P My brother had light blond hair for most of his life (only recently darked a bit and he's 18) and has blue eyes, but is Jewish. There are lots of redheads as well- we all don't have curly dark hair and brown eyes. :P</p>