Don't call me princess!
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Ngomong-ngomong soal Yahoo (read: Yahudi) -- dan penasaran siapa mereka? I
have a bunch of Jewish friends from the UK, USA and Latin America (originally
from the Middle East and Europe). Yes, they are brilliant!
Artikel di bawah ini mengulas sesuatu yang kocak mengenai "Jewish Princesses"
(read: high maintenance women with $$$$ Manolo Blahniks high heels!).
Cheers,
DM
http://www.women.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,18030-1837619,00.html
Don't call me princess
Why are 20 pampered Jewish women heading for the desert?
Anita Chaudhuri
It's Friday lunchtime at a north London studio and the air is syrupy with
hairspray and hysteria. A group of self-confessed Jewish princesses are
squabbling over a rail of sequined frocks. The women have gathered for photos,
before embarking on a terrifying ordeal. As participants in I'm a Jewish
Princess: What Am I Doing Here?,
they will attempt to survive for 10 days in the desert without professional
manicurists, Seven jeans or cheesecake.
The 20 women come from every strand of Jewish society. There are "becks" (the
north London tribe of moneyed teenagers closest to chavs) and the wife of the
Israeli ambassador in London. There is also Nancy Dell-Olio, whose mother is
Jewish. She surveys the room with a Fellini-esque stare. "Jewish princesses
are women of
substance," she declaims, like a general rallying her troops. "They get things
done, they believe in themselves. This is the essence of being a Jewish
princess."
JPs have had a bad rap. The term may have been reclaimed as a badge
of ironic cool by the likes of Sarah Jessica Parker, who brought the
sensibility to Sex and the City, but princesses are still perceived
as capricious, self-obsessed grooming addicts. Which is why, early
next year, the ladies will be setting off for the Israeli desert,
to raise money for the children's charity Emunah by performing
tasks set by a former SAS strategist. "We want to dispel the myth
about Jewish women being spoilt and high maintenance," says
Madelaine Black, 43, the organiser. "We want to show that,
actually, we're tough and practical."
So, the desert jaunt is, in essence, a rebranding exercise. The
question is, how tough can these ladies be? "I've never slept
anywhere I haven't been protected by secondary glazing," admits
Black. "And I'm scared of snakes." She pulls on a pair of
python-skin shoes. "These are as close as I want to get." Over
by the clothes racks, a hapless stylist is trying to persuade the
princesses to choose gowns for the shoot. "I'm not wearing
that," says one, casting off a shimmery green gown with a
£1,000-plus price tag, as if it were Primark. "I have a
reputation to think about."
Samantha Pearlman, 19 and studying to be a PA, is fingering a slinky
moss-green number. She's an ice-cream sundae of a girl, with
blonde hair and pearlised lipstick. "I spend £60 a month on my
nails," she admits. "My last visit to the hairdresser
cost £260." She is being eyed up by Gaby Tenenblat, 23.
Tenenblat, clad in designer jeans, with expensively highlighted
hair, was destined to be a beautician, but rebelled and now works
with young offenders in Tower Hamlets. "Beck alert," she says,
gesturing at Pearlman. Is being a beck a bad thing? "No, no.
It's just a look you can spot a mile off." The stylist offers
her a dress. She insists on a trouser suit.
It's a worry. If this prima donna behaviour is genuine, how are
they going to survive in the wilderness? "Easily," Tenenblat
snorts. "I'm used to working with hard cases. I've signed up
because I want to help kids in Israel. The only thing I'm scared
of is jumping off a cliff." Obviously, there is sterner stuff
going on beneath the Christian Dior self-tans. Pearlman is already
thinking up fundraising ideas. "I'm holding a JP club night,"
she says. "We'll get people to dress up as Jewish princes and
princesses - except people dress like that anyway."
Sigalia Heifetz, the wife of the Israeli ambassador, arrives. With
her curtain of black hair and Celine riding boots, she is a dead
ringer for Modesty Blaise. She used to be the only female partner
in her accountancy firm in Tel Aviv. Now, she juggles seven children
with an arduous social diary featuring Cherie Blair and Kevin
Spacey. "I did my national service with the Israeli army when I
was 19," she says. "I know how to fire an Uzi."
Soon, they are all assembled. The flashbulbs pop. Everyone smiles
serenely, not a hair out of place. I'm not fooled, though.
These girls are as hardcore as any elite task force. If you can
handle hairspray like them, jumping ravines will be a breeze.
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