Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center
If you love Girls’ Shoshanna Shapiro, the kooky but sweet Jewish American princess played by Zosia Mamet, daughter of playwright David Mamet, you’re likely gonna laugh at what she’s been posting on Tumblr.
In honor of the current Olympic Games in Sochi, someone created Shoshi Games 2014, a series of memes that place her face in photos of various winter sports, complete with appropriate Shosh-like captions beneath.
It isn’t the first time that Mamet has been out there on the Internet. In May 2013, she and her sister Clara requested $32,000 on crowd-funding site Kickstarter, to produce a video for their song “Bleak Love.” They were criticized for the move, and only reached 6 percent of their total. This Tumblr is likely to be better received.
A look at some of Mamet’s “Shoshi Games 2014” collection:
There’s “This doesn’t look like Jamaica”:
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‘Girls’ character Shoshanna Shapiro with the Canadian bobsled team (courtesy Shoshi Games 2014)
“How do you say OMG in cyrillic?”
Shosh on skis! (courtesy Shoshi Games 2014)
“Curling? I’ve been doing that since my bat mitzvah.”
A look of concentration while curling (courtesy Shoshi Games 2014)
And, a reference to her “Girls” cousin, Jessa: “Oh that’s amazing. It’s really hard for a jew to gain respect in sports. – Jessa”
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Shosh as a male figure skater (courtesy Shoshi Games 2014
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