But there is a schtick in Episode 606, "Padre de Familias" that always makes me wince. Well, okay that's not the only thing about "Family Guy" that makes me wince, but for the topic of this column, that'll do. In this episode, our hero Peter is angry that his hometown of Quahog, Rhode Island, is being overrun by immigrants. He says he wants to patrol the borders of Quahog to keep illegal immigrants out, and make it "as clean as a Jewish porno."

Cut to next scene. Fully dressed, clearly Hasidic Jewish husband and wife are lying, side-by-side, on a bed together. He's telling her, in a deadpan voice, about the real estate deals he's initiated, and she's oooing and ahhing in the same deadpan voice.

The satiric implication here, of course, is that Jewish couples don't get off on what the rest of the world embraces as "porno." Rather, what turns Jews on are the big deals.

First of all, a very belated happy new year to all you out in blog land :-). I'm late in sending my good wishes. Life, as always, likes to throw curve balls and keep me busy.

Now. On to the meat of this blog -- that of Jewish stereotypes in literature. Or, in this case, made-for-TV movies. Like the recent Hallmark showing of "Loving Leah." I'll launch this by saying I haven't yet seen the show (though we've DVR'd it). But based on the reviews of this show, I'm already shaking my head. I should have seen it coming. Another Jewish Literary Stereotype. JLS -- it's around, everywhere we look.

For those of you who may not have heard of this (and it could well be most of you in this category), Loving Leah concerns a young Hasidic bride who is the widow of an Orthodox rabbi. This rabbi's brother, a thoroughly non-observant cardiologist, marries her because of a little-known Jewish law that states this needs to happen to carry on the family name. The playboy cardiologist doesn't like this. Neither does the widow. But they make the best of it, get married, love blossoms between them, etc., etc., etc.

One reviewer posted that this show demonstrates a view of a "different culture." Hmm. Aside from the fact that this legal custom is a really obscure one that kinda flies in the face of Leviticus (remember the blurb about not lying with your husband's wife?), the show seems to come up with JLS after JLS that I want to put to rest.

Me: Anything she wants.

Audience: Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha….

Me: Settle down, folks. It wasn't that funny. Anyhoo, let me introduce myself. My name is Amy Wolff Sorter, aka Erica DeQuaya, and I'm a write-a-holic.

Audience: Hi Amy!

Me: OK, with apologies to all of those wonderful 12-step programs out there, let's answer the nice person's question. As was pointed out, I am a self-professed Jewish-American Pagan. I'm NOT a Jewish American Princess – I turned in my tiara and scepter several years ago and don't make reservations for dinner, as the old joke goes.

On the writing side, well, I write about anything and everything, from erotic romance (by my alter ego Erica) to books with a Jewish theme.

Audience Member: But why Jewish themes?

Me: Good question! These themes aren't much explored in literature. Well, I take that back. There is a lot of Jewish-theme literature out there. But a lot those books are little more than long, drawn-out stereotypes.