These female rabbis have thoughts on how their profession - and Jewish culture - is portrayed on ‘Nobody Wants This’

with CNN. Is that the best of who we are? Maybe not. But is that a reality of who some of us are? Maybe.

She also reminded that it’s just a TV show made for entertainment.

I would imagine the same is true if you were to interview people from ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding,’ right? That is sort of over-exaggerating the personalities.

And while Rabbi Adina Allen, a nondenominational rabbi who started the non-profit Jewish Studio Project, acknowledged some of the Jewish female characters in the comedy were depicted as manipulative, controlling, harsh, cliquey, she observed that they weren’t the only ones cast in a sometimes not-so-flattering light.

Honestly, the non-Jewish women don’t come out looking so good either, she said. The show seems to portray them as vapid, un-focused, self-centered and shallow. And, at the same time, I liked all of the women. For instance, Esther, the epitome of the Jewish woman stereotype, is controlling and mean, but she’s also loyal and loving.

Rabbi Greene also pointed out that not all the depictions of Jewish women were immediately demeaning or cartoonish.

The female rabbi at the camp, I think she’s great. I think that’s a good depiction. She embraces Joanne. She’s an interesting character, she shared, in reference to a hilarious later episode in the season when Noah introduces Joanne to a fellow rabbi, played charmingly by Leslie Grossman.

Maybe that’s what’s so great about the show, there’s so many interesting characters, Greene added, going on to defend the character of Esther because she’s meant to be hated but also, if your best friend was the ex-fiancé… She’s (Esther) human, too!

Other moments felt quite authentic to both real-life rabbis, which they said felt refreshing.