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About Me

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THE JEWISH ANGLE is the ezine where Jewish culture, Jewish humor, Jewish life & Judaism intersect something else entirely.
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THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE includes:

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My Interests

A Judaism and Jewish identity that relies neither on rote behavior nor reliance on the cheapest common denominator.

I'd like to meet:

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Woody Allen anti-semitism astrology book children Conservative Bob Dylan fiction God Groucho Hebrew holiday Israel Kafka links names Orthodox Jonathan Pollard rabbi Reform Philip Roth Jon Stewart Torah TV

The 'Real' Barack Obama

The continuing disturbing revelations about Barack "Hussein" Obama continue to be revealed here.

Books:

Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism, Portnoy's Complaint, Joshua Then and Now, The Zionist Idea, The Magician of Lublin, The Bonding of Isaac, See: Under Love, The Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Days of Awe, Seasons of Our Joy, Lost In America, Where the Wild Things Are, Catch-22, The Steppenwolf, For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, Darkness at Noon, The Silly Book

Heroes:

Bob Dylan, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, Allen Ginsburg, Moses, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Amos, Rambam, Ramban, Rimbaud, Rashi, King David, David Ben-Gurion, Sarah Silverman, Gershom Scholem, Jennifer Bleyer, Bob Spitz, Paul Simon, Philip Roth, Tom Lehrer, Spalding Gray, Groucho Marx, Emma Lazarus, Lenny Bruce, Jonathan Pollard, Joel Grishaver, Benyamin Cohen, Elizabeth Applebaum, Larry Yudelson, Andrew Silow-Carroll, Richard K. Friedman, Mordecai Richler, Mort Sahl, Ernie Kovacs, Y.L. Peretz, I.B. Singer, P.J. O'Rourke, Fiona Maazel, Stan Freeberg, Soupy Sales.

My Blog

A Jewish Seat on the Supreme Court

I was thinking of titling this, "How many Jewish justices does it take to screw in a lightbulb?" The fact is, from 1916 until 1969 there was what is known as the Jewish seat on the Supreme Court. (I d...
Posted by The Jewish Angle on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:42:00 PST

Unintended Consequences

The parents were talking on the playground one day recently, and one of the moms mentioned her aunt, whom she said was the black sheep of the family.It turns out that in this family of Presbyterians, ...
Posted by The Jewish Angle on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:42:00 PST

Moses in Washington, DC?

Today's Washington Post has an article about photographer Annie Leibowitz speaking to the graduates of the Corcoran College of Art and Design. This is how Post photographer Marvin Joseph captured the ...
Posted by The Jewish Angle on Sun, 25 May 2008 12:04:00 PST

Whats blue and white and plaid all over?

I suppose if it weren't for friend Avi-Nator I wouldn't have given a second thought to the news that Scotland's only native Scots rabbi living in Scotland has created an "official" Jewish tartan.I don...
Posted by The Jewish Angle on Sat, 17 May 2008 10:59:00 PST

Another wedding without a chuppa

America has had no Jewish presidents. But it has had 43 presidents who weren't Jewish, and George W. Bush is no exception. While daughter Jenna is getting married on Shabbat in Crawford, Texas, the re...
Posted by The Jewish Angle on Fri, 09 May 2008 08:43:00 PST

Who Invited Anne Frank to the Seder?

Passover is at once the most rigorous and malleable Jewish holiday. The regulations for removing chametz are extensive and arcane. The holiday meal is a stubborn holdover from the era befo...
Posted by The Jewish Angle on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:45:00 PST

Ten Messiah Moments

I have a piece today on mental-floss.com, actually called "Ten Jewish Messiah Moments." It’s available here for your reading pleasure, or displeasure, as the case may be. Feel free to leave a co...
Posted by The Jewish Angle on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:47:00 PST

God Goggles

This story from Yahoo will be one to ponder over Shabbat, or bring up on Pesach if the seder starts to lag -- or discuss inebriationally on Purim, if that's how you react to its. The article is short ...
Posted by The Jewish Angle on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:34:00 PST

Updated at Last!!!

It's time to unveil the new, 10th anniversary issue of The Jewish Angle, which you can view here. These are the highlights:Some of you will recognize the name Allan Sherman. If you do, music will prob...
Posted by The Jewish Angle on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:57:00 PST

The Dems Purim donkey

This raises so many questions...Dems Name Mordecai Their Donkey from the ForwardBy Sarah KricheffWed. Feb 20, 2008Just in time for Purim, the Democratic National Convention Committee this week annou...
Posted by The Jewish Angle on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:35:00 PST