Category Archives: Jewish Stuff

GOP Rep. Eric Cantor and Why Most Jews Don’t Vote Republican: Their Highly Successful Jewish Outreach Program

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

Like clockwork, as we near election time, we will be faced with a spate of Republican operatives claiming that this time American Jews will abandon the Democratic Party. And then, again like clockwork, Jewish voters will vote 75-85% Democratic. If … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Jewish Stuff, Voting | 3 Comments

More From the Highly Successful Republican Jewish Outreach Program: The Santorum Edition

Posted on February 10, 2012 by

Can you figure out what might possibly be wrong with this Hanukah card from the Santorum campaign? (aka “Team Santorum”–which is funny on so many different levels. But I digress): If you missed it, in the upper left hand corner … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Fucking Morons, Jewish Stuff | 7 Comments

Since We Appear to Have Skipped Thanksgiving and Gone Straight to Christmas…

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

…I thought I would share this image, captured in New York City: And a gut yontif to the Chinese Restaurant Assocation.

Posted in Humor, Jewish Stuff | 1 Comment

A Pre-Yom Kippur Meditation

Posted on October 7, 2011 by

Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement, begins tonight. If you’re fasting, have a safe and easy fast. Tomorrow, in every synagogue around the world, this will be read, as it is every year, about the nature of a true … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic Human Decency, Ethics, Jewish Stuff | 1 Comment

The Tragedy of Turning Economics Into a Faith-Based Discipline

Posted on September 26, 2011 by

The thing that has puzzled me throughout the long aftermath of the collapse of Big Shitpile is the willingness to do nothing. The issue isn’t a disagreement over how to reduce unemployment. Instead, there is a general consensus not to … Continue reading →

Posted in Big Shitpile, Conservatives, Economics, Jewish Stuff, Religion, We're Really Fucked | 2 Comments

Fox News: Worried About the ‘War on Christmas’, but Their Own War on Jews?

Posted on February 1, 2011 by

Not so much. According to a letter signed by over 400 hundred U.S. rabbis, Fox seems to have a Glenn Beck problem.
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Posted in Basic Human Decency, Conservatives, Jewish Stuff, News Media | 32 Comments

Blood Libel, Jews, and the Democratic Party

Posted on January 29, 2011 by

Randism is not a Jewish virtue.
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Posted in Ethics, Jewish Stuff | 6 Comments

Why Palin Used the Phrase “Blood Libel”: The Theopolitical Right Believes They Are the New and Improved Jews

Posted on January 13, 2011 by

Sure, it doesn’t make any sense, but that’s never stopped the theopolitical right.
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Posted in Conservatives, Jewish Stuff, Religion | 21 Comments

Theopolitical Right to Texan Jews: Jews Need Not Apply

Posted on November 21, 2010 by

They’re not anti-Semites; they just want a fundamentalist Christian running things.
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Posted in Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Jewish Stuff | 5 Comments

Saturday Sermon: The Yom Kippur Edition

Posted on September 18, 2010 by

The more difficult fast.
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Posted in Basic Human Decency, Ethics, Hunger, Jewish Stuff | 3 Comments