Category Archives: Jewish Stuff

Duke Zeibert’s

Posted on November 12, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

No place left in D.C. where you can get a good matzah ball soup and prime rib, sadly. Observed at the D.C. Historical Society: Look at the prices:

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Have an Easy Fast

Posted on September 25, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

If you’re fasting this Yom Kippur. Since I’ll be busy today, I’ll just use today’s post to remind people to get their COVID and influenza vaccines–and you’re less likely to get long COVID if you’re vaccinated. For me, this COVID … Continue reading →

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RFK Jr. Plays at Nazi Peekaboo

Posted on July 31, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

I’m stealing Amanda Marcotte’s phrase ‘Nazi Peekaboo‘ because it describes what Democratic primary candidate and anti-vaccinationist crank RFK Jr. did last Friday. His account tweeted a complaint about not receiving Secret Service protection, and phrased it like so (boldface mine): … Continue reading →

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Shver Tsu Zayn a Yid: the RFK Jr. Edition

Posted on July 17, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

(from here) In case you missed it, anti-vaccine advocate and Democratic presidential primary candidate (who doesn’t have chance in hell of winning the nomination even if Biden dies) RFK Jr. uttered this over the weekend (boldface mine): Democratic presidential candidate … Continue reading →

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The Unitary Dumbass Veto Principle Is Working Quite Well

Posted on May 31, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

In case you missed it, the Jewish Telegraph Agency did some digging into the person who got one of poet Amanda Gorman’s poems banned from schools (boldface mine): Months before a Miami-area mother persuaded a local school to restrict access … Continue reading →

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No Jews Allowed in Judeo-Christian

Posted on May 12, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

From the not-so-Great State of Montana: The Montana Jewish Project asked Speaker of the House Matt Regier this week if he could help the nonprofit understand the reason Rep. Ed Stafman, a rabbi, was denied the opportunity to lead prayer … Continue reading →

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Just a Minor Existential Threat

Posted on November 17, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

With all of the Republican post-mortems regarding the 2022 election, it’s still amazing they don’t recognize the elephant in the room (SWIDT?): White Christian supremacy. Which brings us to this election day poll of American Jews (boldface mine): The Election … Continue reading →

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Synagogue in a Time of COVID (Why We Need Good Prevalence Measures)

Posted on September 29, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

So Monday and Tuesday were Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. It’s the first time my family and I attended in person since the pandemic. We got there very early, under the (correct) assumption that it wouldn’t be crowded then*, … Continue reading →

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Hanukah on 16th

Posted on December 13, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed at the corner of 16th and Q Streets NW, Dupont Circle, D.C.:

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When Certain Religions Are No Longer Primus Inter Pares

Posted on September 29, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

The nomination of conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett, who is Catholic, has, once again, moved religious conflict into the political arena (let’s be clear, this is, in part, a cynical move by a very cynical administration to peel off Catholic … Continue reading →

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