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Humor and the Holocaust: Where the Line’s Drawn
The New York Times article in yesterday’s Sunday Review section titled “The Holocaust Just Got More Shocking” uncovers the recent scholarly discoveries that the Holocaust was in fact even more catastrophic than researchers once thought. Such news almost 70 years after the Shoah reaffirms what a horrific, devastating era this was in human history. The Holocaust researchers,…
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Monday Morning Caption Contest
Leave your funniest caption for the photo below in the comments section: (c) Rabbi Jason Miller | http://blog.rabbijason.com | Twitter: @RabbiJason | facebook.com/rabbijasonmiller
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Joe Lieberman Tapped for Egyptian Government Post
While I’m no Jon Stewart or Andy Borowitz when it comes to political satire, I have had the following funny situation playing in my head ever since the riots in Egypt began: PRESS CONFERENCE IN CAIRO, EGYPT Joe Lieberman: Thank you for joining me here today in Cairo. I know it’s only been a few…
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Max Weinberg’s Mormon Tribute
Last week, I wrote about the Hanukkah song that Senator Orrin Hatch wrote for the Jewish people. Well, apparently, Max Weinberg (of the E Street Band and the Tonight Show) was so taken by Orrin Hatch’s generosity that he wanted to reciprocate the favor. On last night’s Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, the show’s only…
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The Daily Show Raises the Eruv
There are certain obscure laws in Judaism that one doesn’t expect to be explained and debated on Comedy Central. Certainly the “legal fiction” known as an eruv is one of these. According to Jewish law, a Jewish person is forbidden from carrying (or even pushing a baby stroller) from one domain to another on the…
Crib Talkers
My 2-year-old twins Jonah and Talya Miller were supposed to take a nap one afternoon. After I put them in their cribs, instead of falling asleep they started talking to each other. I wondered what the conversation was about so I hid a video camera in their room. Funny stuff! digg this (c) Rabbi Jason…
