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Letting Your Wife Cut Your Hair is Shear Madness!
For the past year I’ve been letting Elissa cut my hair. It’s pretty simple actually… we go in the basement, put the attachment on the electric razor, and 10 minutes later it’s done. Last night was different however. This is what happens when she forgets to put on the attachment!!! About 5 seconds into the…
Schlepping Through the Alps
I just finished reading Sam Apple’s Schlepping Through the Alps after not being able to put it down for the last 150 pages. It is both a moving tale of Sam’s search for Judaism (and anti-Semitism) in post-Holocaust Austria with the help of the country’s last shepherd (a “wandering Jew” no less!) and a very…
Jon Stewart and Jason Bateman Shmooze in Yiddish
The great Yiddishist Leo Rosten was hopefully rolling (with laughter) in his grave last night. The late author of the book “The Joy of Yiddish” worked very hard during his lifetime to bring the dying Yiddish language into the mainstream. Last night’s five minute dialogue between actor Jason Bateman and Jon Stewart included more Yiddish…
Yiddish with Dick and Jane
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Melts in your mouth AND in your hand!
Introducing the Fire Hazard Menorah from M&Ms… My question is why the company decided to recall this product now (in mid-May). Shouldn’t the five events of “smoldering or igniting” have been reported to the company back in the winter around the time that people actually light the menorah? Did it actually take them five months…
