Jewish
We are all Jews now.
Regardless of the origins of Jew-hatred, it does seem a convenient thing.
My Hebrew name is Joe Bob.
Don't ask. It's an Okie thang.
I just found, on the kitchen table, that Milady has purchased Manischewitz Shabbat Candles.
JJS:
"...in the camps, if you didn't understand German or Yiddish, it could be life or death..."
"Ma, I learned a foreign language - English!"
J.J. Sefton: "Very rich language. A pity it's dying out."
Book thread up. Good, maybe this won't get seen. :/
J.J. Sefton: "I hate to disappoint you and the fellow hordelings, but I am not strictly kosher."
*gasp*
Starting the month with grievously shattered illusions.
Bacon?
J.J. Sefton: "And the evil Joos sunk the Titanic. The Icebergs."
Groan! That can't be a new joke, but it's new to me. Funny.
Above-the-big-headline on Drudge:
Europe's Top Rabbi: Jews must start carrying guns...
What a concept!
Linked to this on my “blog heap o’links,” which I’m striving to be reviving but ain’t got much yet.
...Japan's diplomate Sugihara, I assume. -J.J. Sefton
Yup. I'd never heard of this.
Morning, Glories!
I've read up to Poppin's H'wood tale, but before I refresh my coffee and read of our moral superiors in theatre... and comments beyond...
Gotta go. Good night, Gracies. Have fun. Or whatev.
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And so here we go again. Babi Yar they much…
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
"Europe has a long history of persecuting Joos."
Vic, trying out his new "subtly understated" mode.
"Survived both Hitler and the Hungarian communists. Went through some tough personal situations here...."
"On this day in 1349 the Jewish population of Basil, Switzerland was rounded up and burned to death."
Subjects: BitCoin, Impeach Obama, Jewish, Obamacare, United States of America
Dear Lord, I've turned into an old Jewish man!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
Almost. But you didn't start that with "Oy vey!" Close call.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 28, 2013 09:54 AM (WjLUf)
::Adds 'yutzik' to vocabulary collection.::
I'm here for my morning dose of hocken a chainik.
Wow, that phrase really clears the throat.
Subjects: asteroid, banana, breakfast, cheetah, comics, cosmology, Ella Fitzgerald, first contact, food, gun rights, history, Holocaust, humor, Jewish, Memorial Day, moon, mutation, numbers, Second Amendment, snakes, sports, Star Trek, terror, threat, WW2, XKCD
At the 2003 annual banquet of the Arab American Action Network, in a toast to Chicago professor and PLO spokesman Rashid Khalidi, he described Israel's actions as "genocide against the Palestinian people." (Supposedly on the tape withheld by the LA Times.)
I'm so glad he's evolved so far in his appreciation of Israel.
I’m not Jewish, but I’ve always appreciated the Yiddish contributions to the vocabulary!