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Jewish Google Voice phone numbers
Just got my invite for Google Voice, which offers you a single number for all your phone numbers and eerily records way more conversations than you’d ever want wiretapped. The upshot of this? Jewish vanity numbers! Get ‘em while they’re still available, and if you do, tell us in the comments below!
A special number for that special Jewish woman/grandmother in your life:
- (973) MY-BUBBE
(530) JEW-GIRL
The undiscovered jewish hipster slogan that you’re too cheap to print to T-shirt:
- (732) 4-SHTETL
In honor of Tisha B’av Wednesday night/Thursday:
- (304) 9THOFAV
(513) FAS-TDAY
Props to your favorite jewish/israeli news source?
- (405) JTA-
(347) HAARETZ
Shout out to your favorite hebrew school prayer:
- (760) MAHTOVU
And of course, who could turn down a JDub-themed number?!
- (775) JDUB-REC
(719) WAILING
(559) SOC-ALLD
(262) SAG-OL59
(361) 4-DELEON
(440) 54-GOLEM
(240) 366-SWAY
Brooklyn, Baseball and Maccabiah Jewish Olympics in Israel
Juicy Jews & sports news. Last week was Jewish Heritage night at the Brooklyn Cyclones baseball game. This week, the 18th Maccabiah Games , a.k.a. the Jewish Olympics, are underway in Israel. Hard to keep track of scores, as the official website isn’t particularly user friendly. There is live video feed plus a Twitter feed that is really under-tweeting, in my opinion, for an event of this magnitude (The Cyclones, in contrast, are awesome tweeters). From what I’ve gathered:
- BREAKING NEWS: USA men’s basketball, led by University of Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl, just wrapped up a 112-13 potching of Mexico. On Sunday, USA youth Basketball beat Germany 96-18, including a 21-0 second quarter. Reminds me of a nasty 100-0 high school victory that caused a lot of controversy earlier this year. Should there be a mercy rule in Jewish Olympic competition? Talk amongst yourselves. Also, what was the story behind Azerbaijan’s technical forfeit to Argentina? Read More »
Victor the Nazi didn’t learn about the Holocaust (we hope)
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Signs that your neighbor doesn’t quite grasp the gravity of the Holocaust: the popular reggaeton producer who’s adopted the stage name Victor “el Nasi.” For those of you who don’t habla español, that probably means… Victor “the Nazi.”
Unless, of course, you want to give Victor the benefit of the doubt. In that case, maybe he’s referring to the high-ranking member of the Sanhedrin, the assembly that convened in Temple times. Or perhaps Victor is claiming Jewish roots in tribute to the illustrious Sephardic Nasi family, although the cross in the image to the left makes that a tough sell.
If you’re an anthropologist (or apologist), you might side with the findings of an anonymous “Yahoo! Answers” post claiming that “you’re the nazi/terrorist” is slang for “you’re the s***.”
What’s the proper course of action here? Should we let this one slide, or should we be letter-writing right now?
“Jew” Got Served: Dance-off your differences!
Synopsis: The video in question starts with a shoulder bump between the tallest wanderer in a clan of mizrachi yeshiva kids and the tallest member of a clan of less-religious-looking mizrachi kids. The situation quickly escalates to a dance-off. For those unfamiliar with Israeli street etiquette, spontaneous dance-offs must be settled by the SHORTEST representatives of wandering child-clans in conflict. The other rule: if the tiny yeshiva kid break dances, battle is over, and both parties must acquiesce to learning the hustle together, while tacitly singing thanks to their Maker in the chorus.
I still believe in hip-hop dance as a medium for Jewish unification. I just don’t think this is how it would play out…
Orthodox Jewish Girls Rock; Boys Drool
Can an Orthodox Jewish all-girls rock group The Changeling video in Israel survive without a male audience or a youtube presence?
The band’s members are all Orthodox Jewish women, and guided by a rabbinical injunction that says it is immodest for a man to listen to a woman’s voice in song, they perform only before other women.
The band’s members say they are answering a dire need in the Orthodox Jewish community in Israel, where entertainment options for women are often limited. Orthodox communities sponsor activities like women’s-only lectures, swims, dancing or traditional music, but modern day rock is a novelty.
“There’s no other band that plays the way we play,” Pnina Weintraub, the band’s 24-year-old founder, said of Ashira’s blend of rock, blues and Irish-style folk songs. “It isn’t ‘girls’ music,’ but it is an alternative that allows girls to perform in a kosher and proper way.”
Time will tell, but way to stick to your principles, ladies. Rock on and Relig-on. H/T to Huffington.
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Save the Jew!
Dear reader,
Last week I shuddered at the possibility that my gay Jewish knight in leather armor was going to be a footnote in American Idol history. I contemplated a week without his 70-octave range, his dashing black eyeliner and that…oh, what’s the word I’m looking for…that mensch-y quality about him that seems to keep his ego from going into another stratosphere.
Yes, folks. It’s sad but it’s true. Adam Lambert was in the bottom two. Mad world, indeed.
American Idol Bingo
Ok folks…the title is pretty self-explanatory on this one. In keeping with my continued fascination with AI’s front-runner, MOT Adam Lambert (or “glambert” as many other bloggers affectionately call him), I thought we would participate with two favorite Jewish pastimes: drinking and gambling.
Underdog Millionaire?
Today, we’re all about rooting for the underdog. Human interest stories, the people that shock and surprise us, display hidden talents and defy our communal stereotypes and expectations–those are the people we are most fascinated by and for whom we become cheerleaders. A perfect example? Susan Boyle. Although Simon seems to find a soft spot in his heart for judging his own people on Britain’s Got Talent, even he was rolling his eyes, raising his eyebrows and silently ridiculing Susan Boyle when she stepped on stage. The 47 year old, frumpy looking woman from “a collection of villages” looked laughable to him. And clearly to the rest of the audience as well. But then she opened her mouth to sing…..and shattered every pre-conceived notion floating around in Simon’s sarcastic little head
Jews. Underdogs.
These two words have historically been near synonyms for one another. Jews have never been much for dancing a victory lap or crushing a hapless opponent, but have rather been relegated, time and time again, to underdog status. (This is my husband’s rationale for why he believes that it’s unJewish to root for the New York Yankees.) Look at almost any chapter from Jewish history–the small band of Maccabees against the Greek Assyrians (Chanukah), Esther and her sackcloth-and-ashes wearing followers in Shushan (Purim), the Jews of Eastern Europe at ANY time, including the present–and you will discover a people destined to be eternal underdogs that were not supposed to survive, much less flourish. It’s just not part of our cultural DNA.
Which makes it all the more satisfying when one of our own (Adam Lambert!) is the odds-on-favorite to win the Holy Grail of televised singing competitions (mixed metaphor intended).
Born to be…..?
After a brief hiatus during which I have travelled to Vancouver and consumed way too much matzah, I have finally caught up with AI (thank goodness for DVR although, seriously, could the producers over at Fox PLEASE figure out how to time the show properly so we don’t keep missing the end??). This weeks theme, Movie Songs with Quentin Tarantino, provided additional fodder for the “Is Adam Lambert Gay?” question and, combined with last weekend’s Op-Ed in the New York Times
, seems to be the hottest topic of the year. My question is…why do we care?
In my last blog, I discussed the connection between Judaism and idolatry and there was a discussion about Adam’s connection to his Jewishness. I could discuss what Judaism has to say about homosexuality but, the truth is, I actually don’t think the opinions of the dudes who wrote the Torah before the time of the dinosaurs have a lot of relevance to today- especially in relation to sexual orientation. But, if you’re interested, you can look it up in Leviticus, 18:19.
In his rendition of Born to be Wild, I really couldn’t have cared less whether Adam was straight, gay, bi-sexual or transgendered. With Simon’s reference of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, it appears that Adam definitely appeals to wide and diverse base of music fans, regardless of gender or sexual orientation. Another unbelievable performance that further confirms this guy has “superstardom” written all over him. So, in the same year, if a Jewish guy with questionable sexuality becomes the next American Idol and we put a black man in the White House, I would say that’s a pretty stellar year for America.
Adam Lambert is Jewish?!
My tribe has had a long, tumultuous relationship with idols. Abraham, the first Jew, delivered a smack-down to his father Terach’s idols as a symbol of rebellion. A mere 41 days after Moses went up Mt. Sinai to transcribe the Torah, he comes down to find his people dancing in a frenzied orgy around a copper cow (excuse me, “golden calf”). Our Top Ten Commandments devote prime placement to the fact that we should never bow down to graven images, statues, or anything else even remotely smelling like an idol. But anyone who thinks that Judaism has always basked in the sunshine of monotheism should go back and reread their history books. Whether picking up tips from their Egyptian taskmasters or the Canaanites with whom they would share zip codes, idol worship has always been a stone’s throw from the Jewish experience.