Andrew Dubrov
By Andrew Dubrov
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Opinion Long Before Calvin Trillin, Chinese ‘Safe Treyf’ Came With a Side of Jewish Racism
The internet switched this past week from aflutter to full-on rage — the only two gears it has — after Calvin Trillin published a doggerel verse poem on Chinese restaurants, in the April 4 issue of the New Yorker. The poem caused a ruckus, eliciting accusations of clueless white privilege and racism galore. Readers of…
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Opinion Campaign To Sell Israel With ‘Hotties’ Reaches New Low
I am not a fan of The Israel Project (TIP) for the simple reason that it suffers from the same delusion that plagues FOX News: the one where you claim to be a “,” but do all you can to misdirect any criticism that might challenge your prejudices and lead to real, lasting dialogue. In…
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Culture Jeffrey Tambor Discovers What it Means to be a Yiddishe Mame in ‘Transparent’
There are more than a few songs that pay homage to the Ashkenazi Jewish mother. They’re schmaltzy, but if you’ve half a brain and any measure of experience, you can taste the irony like the tang in Canter’s coleslaw. Two of my favorites: “A Yiddishe mame, is there anything better in the world […] Oy…
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Culture ‘Transparent’ Is Back — and It’s as Good (and Jewish) as Ever
When we last left “Transparent’”s Pfefferman clan, they were scavenging the leftovers – chopped liver, coleslaw and maybe some whitefish salad– after a shiva. Now, at the start of the show’s second season — the first episode of which aired early on Amazon this week — we rejoin them at a wedding. The two events,…
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Culture Netflix’s ‘W/Bob and David’ is Half Jewish, All Haimish
When you see a Jewish Pope hawking Prilosec on an ATV by screaming obscenities at the one-too-many Kosher Turkey “Oysters” he ate, it’s safe to assume one of two things. Either: 1) You’re paying for all those brownies you ate at that Sublime concert 20 years ago. 2) Some iteration of “Mr. Show With Bob…
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Culture What ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ and Jon Stewart Have in Common
Shofar-dick fights aside (yes, that’s crossing shofars held at crotch-level), there’s nothing really new about “Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp.” But that’s why it works so well! Of course, the jokes are new, with gems like an incoherent “Starlight Express”-like musical, a token Israeli counselor who’s into threesomes and yurt-living, and a…
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Culture Why I Love ‘Wet Hot American Summer,’ Lame Jokes And All
Ah! “Wet Hot American Summer,” why dost thou tickle me so? Really, there’s no good reason that this movie should! For I share none of the nostalgia it proffers! None, I say! Or do I? I’ll confess that my only experiences of Jewish sleep-away camp weren’t exactly traditional. But were they as absurd as Camp…
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