Aram David
By Aram David
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Life Baseball’s Elite (Jewish) Hitters
We’ve come a long way from the joke about the “leaflet on Famous Jewish Sports Legends” presented to a character in the movie “Airplane” after he requests some “light reading.” The baseball season may still be young, but some of the most terrifying and productive players so far are Jewish. On the heels of his 2008 All-Star…
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Life Mighty Billy Crystal Has…
On the heels of a very serious brawl during one of their spring-training games, the Yankees managed to lighten the mood today by sending Billy Crystal out as their leadoff hitter against the Pirates. Crystal — who had been signed by the Yankees to a one-day contract as a 60th birthday gift — managed to…
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Culture Billy Crystal Is Yankees’ ‘Designated Hebrew’
The Yankees have been without a significant Jewish player for quite some time, but that is all about to change with yesterday’s minor-league signing. Billy Crystal — yes, that Billy Crystal — has signed a one-day minor-league contract with the Yankees and will be playing in an exhibition spring-training game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on…
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Life Jackie Mason Has Cow Over ‘Kosher Cheeseburger’
Talia’s Steakhouse on New York’s Upper East Side has started serving a “Kosher Parve Cheeseburger,” made with a beef patty and tofu cheese, but according to the New York Post, some observant Jews aren’t salivating over the prospect — including Jackie Mason. “I would never entertain the thought of eating cheese — real or fake…
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Life Would Bloomberg Play Second Fiddle?
Writing in the New York Daily News, Josh Greenman makes the case for why Michael Bloomberg would be the perfect running mate for Barack Obama. While Greenman, a member of the paper’s editorial board, admits that a black-Jewish ticket could elicit a negative reaction from more narrow-minded precincts, he argues that the positives of such…
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Culture Yid Vid: Writers’ Strike Leaves Woody Allen Speechless
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Music Yoko Ono’s Lens on the Holocaust
Yoko Ono has decided to donate a pair of eyeglasses to a Liverpool exhibit aimed at raising awareness of the Holocaust, and is also giving £10,000 to aid in the production of the event. According to the Liverpool Echo, several other celebrities, such as Stephen Fry, Ronnie Corbett and Jerry Springer, will be donating glasses…
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Life Yarmulkes for Geeks
Yesterday Douglas Vos, founder of Facebook’s Designing With Web Standards Group, rallied his troops, urging supporters of better Web standards to show their unity by donning blue beanies for a day. His post: Monday, November 26, 2007 is the day thousands of Standardistas (people who support web standards) will wear a Blue Beanie to show…
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