Stanley Siegelman
By Stanley Siegelman
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News Olfaction in Israel
NEWS ITEM: In its battle against pollution, the Israeli government employs a corps of 300 people to sniff out the sources of bad air. These specialists utilize a basic bodily organ: the nose. Now, they’re coming to the United States to train Americans in odor detection. (Source: Dateline: World Jewry, published by the World Jewish…
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News Paterson’s Narishkeyt
NEWS ITEM: New York’s new governor, David Paterson, admitted he indulged in extra-marital activity. The legally blind official succeeded Eliot Spitzer, who resigned as a consequence of sexual transgression. Dave Paterson’s a laid-back guy! Who knew he had a roving eye? His ocular deficiency Could not deter his jeu d’esprit Quite absent was the lustful…
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News Spitzer’s Folly
Our first Semitic president! Such was his ultimate intent. But now we’re shaken to the roots To learn about those prostitutes. His stance of moral rectitude Is shattered — now he’s seen as lewd. This great reformer, this crusader, Has morphed into a dark Darth Vader! He’s laid low by a sin that’s scarlet: Having…
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News Haynt Iz der Geboyrn-tog fun George Washington!
Geboyrn-tog! A simkhe groys! Shoyn lang tsurik, in Vaysn Hoyz Iz dort a prezident geveyn Mit hor vi shney – a man mit kheyn. A khokhem, er hot “guaranteed” S’iz frayhayt – yeh! – far yedn Yid. A zeltnkeyt! A verdiker mentsh! A brokhe oyf im! Daven! Bentsh! An ander George voynt dortn yetst, Un…
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News A Yiddish Survival Strategy: A Poem
The Yiddish language, scorned and shunned, Has had its day! It’s moribund! It has no future! It is lost, Destroyed by lingual holocaust! The Yiddish tongue is trashed and burned, Rejected, cast aside and spurned. Recriminations such as these Abound, as do the obsequies. But let us take another look, Befitting People of the Book,…
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