Forget Uber — Let Jewish Moms ‘Schlep’ You Around

By Anne Cohen November 25, 2014

Imagine a world in which your car service is run by your worst Jewish mother stereotype nightmare…

…I’ll just pause for a moment so you can get over flashbacks of your own mom driving you to Hebrew school.

From the twisted minds at Elite Daily: “Schlep,” the Uber alternative run entirely by Long Island Jewish mothers. Hope you’re not in a hurry — drivers tend to be 15 minutes late.

[h/t Heeb]

Anne Cohen was the Forward’s deputy digital media editor. When she’s not looking for the secret Jewish history of Voodoo in New Orleans, or making lists about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she writes for The Assimilator. She graduated from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism with an M.S. magazine concentration in 2012.

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