Roseanne Barr announced on the Tonight Show that she was running for president. Sarah Lazarovic illustrates her family trips to out-of-the-way shuls. Jenna Weissman Joselit reviews Michael Levy’s “Kosher Chinese: Living, Teaching, and Eating with China’s Other Billion.” Richard McBee takes a look at paintings depicting the destruction of Jerusalem. Along with Jack White and…
Forget the usual slate of Israeli politicians – the country’s next prime minister could be Roseanne Barr. So says the comedian, who announced her unlikely candidacy on yesterday’s “Tonight Show.” After announcing that she would also seek the American presidency, the former “Roseanne” star added the Israeli premiership as a “two-fer.” “I’ve got to solve…
I blame Heeb. Launched in 2001, “The New Jew Review” iterated a sharp, satirical take on Jewish culture. The idea was to edify through mockery: Thus a 2005 cover featured Sarah Silverman displaying her cleavage through a hole in a sheet. Although it can try too hard to shock (remember Roseanne Barr as Hitler baking…
Roseanne cares about being Jewish. There’s no doubt about that. On her blog the comic legend reflects frequently on Judaism, Jewish identity and Israel. Sometimes the posts are short. Sometimes they’re long. Consistently they’re more than a little bit wacky. Here’s two of her latest posts, in full: bill kristol brings shame on all jews…
Roseanne Barr has been flaunting her love for Jesus — but she’s no Christian Zionist. In a slew of recent Kabbalah-referencing blog posts, Barr has been talking up Jesus (“Jesus is the revolution, and the revolution is Jesus”), while offering up harsh critiques of Israel (“I believe that Israel is a walled in ghetto in…
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