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2006: Fact or Faux Pas?In lieu of establishing a “Jewish Awareness Month” in 2007, take the YPASI (You’re Probably An Antisemite If…) test to see if you’re an A-S.…Read more

LETTER TO OPRAHAs I meditate on my screensaver, which is, of course, you, I want to thank you for being my only friend, if not best friend. Honestly, my fictionesque story, “Liar,” will put you back on the map as America’s Leading Lady of Literature. It must be mind boggling to pick “America’s choice” among Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House,” Paula Abdul’s “The Unauthorized Biography of Paula Abdul” and Dick Cheney’s “Shooting the Hand That Feeds You.” That’s what interns are for! James Frey’s “Million Little Feces” and JT LeRoy’s gender bender were just lemons.…Read more

Just What Is a Jewish Mother?Actress-comedian Judy Gold kicks off her new one-woman show, “25 Questions for a Jewish Mother,” with a question put to her by her own smothering Jewish mom. Gold plays an answering machine message in which the senior Gold — always quick to assume the worst — asks Judy, who is in her 40s, if the reason she has not picked up the phone…Read more

Now Hiring: The Supreme CourtATTN: The Honorable John Roberts, Chief Justice, J.D.The United States Supreme Courtc/o Human ResourcesP.O. Box 732.5, Washington, D.C.January 9, 2006To Whom It May Concern:Please consider me for your recent opening in the United States Supreme Court Justice…Read more

Paying Homage to Comedy’s Matriarchs‘Did you know that when you go out with a gentile he never tells you how much the meal costs?” comedian Cory Kahaney jokes in her stand-up act. “If I don’t know how much the meal costs, I don’t know how much to put out! At least with Jews you know where you stand.”The female Jewish comic is thriving. From Judy…Read more