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Firstly, I want to make it clear that I never had the privilege to attend a Reform synagogue, and that therefore I have no practical experience at all regarding this topic. So why would I write about it? Well, I considered myself to be a Reform Jew for some time, but always found myself in places where there was only an Orthodox Jewish community. Therefore the only point of contact between me and the Reform movement was through their website, and Rabbi Rick Jacobs’s podcast (On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah). However, Now that this podcast is not being updated anymore (since June 15th, 2020) because of financial problems within the organization (2020) I found myself question
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What Jewish comedians made of Michael Che s Israel Joke
March 5, 2021
(JTA) During this time of Purim, I am busy writing jokes that poke fun at the stuff we do and obsess about as Jews without offending too many people. Not always easy, and that’s when I am writing for an audience that I know extremely well.
Now imagine writing Jewish jokes outside the bubble. “Saturday Night Live” found out the hard way after a joke about Israel went viral for the wrong reasons. Here’s the joke Michael Che told on the Feb. 20 show: “Israel is reporting that they’ve vaccinated half of their population, and I’m going to guess it’s the Jewish half.”
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In the latest cycle of news, finally getting deeper coverage, is the remarkable anti-Semitism spewed by our state’s lieutenant governor, Mark Robinson.