jews

Jackie Mason Thinks ‘Sick Yenta’ Sarah Silverman Oughta Shut Her Punim

9:00AM Kyle Buchanan | Just as British funnymen Ricky Gervais and Simon Pegg have resolved to patch up their “fat idiot” feud, along come Sarah Silverman and Jackie Mason to fill the void with their own bit of culturally specific warring. Perhaps you’ll recall Silverman’s recent video for thegreatschlep.com, an organisation designed to coax young, Jewish Obama supporters to travel to Florida and convince their grandparents to vote Democrat. Creaky comic Mason is not a fan of this idea (to put it mildly) and in an ad paid for by a Jewish Republicans group, he tears into both Obama and Silverman, calling the latter a “sick yenta.” Careful, Jackie — if Silverman can handle talking shit about her ex-boyfriend Jimmy Kimmel, she’s not going to be daunted by your dated patter. Both videos, after the jump: More »

Jews Off the Hook At Last as Christian Mini-Moguls Fight Amongst Themselves

8:30AM Defamer Hollywood | Come for the illustration featuring Jesus locked in fisticuffs with a Jewish studio mogul, but stay a while at Heeb Magazine for Eric Kohn’s nifty survey of how Mel Gibson ruined it for the rest of the Christians trying to get a leg up in Hollywood. Well, kind of: It turns out all the conspiracy theories in the world can’t explain why, after The Passion grossed $600 million worldwide in 2004, our friends in Christ haven’t been able to break through with another global hit for the faithful. Is it the Jews? Is it the MPAA? Or is it just, as one infamous anecdote alludes, that some of these guys make pouty Edward Norton look positively docile in comparison? More »

Will A Local Jewish Day School Bend Rules For The Beckhamsteins?

5:05AM Seth | If you’re wondering what the Beckhams are doing in Los Angeles, land of Jack Warner and Louis B. Mayer, the corner of Fairfax and Beverly, and Nate’n Als, one need look only as far as David’s left forearm, where in Hebraic calligraphy reads a Talmudic proverb that translates roughly to, “He who is tethered to the most majah goat in the village, partakes of the tastiest cream cheese after Shabbat services.” As it turns out, the tattoo wasn’t just the regrettable result of having imbibed too much Manischewitz after a particularly boisterous Purim party with the Ciccone-Ritchies at the Beverly Hills Kabbalah center; rather, it’s a nod to the soccer star’s Jewish heritage. Now, reports The Sun, the couple is hoping to get their three-year-old son Cruz into one of our city’s finest pre-Yeshivas: More »