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Jewdar's incredible devotion to the faith of our fathers prohibits us from viewing such things as burlesque (on the other hand, we do get to have concubines and smite Amalekites, so we still come out ahead in o...

As Tolstoy noted, "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." A similar observation may be made about humor. Funny is funny, but unfunny, well, there are lots of wa...

We at Jewdar don't want to appear insensitive and, in real terms, hope for the return of these hostages safe and sound. That being said, there's something pretty damn funny about Al-Qaeda hoping to punish the ...

As the sordid stories of Bill Clinton and Jim McGreevey attest, Jews are no strangers to political sex scandals. Still, it's nice to be on the other end of things for a change. At any rate, the weirdest part ...

We at Jewdar know that many would like nothing better than to bask in the warm glow of certainty that the conservative movement is chock full of slavering anti-Semites. Fortunately for the Jews (if not for the...

We don't blame Holocaust hoaxer Monique de Wael for making up the outlandish tale of her survival during the Holocaust that became a best-selling memoir. She, after all, is clearly deranged, and one may expect ...

If you thought that the Brady's Hawaiian vacation was fraught with spills and chills, you ain't seen nothing. Apparently, the latest trend in vacationing is trips to the sites of great human tragedies. Now, w...

Through the ages, Man has looked to the heavens, seeking guidance on this question. Now, at long last, we have an answer: Nicholas Sarkozy. What earns 2nd degree Mischling Sarko this honor? The lovely and talen...

To much of the world, Israel is a diabolical force that manipulates the world. To those of us in the know, Israel is... well, Israel. The latest reminder of this comes from the sinister looking figure picture...

Jewdar has spent entirely too much time in recent weeks addressing the dubious allegations (that's polite for "lies") about Barack Obama's secret Muslimitude, so we are not inclined to revisit the iss...

Their numbers are dwindling, they have dueling seminaries, and their rabbinic leadership is divided, but none of this is keeping the Conservative movement's powers-that-be from taking the kind of decisive acti...

Since we were in mourning for most of 2007, Jewdar wasn't able to listen to music, and now that we can, it's a little like coming out of a cryogenic freeze. "Are the kids still listening to Neil Sedaka?&q...