Jorg Haider: 1950-2008

On Rosh Hashana the year is inscribed, and on Yom Kippur, it is sealed. And while repentance, charity, and prayer may cancel the stern decree, there’s no indication that Jorg Haider, Austria’s premier post-war Nazi sympathizing closet case, engaged in any of the above three. Thus, Jewdar was not terribly surprised when we heard that he had met his apparently perfectly timely end in a car crash. While we don’t know what the afterworld has to offer Haider, we suspect strongly that he’s going to wish he spent his last Yom Kippur a little more productively.

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About The Author

jewdar

The Tel Aviv-born, Milwaukee-bred Jewdar has a bachelors' from the University of Wisconsin, a Masters from NYU, and an Honorable Discharge from the US Army, where he spent two years as an infantryman in the 101st Airborne Division. He's the co-author of "The Big Book of Jewish Conspiracies", the Humor Editor of Heeb Magazine, and a watcher of TV. Smarter than most funny people, funnier than most smart people, he lives on the Lower East Side with his wife and two sons.

2 Responses

  1. mikercohen

    Barooch hashem ! May there be many more such wonderful gifts as Haide’s death from the Almighty on the Eve of every Jewish holiday – and I’m not religious.

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