When will the horror end? Jewdar remembers a County Fair back in Wisconsin that had a roller coaster named after Coney Island’s Cyclone–only problem was they used the German word, “Zyklon.” Thank God, the local Jewish authorities managed to get the named changed. Six years later, it was a different state, a different county, and a different coaster, but again, “Zyklon” reared its ugly head. And now, like the villain in a slasher film, it’s back, this time in South Florida. Apparently, the coasters were named by their Italian manufacturer. Clearly taking on each coaster one at a time is not working. Jewdar thinks it’s time we attacked the problem at its root. It’s time Abe Foxman got on the phone and told Angela Merkel that Germany either needs to come up with a new word for cyclone, or at the very least, as a form of reparations, pay for free rides for Holocaust survivors on any amusement park ride with a name that evokes The Final Solution.
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