Israel on Broadway

Sure, the Japanese went on their Hollywood studio spending spree and gays seem to have made their presence more well known, but every now and then, it’s still nice to have a reminder that we’re Jews, we’re news, and the rest of the world will have to get used to it.

Word on the street (Broadway, that is) is that a host of Hollywood heavies will be appearing on video in Times Square offering their birthday wishes to the greatest national comeback story of all time. (Tom Cruise appears to be mildly sedated in the vid.)

Of course, this isn’t the first time that Tinseltown has shown its true colors. On Israel’s 30th there was Barbra singing Hatikva via satellite to Golda Meir (full disclosure time; back in Milwaukee, when she was still Golda Mabovitz, she worked as a teacher at the Yiddishe Folkschul where Jewdar’s great-grandpa Nathan Sand was principal). Then there was Israel’s 50th, when Hollywood staged a star-studded celebration (but don’t worry, Kevin Costner was host, so it wouldn’t be, you know, too ethnic).

As for us, we’ll break out with the l’chayims for the Jewish State when Israeli Consulate media affairs mogul David Saranga tells us that it’s time for our closeup.

What do you think?

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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.

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