Jason Diamond

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The Blueprint: Cleansing After Yom Kippur

Maybe this could be a new tradition in my life — instead of orange juice and bagels, I keep going with the fast, and add more meaning to it.

The Jewish President And Yiddish Natural Disasters

We were trying to come up with a clever Yiddish word/natural disaster of our own, but failed.

An Opinion On Israel Maybe Being “Over”

To use a term like “over” in regards to Israel’s problems as a country seems to fit somewhere in between a fanatical dictator saying the country should be wiped off the map (that would render the country as over), and Boogie Down Productions claiming that hip hop in Queens was finished when they proclaimed “The Bridge is Over.”

The Weekly Yiderati: Damn It Feels Good To Be A Funny Jewish Writer

Is anthology of funny American writings the most Jewish book of the year?

Vegan Black Metal Chef Is Technically Kosher

Vegan Black Metal Chef: His last name sounds more Star of David than Satanic pentagram.

Bret Easton Ellis And Hasidic Wigs

We’ve always wanted to combine the writer of Less Than Zero with ultra-Orthodox headwear into one concise title, and our favorite lit mag, The Believer, has made that dream come true with their September issue.

Commissioner Of Anti-Semitic Fantasy Football League Responds To ESPN Ban

ESPN recently banned the fantasy football league Jews Are Terrible, or the JAT, as it’s commonly referred to among sports fans, and whose motto was “Burn Jews Wherever Possible.”

Movies For Bros, And Jews Who Will Watch Mel Gibson’s Movie About Judah Maccabee

I’m totally going to see Gibson’s film about Judah Maccabee, because I’m curious to see how a man who seems to go out of his way to prove he hates Jews, handles a Jewish hero on film (and I love gratuitous violence. So sue me…).