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by Izzy Grinspan, June 19, 2007
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Sexy sabra: One of the Maxim adsMaxim has teamed up with the state of Israel to point out what every American Jew already knows: that IDF soldiers are foxy. Naturally, the Maxim campaign has already created controversy among those who think Israel's chosen a declassé wingman, a topic the New York Post--also a class act--covered today with the headline "Piece in the Mideast."
But here's why this is especially interesting, at least to people like me who spend most of our lives staring into a glowing screen: Gawker's having a contest to see if their readers can come up with a better headline, and the comments are not only relatively funny, but nice. Is it possible that bringing up Judaism makes a bunch of hardened NYC media types get all gentle and kindhearted?
Then again, the comment section also demonstrates something we at Jewcy know all too well: It's hard to come up with a new Jewish pun. Go enjoy the lack of bitchiness, and then see if you can do them one better.
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Izzy Grinspan is Jewcy's ex-managing editor. Her work has been published in Salon, The Believer, and The Village Voice. More... |