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FAITHHACKER
Show Me Your Wits: Jon Stewart On Kashrut
Faith, belief, and everyday Judaism from the mouths of Jewish luminaries and other riffraff.

Jon Stewart: doesn't trust the pigsJon Stewart: doesn't trust the pigsForget whether or not Jon Stewart believes in God: To some, he actually is God, which makes it all the more interesting that he questions the well-known law of kashrut that prohibits Jews from eating pork. The "TV personality, comedian, political gadfly, insightful commentator and all-around raconteur" (as his humble parishioners describe him) seems to think the rule is hogwash. If the following quote is any indication, Jon Stewart will start keeping kosher when pigs fly.

"Thou shall not kill. Thou shall not commit adultery. Don't eat pork. I'm sorry, what was that last one? Don't eat pork? Is that the word of God, or is that pigs trying to outsmart everybody?"

Previous: Michael Showalter on God, spiritual salvation, and corduroy pants.



Helen Jupiter is a writer based in Los Angeles. In the past she has contributed to Gridskipper


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Anonymous


No one is stopping Jon from

No one is stopping Jon from eating pork.

Don't pretend to be Jewish, though, Jon.

 

 

 





Maayan


HAH

Oh man, Jon Stewart is so funny! 





Helen Jupiter


I'm going to pretend

to be jon stewart



Maayan


Helen-

Helen, you can totally pull off impersonating Jon Stewart- Give us your best witty banter! (Or just your best Bush joke...which ever is easiest) I'll laugh either way.