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Yay for Sexy Shofar Man! 26 Aug 2013 | 09:35 pm
We all enjoy the fabulously-mulleted Sexy Sax Man, who blows his horn on streetcorners whether people like it or not. But Jew you know about Sexy Shofar Man? Rosh Hashanah is coming and I wish Sexy ...
Do Not Interrupt Lil’ Dicky’s Jewish Flow 19 Aug 2013 | 07:23 pm
Thank you, Jewlicious, for giving me something to smirk about on this ever-so-gloomy Monday: Lil Dicky‘s epic rap battle with Hitler. (For you sensitive types, please be warned that “Jewish Flow” con...
Elul Already? 12 Aug 2013 | 11:29 pm
This new moon brought more than the end of Ramadan and a little PMS: It marks the beginning of Elul, the last month of the Hebrew year before we repent and do it all over again. Some Eluls I get real...
Slash Coleman talks ‘The Bohemian Love Diaries’ 29 Jul 2013 | 10:12 pm
Listen, we all have our weird childhood stories. The ones that we tell on the third or fourth date to gauge whether this relationship could get more serious, the tales of familial dysfunction that re...
Camp Care Packages or Parcels of Dysfunction? 22 Jul 2013 | 09:07 pm
The Yenta children are off at Jewish camp for a few weeks, where they are presumably learning a rock ‘n’ roll version of the birkat hamazon and the finer points of a gaga slam. Of course, I am handli...
Dr. Amos Timna, 1948-2013 10 Jul 2013 | 07:13 pm
Savannah’s Jewish community lost a good one last week. Dr. Amos Timna, born in Israel and adored in Savannah for his constant commitment to social and community causes, died last Friday after he fell...
Paula Deen, Afroculinaria and Kosher Soul 8 Jul 2013 | 09:44 pm
Y’all may have heard about a little brouhaha happening down Savannah way. Yup, the Yenta’s been at ground zero for the carmelized meltdown of Paula Deen, and I had a few words about it in last week’s...
The Yenta, the Conservatives and Attorney General Sam Olens at the JEA 25 Jun 2013 | 12:31 am
AG Sam Olens (l.) accepting some Savannah Jewish swag from JEA director Adam Solender. Ooooh, nothing like pissing off the alterkockers before 10am. Yesterday, Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens cam...
What, No Jewish Father Jokes? 14 Jun 2013 | 06:08 pm
We Jewish mothers have always suffered this maligned stereotype: That we’re neurotic, we’re overprotective, we’re kvetchers … Nevermind, I’ll just sit shivah in the corner until you apologize. Hence a...
May his memory be a blessing — and a song 7 Jun 2013 | 10:57 pm
Savannah is still reeling from the sudden loss of its greatest musical ambassador, Ben Tucker. The man with the mighty jazz hands was killed Tuesday as he was playing his other favorite thing, golf: H...
