Archive for the 'Humor' Category

The downward spiral of making dissent the enemy


Click to zoom. Panel translations from right to left:

Big guy: A Real Israeli doesn’t dodge IDF conscription!
Skinny guy: I’m a deputy battalion commander in the paratroops.
A Real Israeli doesn’t sit in cafés on Ibn Gavirol [a Tel-Aviv boulevard]! 
A Real Israeli doesn’t order Pixies tickets!
A Real Israeli is a fan of Beitar Jerusalem [football club], listens to [...]


Everything stops for World Cup


By Jonathan Zapiro, South Africa. From the Bereaved Parent’s Circle exhibition “Cartooning in Conflict,” the calendar version of which hangs next to me in my office.


R2-D2 + Divinity = Win


This cute blasphemy courtesy of the awesome web comic of math, nerdom and romance xkcd.com. Hat tip to the Google Buzz feeds of David A.M. Wilensky and Drew Cohen.


This is why I blog


Hat tip to DCC for the brilliant use of this in a Jewschool comment spat.


Use the force, Obama


Chewie! There’s a Stormtrooper — behind you! (From the official White House Flickr feed.)


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Israelistine: the new candy bar!


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What Jewish and Arab men are really fighting over


My friend Z. of the Lebanese Republic has made a stunning concession to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on behalf of Arabs worldwide. It is with pleasure that I post the full text of the (Facebook) offer here first:
Granted I have been drinking heavily today but I got it.
I get to spend 2 nights a [...]


Danny Mendlow, Half-Jewish Comedian on the I-P Conflict


After the blowjob joke, Mendlow tells a funny analogy about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I love irreverent humor. Perhaps because it makes the truth so apparent, and shocking to those who are too polite to do it themselves. Enjoy.


Two Capitals (Two Beers) for Two Peoples


Peace Now wore this awesome pun t-shirt for Yom Yerushalayim, the celebration of the “reunification” of Jerusalem following the 1967 war. A reunfication we all know is bupkis because East Jerusalem is not only still entirely Arab but gets little of the infrastructure that the Jewish west side does. I’ll report back with how to [...]