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    Image of Brad Brown Brad Brown
    10:54 PM

    In reply to Questionnaire: Are You A Jew?en
    Is Gawker accepting submissions for the companion piece, "Are You A Southern Baptist?" #thejews
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    11:12 PM

    @Brad Brown: What about "Are you an Irish Catholic?" I hope Gore Vidal writes that one. #thejews
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    Image of Hiroine Protagonist Hiroine Protagonist
    10:11 PM

    In reply to Questionnaire: Are You A Jew?en
    Sounds like the Israeli version to me. #thejews
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    10:04 PM

    In reply to Questionnaire: Are You A Jew?en
    I am having a hell of a time trying to articulate my thoughts on the subject, but I'm pretty sure they amount to this:
    1) Orthodox Jews believe that one is a Jew only if they have a Jewish mother. The mother can be a convert, so long as she has undergone an Orthodox conversion.
    2) The family suing the school is not Orthodox. They consider themselves Jewish, and well they should--they're not Orthodox and have no reason to subscribe to the Orthodox definition.
    3) JFS does not seem to be an Orthodox institution, so why are they making judgments about who's eligible for their school based on the Orthodox definition? #thejews
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    Image of uncivilly obedient uncivilly obedient
    10:22 PM

    @DahlELama: It's Orthodox. Similar to American Modern Ortho.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    10:31 PM

    @uncivilly obedient: Is it? I can't seem to find evidence of that anywhere except for the Wikipedia sidebar, though it's not anywhere in the general information. I don't see it on the website either, they don't seem to teach Gemara, the kids don't wear kippahs, and the Jewish studies curriculum seems very general. Plus, all the frum kids I know from London went to Immanuel. #thejews
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    Image of uncivilly obedient uncivilly obedient
    10:45 PM

    @DahlELama: From the school webpage: " The outlook and practice of the School is Orthodox". #thejews
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    10:58 PM

    @uncivilly obedient: I still don't see it, but I'll take your word for it! Regardless, I don't see the Orthodox bent in the name, dress, or education, so I'm not really sure why adhering to the "rules" of Orthodoxy seemed so necessary in this case. I just hate any attitude that's unwelcoming to converts; it's a really sore point of mine, despite having no occurrences of conversion in my family (to the best of my knowledge). #thejews
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    Image of uncivilly obedient uncivilly obedient
    11:08 PM

    @DahlELama: I agree with you regarding the need to be welcoming to converts, but the school as well as Lord Jonathan Sacks don't view the mother as a legitimate convert. #thejews
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    Image of Baroness Baroness
    09:51 PM

    In reply to Questionnaire: Are You A Jew?en
    Kind of an aside, but I saw Fran Drescher at an auction viewing Saturday. I wasn't sure it was her, she looked impossibly young and gorgeous. 35, tops. Then I heard her speak (in her normal voice) to her art gay. In real life, she is one beautiful Jewess. Lovely. #thejews
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    Image of Phyllis Nefler Phyllis Nefler
    10:17 PM

    @Baroness: This makes me inappropriately delighted. #thejews
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    Image of ShanghaiLil ShanghaiLil
    11:22 PM

    @Baroness: LOVE me some Fran Drescher. She's like the only comedienne I can think of to suitably bridge the gap between the Borscht Belt and the Kathy Griffin Belt. #thejews
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    Image of Mike Byhoff Mike Byhoff
    09:48 PM

    In reply to Questionnaire: Are You A Jew?en
    Your parents are:

    f. OMG, I forgot to call my mother. #thejews
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    Image of kappakappaspankme kappakappaspankme
    09:49 PM

    @Mike Byhoff: Your parents are:

    OMFG - why didn't you call me??? #thejews
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    09:56 PM

    @kappakappaspankme: note the #remindertocallmom tag. Also, Kappa, thanks for the leg lift on your comment last night. Good stuff. And for that, you've earned your star. #thejews
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    09:58 PM

    @kappakappaspankme: Please note the #remindertocallmom tag, which is my noble attempt at #notafraidtobeservicey. Also, Kappa, thanks for the help with your comment tonight, which helped inspire this take. And with that, I owe you one of these. #thejews
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    Image of kappakappaspankme kappakappaspankme
    10:08 PM

    @Foster Kamer: :blushes profusely: I am deeply, deeply flattered. Many thanks, Foster. I won't let you down. #thejews
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    Image of mattchew03 mattchew03
    09:35 PM

    In reply to Questionnaire: Are You A Jew?en
    Are non-Jews allowed to take the test? I eat breakfast and have opinions on Larry David, too! #thejews
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    Image of pureblarney pureblarney
    09:26 PM

    In reply to Questionnaire: Are You A Jew?en
    Wow. Pretty soon they'll be calling out the quad- and octoroons. ADL Seeks Big Jewish Bouncer: Apply Inside Shtiebel #thejews
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    Image of ihatetwitter ihatetwitter
    09:18 PM

    In reply to Questionnaire: Are You A Jew?en
    What's next, they disallow the church from using public monies for making discriminatory claims about salvation? #thejews
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    09:11 PM

    In reply to Questionnaire: Are You A Jew?en
    Wasn't this question addressed in Germany early in the previous century? Mr. Godwin? #thejews
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    Image of GlasgowRose GlasgowRose
    08:56 PM

    In reply to Questionnaire: Are You A Jew?en
    Flashing back to Tom Hanks as "Jew, Not a Jew" gameshow host on SNL season opener (1988, sez Wikipedia). #thejews
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    Image of Phyllis Nefler Phyllis Nefler
    08:56 PM

    In reply to Questionnaire: Are You A Jew?en
    Oh and: A, C, A, A, B. Bummer, dude. #thejews
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    Image of Phyllis Nefler Phyllis Nefler
    08:47 PM

    In reply to Questionnaire: Are You A Jew?en
    If you've made out with me, then you're a Jew. Except for like, two of you. #thejews
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    09:03 PM

    @Phyllis Nefler: #damn
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    Edited by Foster Kamer at 11/08/09 9:04 PM Foster Kamer was starred Foster Kamer was unstarred
    Image of mypsychoticself mypsychoticself
    09:32 PM

    @Phyllis Nefler: So... is Jewishness like herpes now? #thejews
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    Image of Phyllis Nefler Phyllis Nefler
    09:54 PM

    @mypsychoticself: It's moreso an MC Escher chicken-or-the-egg fiasco. #thejews
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    Image of ShanghaiLil ShanghaiLil
    11:25 PM

    @Phyllis Nefler: My thoughts exactly. I mean, about me. I don't really know much about who you've made out with, but I gather they're probably Jewish? #thejews
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    08:45 PM

    In reply to Questionnaire: Are You A Jew?en
    In terms of definition, is arguing that someone isn't a Jew anti-semitic? If anti-semitism is simply hating Jews, then wouldn't that be anti-gentilism? #thejews
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    08:53 PM

    How bout this... you're a Jew if you think you're a jew, as do 3 other people who also think of themselves as Jews, *and* you don't fuck over any other jews.

    Or, you can answer: "What is the Torah on one leg"?

    Or, you can draw a straight line between you and the Maharsha. #thejews
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    08:54 PM

    @Pope John Peeps II:

    That has to be the Jewiest comment of all time. #thejews
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    Image of Motoko Kusanagi Motoko Kusanagi
    05:50 PM

    In reply to Important Questions: Is Jay-Z's 'Empire State of Mind' the New 'New York, New York'?
    I'd like to nominate "Personality Crisis" as the song that best defines NYC for me.

    Jay-Z is frat-boy rap. Sinatra is frat boy crooning. #jayz
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    Image of GreatOdensRaven GreatOdensRaven
    01:09 PM

    In reply to Important Questions: Is Jay-Z's 'Empire State of Mind' the New 'New York, New York'?
    I dig this song a great deal, but I keep coming back to one question when asking if "Empire State of Mind" joins or replaces "New York, New York": What happens when Jay-Z is 60?

    Sinatra nailed "New York, New York" in his latter years despite his age (64) and that the song wasn't originally written for him (Liza Minnelli). Would anyone wants to hear Jay-Z perform this song in his 60s, or hear someone else try it?

    It might be cliché these days, but "New York, New York" has proven it's staying power. The jury's still out on "Empire State of Mind." #jayz
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