This has been all over the internet during the past twelve or so hours, but here’s the priceless quote from Haredi Rabbi Yehuda Levin, who ended his support of New York Republican nut case/candidate for governor Carl Paladino after Paladino apologized for his homophobic remarks:
“I was in the middle of eating a kosher pastrami sandwich,” Rabbi Levin said. “While I was eating it, they come running and they say, ‘Paladino became gay!’ I said, ‘What?’ And then they showed me the statement. I almost choked on the kosher salami.” [NYT]
In more controversial Haredi fun, here’s the Rubashkin bar mitzvah. Mazel tov! [Failed Messiah]
And here’s another frum guy from Brooklyn, but this one’s badass for sticking it to the anti-Semites. [NY Daily News]
You know how they say that the Jewish educational world is inefficient, unorganized and wasteful? A new program at Brandeis, called JDATA, may change that. [JJ]
By the way, you know what’s awesome, apparently? Israeli socialist-healthcare gynecology. [Sacred and Insane]
Is it really necessary to pick on a 13-year-old? Shame on you for making a child an object of derision.