Carly Silver

Yada, Yada, Yada

By Carly Silver September 16, 2009

“Anyway, I wanted to talk to you about Dr. Whatley. I have a suspicion that he’s converted to Judaism purely for the jokes!” exclaimed an outraged Jerry Seinfeld in a famous episode of his sitcom. In that scene, he bristles at the idea that his dentist, a converted Jew, makes Jewish jokes so freely. A…

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The Rabbi in Where??

By Carly Silver September 14, 2009

New Voices’s Humor Column

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Fight the Power?

By Carly Silver September 9, 2009

“I know it’s bizarre for a young Jewish girl from Connecticut to be so inclined…” That began my application for an internship at an independent New York City hip-hop record label. Most people would consider it a bit out of the ordinary for a white, suburban Jewish girl to be fascinated by the urban music…

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