Comments on: Jewtastic!

By: Carol Bernstein

Carol Bernstein — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 03:47:04 +0000

As a jewish person who is not “thin skinned” I felt that this program showed jewish people in a
way that would not make me proud to be a jew. I resented all the connotations made. Please change this to show jewish people in a “good” light. I was very offended. Carol Bernstein

By: DeisCane

DeisCane — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 16:12:11 +0000

How do you know who’s on the panel?

By: Leslie Bunder

Leslie Bunder — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 19:04:06 +0000

Hey Rabbi Yonah, just send me an email with your links and we will sort that out for you.

Nope, not related to the Bunders in Miami, but once meet Miles and his wife for dinner when I was there a few years ago. Nice folks.

By: Rabbi Yonah

Rabbi Yonah — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 06:58:44 +0000

Leslie, we would be so grateful to have a link or three on thy website. Are you from the Bunders of Miami? Shavua Tov!

By: Jobber

Jobber — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 00:36:18 +0000

I may be going to Israel real soon like this Thursday nite. Interested in opening that bar like we discussed.

By: esther

esther — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 23:56:51 +0000

Shasta, I'm with you. And I feel your pain. Believe me.

By: Shasta McJewey

Shasta McJewey — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 21:32:01 +0000

I also love Jon Stewart! For some reason, he just wouldn’t be as hot if he wasn’t a member of the tribe. I don’t think I’ll ever forgive him for marrying a shikse. Such a cute hot little Jewish guy!!!!!!!!!!!

By: themiddle

themiddle — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 01:29:03 +0000

Yay!

By: Leslie Bunder

Leslie Bunder — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 22:02:42 +0000

here’s what we have done, there is now a link section called Jewtastic blogs, so starting with Jewlicious and Jewschool as links. Anyone else want to get linked, get in touch.

By: themiddle

themiddle — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 19:57:36 +0000

My sympathies, Leslie. You might want to figure out how to monetize all the traffic they’re about to generate for you.

By: Leslie Bunder

Leslie Bunder — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 17:15:29 +0000

So why did they have to name the show after my Jewtastic doman – jewtastic.com

couldn’t they have called it Jewlicious or dare, i say it Jewschool…

Leslie
Jewtastic.com

By: esther

esther — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 17:05:31 +0000

I don’t think so. He’s big into movies, but I don’t think he’s seen Avalon. As far as I know, it’s just a spelling out of our last initial: K.

By: Rob Wolf

Rob Wolf — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 15:32:17 +0000

What I wanna know is…did your brother change his name to “Kay” as an oblique reference to the movie Avalon?

By: Aviva

Aviva — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 14:07:27 +0000

Aw man, Evan Seinfeld and Scott Ian, from shtetl to heavy metal…I should be up on that, or at least filling them in with info … metalisrael.co... – that means Israel children of whom including those not living here.

By: esther

esther — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 06:58:31 +0000

When they call to invite me to be on the panel for the sequel, I’ll be sure to recommend Brakha. Shabbat shalom…

By: ck

ck — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 06:37:31 +0000

Oh they are sooo Jewtastic. Here, allow me to quote from their site:

Thanks to a mensch-laden panel of pundits, yentas and a Rabbi or two, So Jewtastic! will also circumcise the old ideas about Jewish mothers, ridiculous stereotypes and whether or not Jews know how to play sports (they do!) So put down that gefilte fish and pop open some Manichewitz (sic), it's time to get your Jew on...VH1 style.

First of all, they misspell Manischewitz. Secondly, their panel is entirely Ashkenazic, thus completely ignoring the fact that the first Jews to settle in America were Sephardic - this omission is striking especially since they settled in New York and started Shearith-Israel, the oldest Congregation in the US. So, yes... they ought to have included Esther, but really, they ought to also have included Brakha, my Mom, the greatest Sephardic cook to have ever been mentioned on a Jewish blog. She would have shown them from friggin gefilte fish? Feh!