It’s not exactly easy to follow up a Q&A in which Theodore’s mother compares Judaism to a tumor, but someone’s gotta try. And so I now present to you a scene from yesterday: Two-year-old Sasha and I are sitting side by side in my bed. I’m reading something, probably the iPad, and she’s playing with …
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Q&A: ‘Am I a Jew,’ an Interview With Theodore’s Mother
I’ve written a bit on this blog about my propensity for odd and eccentric Jews, and I’ve written about it elsewhere, too, basically anywhere I was given the opportunity, and I was paid. For this interview, which I conducted as part of the research for my book, I focused on two specific odd and eccentric …
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A Week on the Wagon
You know what? It was a busy week here at DWHQ. A damn busy week. Which is amusing because it didn’t seem like that was going to happen. You know, we began in a fairly normal way, with Theodore complaining, or maybe not complaining, about his (un)birthday. But then, ZAM! His mother wrote in with …
Hosni Mubarak, World’s Worst Father, Steps Down
“I am addressing all of you from the heart, a speech from the father to his sons and daughters.” —Hosni Mubarak, Feb. 10 I don’t want to say that the concept of a father speaking to his children should be banned from all political speech. In India, they refer to Mahatma Gandhi as Bapu, or …
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