A Golden Anniversary of annual attempts at (sophomoric) humor comes at a moment of deep crisis here and in Israel – and calls for a different approach.
I KNEW that name was familiar! Condolences on the comedown from NTJW to SNL. Nu, life is challenge 🤣💕💕🙏🙏. Whatever hand you had in these hysterical titles (my favorite was about kollel students at risk of working! Ok, also women praying at Wall St dinner), thank you for the joy you’ve provided in both sources.
I remember well many of these. The one that always made me chuckle was in Baltimore when you had an ad for a program called "Snudes and Ludes." The examples I saw while growing me up inspired me to do the same when you, with your blessing, I was sent to Atlanta to become editor of the paper there. One year I had an article about "The JCC Angry Young Singles Club Hosting Woody Allen As Next Speaker." A few people did call and ask what time it would start as that wasn't in the article!
MEMORABLE HEADLINES OVER THE YEARS..
ISRAELI POLICE ARREST WOMEN FOR PRAYING AT WALL STREET DIVISION UJA DINNER
RABBI CONFESSES: ‘MEN AND WOMEN SLEEP TOGETHER DURING MY SERMON’
KOLEL STUDENTS GO ON STRIKE … threaten to work if demands not met
Those were my favorites.
Google wouldn't let me see the picture at the end. I suggest you send it a different way.
Same experience with photo. I share your favorites!
Loved the mix of serious and comic in your article and lament that what was once thought comic and absurd is now embarrassingly serious.
Cindy
Beautifully put. Humor is dead - long live cynicism.
After I left Not The Jewish Week I was more successful with SNL.
I KNEW that name was familiar! Condolences on the comedown from NTJW to SNL. Nu, life is challenge 🤣💕💕🙏🙏. Whatever hand you had in these hysterical titles (my favorite was about kollel students at risk of working! Ok, also women praying at Wall St dinner), thank you for the joy you’ve provided in both sources.
I remember well many of these. The one that always made me chuckle was in Baltimore when you had an ad for a program called "Snudes and Ludes." The examples I saw while growing me up inspired me to do the same when you, with your blessing, I was sent to Atlanta to become editor of the paper there. One year I had an article about "The JCC Angry Young Singles Club Hosting Woody Allen As Next Speaker." A few people did call and ask what time it would start as that wasn't in the article!
Thank you for the continued chuckles.