Cidu Bill on Apr 1st 2010
Earlier this week, President Obama and his family had a seder in the White House.
Now, I could understand if Rahm Emanuel invited the Obama to his home for a Passover meal; but to have their own seder, just their immediate family… what was this, Act Like a Jew Day? There’s a religious significance to a seder — it’s not just a fun custom. Not to mention the tricky political implications of “Next year in Jerusalem.”
Now, as Joe Biden would say, “He’s the f****** president so he can do whatever the f*** he wants” — but still, it’s just weird.
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Cidu Bill on Apr 1st 2010
Unless this is somehow a reference to underwater mortgages, I got nothing.
Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Exodus, Moses, Non Sequitur, Passover, Wiley Miller, comic strips, comics, humor | 21 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Mar 28th 2010
The Story of Exodus, One Tweet at a Time (you don’t need to be signed up to Twitter to read this)
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Cidu Bill on Mar 27th 2010
I swear, it drives me crazy every time this strip deals with the family’s Judaism. I’m certain the strip’s writers are Jewish but the family, at least, seems to be less familiar with Judaism than I am with Baha’i.
My kids were usually the only Jewish kids in their preschools and kindergartens, and this was never an issue. I brought matzoh into the classrooms; but instead of gefilte fish and horseradish, I brought
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Throw in an age-appropriate retelling of Exodus, and a good time was had by all.
Filed in Bill Bickel, Edge City, Passover, comic strips, comics, humor | 68 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 13th 2009
Um… Len’s worried about being outed as a Jew??
Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Edge City, Passover, comic strips, comics, humor, matzoh | 8 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 10th 2009
Probably this is something you’re only going to notice if you’re Jewish, but…
Marshmallow twists are a staple of Passover snack food (I prefer them frozen, personally); and in addition to regular marshmallow, they’re also made with cherry-flavored marshmallow. And by the second day of Passover, every supermarket that carries Passover food has a full shelf of cherry-flavored marshmallow twists just sitting there. By the end of the week, everything else is gone, the cherry-flavored marshmallow twists are marked down 90% and still not moving.
I’m astounded by the fact that the same supermarkets, every single year, never figure out that nobody likes cherry-flavored marshmallow twists.
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