Mazel Tov Monday: Scott's Late-Breaking Bar Mitzvah News

Once again, it is time for our weekly tribute to becoming an awkward Jewish adult! This week's gem comes from an adorable kid named Scott, who's Bar Mitzvah is big news, thanks to the help of his family, friends and Rabbi.



Together Scott's loved ones create a full-on news report complete with anchors (:30), interviews (2:29) and even a (totally bizarre, Annie-inspired) commercial break (2:01)!

Did we mention that it also includes awesomely jarring (1:16, 4:30) and sometimes vaguely inappropriate (1:02) movie clips? It does.

New Bedford, Massachusetts. May 9, 1992.
Scott's Late-Breaking Bar Mitzvah Invitation.

Remember, folks. This all takes place in 1992. Before every tween knew how to upload videos from their cell phone to YouTube. Before everyone had something go viral before they got their driver's license. This was delivered to everyone on VHS. Scott was totally ahead of his time. And we love him for it.

Mazel Tov, Scott!

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New Yorkers Get Gas From Kosher Deli

Those who go to this kosher Deli in Brooklyn are very likely to get some gas. For real. That's because this Deli is also the Rio gas station!

The Rio gas station in Borough Park, Brooklyn is also home to a veyr popular Kosher deli.

New York Fox 5's "Anne About Town" checks out the unusual deli location and learns a little about hameshe kosher food. She and her fellow reporters seem fascinated and intrigued by it all, even though they (presumably) live in New York and none of it should come as any sort of surprise.

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Israeli Government Officials - Avid Readers Of "I Heart Jews"

Clearly, Israel's deputy health minister, Yakov Litzman, has been keeping up with I Heart Jews! Obviously, he read our post yesterday regarding his awesomely ridiculous decision to re-name "swine flu" as "Mexican flu". He must have really felt burned by our clever blogging, because he changed his mind today!

"Israel has no intention of giving the flu any new names. It was nothing more than a slip of the tongue," the official said.*

We here at I Heart Jews are very proud of the difference we can make with a simple post.

Litzman continued, "Thanks to the delightfully irreverent blogging over at I Heart Jews, I have realized that changing the name of "swine flu" is totally ludicrous. Also, re-naming it "Mexican flu" is pretty offensive. I sure wouldn't like someone to name a disease "Jew Flu", though I do like rhyming. A hearty todah rabah and my deepest grattude to I Heart Jews." **

(AFP via GoogleNews)


* This quote is totally real.
** This quote is totally made up.

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Swine Flu Is So Totally Not Kosher

We are aware that swine flu is serious. We are also aware that though this news item is not a joke, it is hilarious.

JERUSALEM - Swine flu? Not in the Jewish state.

"We will call it Mexico flu. We won't call it swine flu," Deputy Health Minister Yakov Litzman, a black-garbed Orthodox Jew, told a news conference Monday, assuring the Israeli public that authorities were prepared to handle any cases.

Under Jewish dietary laws, pigs are considered unclean and pork is forbidden food -- although the non-kosher meat is available in some stores in Israel.

(Reuters)

Wait- we're confused. Doesn't "Mexiacan Flu" sound far away and less of an immediate threat? Wouldn't leaving "swine" in the title keep it scary? Wouldn't "swine flu" help keep Israelis away from both pigs and germs? It isn't like they named the disease "delicious bacon flu".

mmmm... bacon flu...

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