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# jewishholidayfun
- URL: https://jasontucker.blog/jewishholidayfun/
- Published: 2004-11-22T10:11:39.000Z
- Updated: 2004-11-22T10:11:39.000Z
- Author: Jason Tucker
- Tags: #wordpress

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> David Pescovitz posts on Boing Boing Blog and writes: jewishholidayfun My friend Barbara Rushkoff’s brilliant ‘zine [Plotz](http://www.plotzworld.com/?ref=jasontucker.blog), was a nerdy, hysterical, smart, honest, irreverent, and sometimes touching take on being Jewish in the modern world. Now, Barbara brings her Plotz perspective to Judaism’s seemingly impenetrable holiday tradition in a new book. From imagined pages of TV Guide at Christmas “if Jews really did own the media,” to the temporary shelters of Sukkot as advertised in a bizzaro world Sears catalog, “Jewish Holiday Fun…For You!” is a pop cultural tour-de-force of an historically unpopular culture. A perfect gift for under the Hanukkah Bush. From the introduction: 
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>> “We get to light menorah candles. Which means we get to play with fire. Sure, throwing tinsel on a tree is fun, but it’s just not FIRE.”
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> [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0789311968/boingboing/002-4529467-7865614](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0789311968/boingboing/002-4529467-7865614?ref=jasontucker.blog)