Simcha chats on Air America Radio

December 22, 2008 by simchaweinstein  
Filed under Book News, Books, Shtick Shift

Air America Radio

Rabbi Simcha on Air America chats with Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy about the changing face of Jewish humor from Sid Caesar’s Show of Shows to Jon Stewart’s Daily Show.


Chanukah: A Time For Superheroes

Chanukah: A time for superheros

Doctor Leonard Samson, better known as “Doc Samson,” strides down the corridor and into the classroom, massive muscles rippling beneath his skin-tight red costume. He sports a long mane of hair, just like his biblical namesake (except the real Samson’s hair wasn’t green, presumably).

Today, Doc Samson, taking a welcome break from his crime fighting, is visiting the children at his old Hebrew school to tell them all about Chanukah. It’s a very special occasion, so Doc Samson’s wearing a navy kippa along with his skin-tight red costume. The teacher, an aging bubbe named Mrs. Klein, proudly introduces our colorful hero: “I was his teacher here at the yeshiva when he was a very little boy.”

But the chutzpadik kids are unimpressed by their bizarre guest.

One student voices his certainty that Doc Samson had been beaten up by the Hulk. Others ask whether the Maccabees had guns or cable TV. Read more