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Here is the 518th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, July 18, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with film producers Sue & Lloyd Ecker. Plus: Inside Broadway, The Wretched Pun of Destiny (Picnic), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Red Hot Mama), Saturday Segues (Sudden/Dalton, In the News), Greeley Crimes & Old Times
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: Film producers Sue & Lloyd Ecker (“The Outrageous Sophie Tucker”), Dave’s wife Joyce
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (mic covers, the gym, indiegogo, sherpes) 00:39:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 01:18:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce (Whitesboro, infrastructure) 01:30:30 SATURDAY SEGUE (Sudden/Dalton) 01:58:30 INSIDE BROADWAY 02:26:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Sue & Lloyd Ecker 03:35:00 Friends 03:45:00 The Wretched Pun of Destiny (picnic) 03:46:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (red hot mama) 04:14:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News 04:39:00 Old Jokes w/ Joyce 04:48:00 DAVE GOES OUT
July 18, 2015 Playlist: “Before I Die” (01:36:00), “The Rolling of the Hearse” (01:43:30) & “The Only Boy in Heaven” (01:50:00; Nikki Sudden). “Something on Your Mind” (01:40:30) & “I Love You More Than Words Can Say” (01:46:30; Karen Dalton). “Finale Ultimo” (On the Twentieth Century 2015 Bway cast). “No One But the Right Man” (02:24:30), “There’s No Business Like that Certain Business” (02:55:30), “My Yiddishe Momme” (03:17:30) & “Some of These Days” (04:58:30; Sophie Tucker). Promo for “The Outrageous Sophie Tucker” (02:42:00). “Last Night” (03:48:00; The Traveling Wilburys). “The Walls of Red Wing” (03:52:00), “Day of the Locusts” (03:57:00) & “Shake Shake Mama” (04:00:30; Bob Dylan). “Nukular” (04:04:30; Jay Leonhart). “Great Escape” (04:14:30; Moby). “Aurora” (04:16:30). “Ant Man Bee” (04:21:30; Captain Beefheart). “The Good Son” (04:24:00; Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds). “There’s No Love in Tennessee” (04:30:00; Barbara Mandrell).
Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews producers Sue & Lloyd Ecker about their documentary, “The Outrageous Sophie Tucker.”
Topics include: Sophie Tucker, business, filmmaking.
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RABBI SOL: Shalom Dammit! This is Rabbi Sol Solomon, the founder and spiritual leader of Temple Sons of Bitches.
DAVE: And this is Dave Lefkowitz, host of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio show –
RABBI SOL: with a Rabbinical Reflection for the week of July 12th, 2015. Take it away, Dave.
DAVE: Those of you who have seen Rabbi Sol onstage know that he loves music. It doesn’t always love him back, but the Rebbe feels that music and lyrics –
RABBI SOL: And a well-placed trombone solo –
DAVE: The combination of all those musical elements can say more in three minutes than a dozen speeches.
RABBI SOL: Or even a baker’s dozen, which is 13, and a nice deal, since you’re paying for 12, and they throw in an extra one for no charge. They should do that with condoms. Anyhoo, because music is so potent, songwriters are obligated to write lyrics that say something. Not just, “Ooh, I wanna shtup you,” or “Ooh, why did you stop shtupping me?”, or “Ooh, why are you shtupping my best friend?” or, if it’s a country song, “I love my truck.”
DAVE: And songs can also be cryptic, or indirect, with words that convey multiple meanings. Every tune is a byzantine Rorschach test for the listener.
RABBI SOL: Boy, doesn’t that sound like fun? My job as Rabbi is to help guide you, my listeners and parishioners, through the truth of these songs. The subtleties, the answers, the keys to their changing meaning and the meaning to their changing keys. I also chastise the songwriters if they’re being lazy or prurient or Michael Bolton.
DAVE: To that end, Rabbi Sol has volunteered to deconstruct a popular song, line by line, and offer his commentary. You may not agree with his interpretations, but as the Rabbi says:
RABBI SOL: Who the hell are you? Write your own Talmud.
DAVE: Today’s song is a classic by The Beatles. Written by Lennon and McCartney and sung by Ringo on their “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” record.
RABBI SOL: A concept album that pretty much runs out of concept after the first two songs.
DAVE: Nevertheless, “With a Little Help from My Friends” remains among the catchiest and most enduring of The Beatles’ pop hits. But does it stand up under the Rabbi’s scrutiny?
RABBI SOL: I dunno, does it?
DAVE: Let’s find out. I’m gonna sing “With a Little Help from My Friends,” and Rabbi Sol will interrupt when he has something to say. Or even when he doesn’t.
RABBI SOL: Wait a minute. You’re gonna sing? You’ll do more damage to The Beatles than Yoko!
DAVE: Very funny, Rabbi.
RABBI SOL: You’re telling me! I saw you in a nightclub once where you promised to sing an entire album by the Beatles. You asked for audience requests. Everybody said, “Help!”
DAVE: All right, all right. Are you ready?
RABBI SOL: Am I ever?
DAVE: This is “With a Little Help from My Friends” . . . and from Rabbi Sol.
(play song with commentary)
DAVE: “What would you think if I sang out of tune?”
RABBI SOL: I’d think, “why are you singing? What, do you wanna torture me?”
DAVE: “Would you stand up and walk out on me?”
RABBI SOL: No, I would probably stay until the end of the song; I would be polite. But I would not be buying the CD.
DAVE: “Lend me your ears, and I’ll sing you a song.”
RABBI SOL: You just told me you sing out of key. Why are you gonna sing me a song?
DAVE: “And I’ll try not to sing out of key.”
RABBI SOL: Oh, you’re gonna try. Oh, thank you. Oh, thank you so much for your mercy! I’m gonna try not to vomit in my mouth.
DAVE: “Oh, I’ll get by with a little help from my friends.”
RABBI SOL: Ah, don’t we all?
DAVE: “Mm, I get high with a little help from my friends.”
RABBI SOL: You must live in Colorado.
DAVE: “Mm, gonna try with a little help from my friends.”
RABBI SOL: Yeah, try harder.
DAVE: “What do I do when my love is away?”
RABBI SOL: Flirt with teenage girls on Facebook?
DAVE: “Does it worry you to be alone?”
RABBI SOL: Worry me? I love being alone! I have 21-and-a-half children; I’m never alone!
DAVE: “How do I feel by the end of the day?”
RABBI SOL: How do you feel by the end of the day? Obviously, not exhausted by singing lessons.
DAVE: “Are you sad because you’re on your own? No, I get by with a little help from my friends.”
RABBI SOL: Maybe you need some more help.
DAVE: “Mm, I get high with a little help from my friends.”
RABBI SOL: So, basically, your friends are enablers?”
DAVE: “Mm, gonna try with a little help from my friends.”
RABBI SOL: I really hope they’re helping.
DAVE: “Do you need anybody?”
RABBI SOL: Yes, I need a roofer.
DAVE: “I need somebody to love. Could it be anybody?”
RABBI SOL: Well, it’s carpentry work, so I would prefer Irish.
DAVE: “I want somebody to love.”
RABBI SOL: Yes, you and me both. Natalie Portman, are you listening? And do you charge by the hour?
DAVE: “Would you believe in a love at first sight?”
RABBI SOL: Yes! Me and a pastrami sandwich!
DAVE: “Yes, I’m certain that it happens all the time. What do you see when you turn out the light?”
RABBI SOL: When I turn out the light, it’s dark. I don’t see anything. What are you, a moron?
DAVE: “I can’t tell you but I know it’s mine.”
RABBI SOL: I don’t know what’s yours but don’t be touching it in the dark. That’s just perverse.
DAVE: “Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends.”
RABBI SOL: Oy, again with the friends.
DAVE: “Mm, I get high with a little help from my friends.”
RABBI SOL: Again with the high? Have you tried edibles?
DAVE: “Yes, gonna try with a little help from my friends.”
RABBI SOL: Keep trying.
DAVE: “Do you need anybody?”
RABBI SOL: I need a minyan this Friday night.
DAVE: “I just need someone to love. Could it be anybody?”
RABBI SOL: We’ll take men, women, dogs. Doesn’t really matter.
DAVE: “I want somebody to love. Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends.”
RABBI SOL: You need a lotta help, buddy.
DAVE: “Mm, I get high with a little help from my friends.”
RABBI SOL: I get chai with a little help from my friends! Heh heh.
DAVE: “Yes, gonna try with a little help from my friends. With a little help from my friends. With a little help from my friends.”
RABBI SOL: So, nu, where are these friends who are supposed to show up already?
DAVE: “With a little help from my friends.”
RABBI SOL: Oy, I need a lotta help from my iTunes if it’s playing this shit.
(song ends)
RABBI SOL: Well, that was painful. But I hope you all learned something about not taking songs for granted. The composers are trying to tell you something, so it’s important to listen, digest, and make up your own mind. Or make up your own lyrics. (sings, “There’s a bathroom on the right…”) Speaking of which . . .
DAVE: Oh dear, it’s the Rabbi’s private time. With his privates. So this has been a Rabbinical Reflection with me, Dave Lefkowitz. (sings) Her majesty’s a pretty nice girl, but she doesn’t have a lot to say.”
RABBI SOL: Count yourself lucky. I got a queen at home; she never shuts up! Temple Sons of Bitches in Great Neck, New York. and ani, Rabbi Sol Solomon
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Here is the 517th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, July 11, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Rabbi Sol Solomon deconstructs The Beatles, Wretched Pun of Destiny (UPenn), Dylan – Sooner & Later (Pat Garrett), Saturday Segues (Peter Schickele, In the News), Inside Broadway.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz Guest: Dave’s wife Joyce
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (7-Eleven on 7/11, Long Johns update) 00:35:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES, part 1 00:50:00 Sponsors 01:00:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES, part 2 01:17:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Peter Schickele 01:40:00 INSIDE BROADWAY 02:11:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #44 (UPenn) 02:14:00 Friends 02:23:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Pat Garrett) 02:43:00 Weather 02:48:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #129 – With a Little Help 02:58:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News 03:31:00 Upcoming DAVE GOES OUT
July 11, 2015 Playlist: “This is Professor Pete” (01:21:30), “Triumph of Thusnelda (Two Madrigals)” (01:22:30) & “The Stoned Guest (Completion)” (01:28:30; P.D.Q. Bach). “I Have a Noble Cock” (02:09:30; Canterbury Tales 1969 Bway cast). “Turkey Chase” (02:28:30), “Billy 4” (02:32:00), “River Theme” (02:37:00), “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” (Bob Dylan). “With a Little Help from My Friends” (02:51:30) & “Can’t Buy Me Love” (03:04:00; The Beatles). “I Go to Extremes” (02:59:30; Billy Joel). “Kill the Mockingbird” (03:06:00; House of Freaks). “Dear Mr. Supercomputer” (03:09:00; Sufjan Stevens). “Tennis Court” (03:13:30; Lorde). “With a Little Help from My Friends” (03:38:00; Richie Havens).
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Here is the 516th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, July 4, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Inside Broadway, The Wretched Pun of Destiny (Dick Van Dyke), My Sick Mind (Churches), Saturday Segues (July 4th, In the News), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (July 4th).
Guest: Dave’s wife Joyce
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (non-fine dining, Stampede, I don’t love a parade) 00:24:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES, Pt. 1 00:44:00 Miracle of Long Johns Update 01:02:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES, Pt. 2 01:27:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce (Parker, roundabouts) 01:36:30 Weather 01:40:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – July 4th 02:00:00 INSIDE BROADWAY 02:40:30 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #43 (Dick Van Dyke) 02:44:00 Sponsors 02:51:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (July 4th) 03:10:30 DAVE GOES EVEN FURTHER IN w/ Joyce (hot dog!) 03:10:00 Friends 03:27:00 MY SICK MIND (Churches) 03:30:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News 03:35:00 DAVE GOES OUT
July 4, 2015 Playlist: “Roses on the Fourth of July” (01:41:00). “Fourth of July” ({live}, 01:44:30; Aimee Mann). “Fourth of July” (01:48:00; Galaxie 500). “Fourth of July” (01:53:00; X). Excerpt (Jack Carter & Judy Garland). “Tears of Rage – Take 2” (02:51:30), “Gypsy Lou” (02:57:30) & “All American Boy” (03:01:30) “Ain’t No Man Righteous, No Not One” (02:54:00; Jah Malla). “Church of the Poisoned Mind” (03:31:30; Culture Club). “Greek Song” (03:35:00; Rufus Wainwright). “Cold Sweat” (03:38:30; James Brown). “Going Down to Cuba” (03:41:30; Jackson Browne). “Kicks” (03:47:00; Paul Revere and the Raiders). “America” (04:00:30; Andre Williams).
Dick Van Dyke & Mary Tyler Moore
David Lefkowitz in “The Miracle of Long Johns” at Studio Theater in Theater Row NYC, October 23, 2015. Photo by Farnaz Taherimotlagh.
RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #128 (6/28/2015): Scalia
(aired June 28, 2015 on Dave’s Gone By. Youtube clip: http://youtu.be/TzqQMAOhz7g)
Shalom Dammit! This is Rabbi Sol Solomon with a Rabbinical Reflection for the week of June 28, 2015.
Well, it’s taken awhile, but I know what I wanna do when I grow up. I wanna trade places with Antonin Scalia. Appointed by Ronald Reagan, he’s the longest-running chief justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Thirty years on the bench voting strictly along conservative lines and interpreting the constitution so narrowly, you couldn’t fit a dragonfly’s wing between “we” and “the” in “we the people.”
This man has held back—or tried to—the progress of American civilization, be it women’s rights for abortion, minorities facing discrimination, immigrants facing deportation, and gays being able to do their thing…gaily. They should just pull Antonin Scalia off his bench and replace him with a television airing Fox News; it’d be the same thing.
Of course, Scalia got his head handed to him twice last week. First, the Supreme Court upheld Obamacare. Surprisingly, they voted the spirit of the law–rather than the letter of the law. “So what if the wording is vague,” said the Court. “The President meant well, and he’s trying to help people.” Six justices agreed, including all the liberals, plus Roberts and Kennedy. Scalia dissented, angrily, as did Alito and the schvartze.
Twenty-four hours later, the court made another historic ruling, this one on gay marriage. They’re for it. Well, five out of nine of them were. Amazing how this Court had more consensus on a twisted insurance law than they did on two people wanting to tie the knot.
John Roberts was the stick-in-the-mud this time. He argued that he had nothing against same-sex chupahs, but making it the law of the land somehow circumvented peoples’ rights to vote yes or no on it. Whatever. The fun part is reading Scalia’s dissent. In challenging the idea that sanctioning gay marriage would expand personal freedom, he argues: “hey, on what planet has any marriage ever expanded freedom? You’re stuck together, day in, day out; you can’t leave unless you separate or divorce, and in the bedroom…?” I think comedian Chuck Bartell put it best when he said, “If you enjoy watching the same porno film over and over and over again . . . you’re great marriage material.” So Scalia has a point when he writes, quote, “One would think Freedom of Intimacy is abridged rather than expanded by marriage. Ask the nearest hippie.”
Granted, the last time anyone saw a hippie was 1973, but you get the gist.
Unfortunately, it’s the gism that bothers Scalia, and he’ll torture the words of the constitution to make sure that his good religious values aren’t ruffled by anything as upsetting as two dudes feeding each other cake on a dais.
Which is why I belong up there in Washington DC holding forth on legal and moral issues, while Scalia would kill on radio and TV. The man’s got a gift for phrasing, like when he likened Roberts’s opinions to the contents of a fortune cookie. Or back when he was asked whether he found it difficult to vote on complex issues. “The death penalty?” he said. “Give me a break. It’s easy. Abortion? Absolutely easy. Homosexual sodomy? Come on. For 200 years, it was criminal in every state,” unquote.
So this is a dangerous guy, but a funny guy. He doesn’t b.s., and like Bill O’Reilly, he gives really good soundbyte. He expresses himself with crystal clarity — even when his morality becomes a fatality. So he’d be terrific doing these mini-sermons, my amusing, Robert Fulghumian ruminations. Meanwhile, I should be in the Supreme Court, agreeing with Justice Kagin, arguing with Justice Thomas, diapering Justice Ginsberg . . .
See, I can spout crazy, offensive things, and the occasional brilliant, profound thing, and listeners can take it or leave it. I’m an entertainer, a pundit, a gadfly, a horsefly even. And so is Scalia. It’s just that his word is law, literally.
We do have commonalities. Scalia is a devout, Italian-American Catholic; I’m a depraved Jewish-American Jew. But I’m not sitting on the highest court in the land trying to turn the clock back on social progress.
So Anto, bubbie, let’s do celebrity life swap. I’ll take your robe; you take my tallis. I’ll listen to people drone on and on about the most tedious minutiae; you listen to my wife talk about her day. I’ll make laws that advance human rights and personal freedoms; you get on the radio once a week and tell prostate jokes. Whaddya say? I’ve even come up with your catchphrase: “Buongiorno Cazzo!” Heh? Not bad, right? Scal, my pal, this looks like the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
This has been a Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon, Temple Sons of Bitches in Great Neck, New York. Court is adjourned.
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Here is the 515th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 27, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on Antonin Scalia. Plus: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Wretched Pun of Destiny (Mrs. Disney), My Sick Mind (Trump), Dylan – Sooner & Later (blues), Saturday Segues (mom & In the News)
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: Dave’s wife Joyce
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (egg supreme, no guests, 515, wedding speech) 00:44:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 01:11:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce (second cousin, belly vs. uterus) 01:22:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – mom 01:45:00 Friends 02:05:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #128 (Scalia) 02:11:30 INSIDE BROADWAY 02:30:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #42 (Mrs. Disney) 02:32:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (blues) 02:53:00 Weather 02:56:30 MY SICK MIND (Trump) 03:01:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News 03:29:30 Thanks & Sponsors 03:41:30 DAVE GOES OUT
June 27, 2015 Playlist: “Brenda’s Got a Baby” (01:22:30; Tupac Shakur). “Solomon Song” (01:26:30; The Threepenny Opera 1954 off-Broadway cast w/ Lotte Lenya). “Momsong” (01:29:00; The Be Good Tanyas). “Happy Mama” (01:34:30; Hugh Masekela). “I Like My Mother” (01:39:30; Art Paul Schlosser). Dave interviews Dick Van Patten (01:47:30; 2007 excerpt). “Misery” (02:28:30; Professor Longhair). “Dirt Road Blues” (02:34:00), “Down in the Flood” ({live}; 02:37:30), “It Takes a Man to Laugh (It Takes a Train to Cry)” (02:41:00) & “Blind Willie McTell” (02:45:00; Bob Dylan). “Jubilation T. Cornpone” (03:02:30; “Li’l Abner” 1959 film soundtrack w/ Stubby Kaye). “The Great Health Care Trial Balloon” (03:06:00; Capitol Steps). “South of the Border” (03:09:00; Patsy Cline). “Marrying for Love” (03:11:00; Call Me Madam 1950 Broadway cast w/ Ethel Merman). “The Mercy Seat” ({live}; 03:14:00; Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds). “Wedding Day” (03:44:30; Ian McLagan & The Bump Band).
Shalom Dammit! This is Rabbi Sol Solomon with a Rabbinical Reflection for the week of June 21, 2015.
After World War II, the nation of Israel was so depleted that Hitler’s final solution felt most of the way there. But we survived, and at least the way the Orthodox are being fruitful and multiplying, we’re on the right track, and on the welfare track, but still. . . We also must be grateful for converts: people from other religions who are crazy enough to switch from Benson and Hedges to Bernstein and Hedgowitz. Sammy Davis Jr., Elizabeth Taylor, Tom Arnold, Joan Lunden, Helen Reddy, the late Anne Meara–they all put down the rosaries and picked up the rugelach.
Most of them did this for marriage. The nice Jewish boys these women hijacked from their mothers, the boyfriends said, “Look, I’d like to marry you, but the idea of a Christmas tree in the living room, or our baby, Herod, taking communion–it’s just too much. It’s like Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof tolerating every obstacle except intermarriage. Jewish boys will date a debutante, they’ll shtup a shikseh (if they’re lucky), and they’ll even co-habitate with a Catholic. But when you bring marriage into it and the continuation of the Jewish race, well, it’s easier for you to give up Jesus than me to swear off Purim.
Now, the issue of who is a Jew–convert or otherwise–has been plaguing the various sects of Judaism for decades. For some, if your mother’s Jewish but your daddy’s not, fine, have a brisket. If your daddy’s Jewish and your mommy’s not, goodbye, get a ham sandwich. If they’re both Jewish, but they like mayonnaise and sailboats, that’s confusing. Talmudists wrangle with all sorts of permutations to ensure the so-called purity of Jewish lineage. I understand the impulse, but from where I stand–which is usually three inches away from the refrigerator–I say we must welcome those who wish to join our people. It’s not as if we have such a surplus of Jews that we can afford to turn away a few hundred. So if converts are willing to abide by the rules–and I don’t even mean kashrut, daily prayers, and the holidays–I just mean no New Testament and, at 68, you have to move to Florida. If you’re willing to be part of our misunderstood, maligned but magnificent people, by all means welcome. Bring pastry.
I mention all this because news broke last week that Jenna Jameson—oh, don’t make believe you never heard of her—Jenna Jameson, the former pornographic actress, will be converting to Judaism. She’s marrying an Israeli Jew, a diamond merchant noch besser, and to make him happy–though I’m sure she makes him happy in other ways–Jenna has begun keeping shabbos, cooking Jewish foods, and doing all the things a Jewish wife does, like . . . bitching and nagging.
Some Jewish feminists are not happy about adding Jenna Jew-ison to the fold. They ask, “How can this woman who’s had so much sex on camera become Jewish, since Jewish women never want sex anywhere?” These ladies find Jameson’s behavior degrading to women, not to mention that her husband to be is a typical Jewish man: instead of going out with dumpy J-Dates, he has the hots for a skinny blonde shikseh.
I object to this objection to Jenna Jameson’s years as a sex object. Who among us, Jewish or not, is without blemish or has no kinky fetishes? Me, I like to dip my testicles in warm borscht while I’m being spanked with a yad. As did Rashi, by the way. Let he who is without sin throw the first stone. The rest of us will enjoy her skin and grow the worst boners.
For even if Jenna Jameson had not retired from the intercourse industry, what’s so terrible and anti-Jewish about her past? She showed off her beauty? She gave men a thrill? She proved that a tuchas could be used for more than constipation and proctology?
I just hope that if she ever goes back into the porn business, she’ll bring some Jewishness into her films and even her film titles. Instead of her famous, “Where the Boys Aren’t,” she could do, “Where the Goys Aren’t.” Instead of “Jenna’s Built for Speed,” she’ll do “Jenna’s Built for Shopping.” Instead of “I Love Lesbians” she could do . . . well, she can still do “I Love Lesbians”; that totally works for me.
So if Jenna Jameson Judaifies, God bless her, literally. If some frummie wummies resent her intrusion into our culture, maybe that isn’t prudishness at all. Maybe they just feel threatened by a woman who made it rich on her own, can whip up a gourmet meal, can boink like a buffalo and is used to faking it, and doesn’t mind putting something in her mouth bigger than a Midol once in awhile. So welcome, Jenna Jameson, and baruch habah, which literally means “blessed is the comer.” You may find it hard at first, and sometimes you’ll blow it, but I hope you can feel me deeply behind you.
This has been a Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon, Temple Sons of Bitches in Great Neck, New York.
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Here is the 514th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 20, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Rabbi Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection (Jenna Jameson), Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segues (Davies/Wilson, In the News), Inside Broadway, Wretched Pun of Destiny (fisherman), Dylan – Sooner & Later (saved before the flood).
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: Dave’s wife Joyce
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (one-word non-jokes, test taking, Indiegogo, over-rehearsing) 00:50:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 01:34:00 Sponsors 01:36:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce (prince of some media) 01:41:30 SATURDAY SEGUE (Davies/Wilson) 02:09:00 Weather 02:13:00 INSIDE BROADWAY 02:33:30 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #41 (Fisherman) 02:36:00 Friends 02:49:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (saved before the flood) 03:12:00 Sponsors 03:16:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News 03:45:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #127 (Jenna Jameson) 03:56:00 DAVE GOES OUT
June 20, 2015 Playlist: “Fun Fun Fun” (01:49:00) & “When I Grow Up to Be a Man” (01:55:00; The Beach Boys). “Some Mother’s Son” (01:52:00; The Kinks). “Working Man’s Cafe” (01:57:30; Ray Davies). “Goodnight Irene” (02:01:00; Brian Wilson). “Dandy” (02:04:00; The Rockin’ Vickers). “In this Wide, Wide World” (02:31:30; Gigi 2015 Broadway cast w/ Corey Cott & Vanessa Hudgens). “(Most Likely) You Go Your Way and I’ll Go Mine” (02:53:30), “Solid Rock” (02:57:30), “In the Garden” (03:01:30) & “Ballad of a Thin Man” (03:07:30; Bob Dylan). “Warriors” (03:17:00; Gary Numan). “Black and White” (03:21:30; Earl Robinson). “Maybe They Won’t Kill You” (03:24:00; Henry Philips). “Bush Must Be Defeated” (03:27:00; Dan Bern). “This Note’s for You” (03:31:00; Neil Young). “Summer” (04:01:30; War).
Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews comedienne Rain Pryor
Topics include: Richard Pryor, dating, Baltimore, comedy.
Segment scheduled to air June 13, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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