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Geirei Toshav

Posted on | March 30, 2010 | 19 Comments

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — Not that there was ever any doubt, but I’m now a Certified Righteous Gentile after attending a Passover seder Monday hosted by Barbara Espinosa’s friends Larry and Jobi Rosen.

The haggadah wasn’t strictly traditional — part of the ritual telling of Israel’s deliverance from Egyptian slavery was performed to the tune of “Gilligan’s Island” — but the unleavened bread, the bitter herbs, the wine, Mah Nishtanah, etc., were all observed. So the possibility of my becoming the first Gentile prime minister of Israel is now slightly less hypothetical . . .

Jobi Rosen and the four-time Malkin Award nominee.

UPDATE: Jennifer Rubin on Obama’s Passover message: “[F]rankly, it sounds like Eric Holder and his civil rights lawyers drafted it.”

Category: Arizona, Israel, Religion

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19 Responses to “Geirei Toshav”

  1. Joe
    March 30th, 2010 @ 2:09 pm

    Mazel Tov. I am not Jewish but I love Passover Seders. I had a friend tell me his family Seder yeserday used that Gilligan’s Island Seder Song. Now I have to go find it!

    I spent time in Israel during several Passovers. No beer sold in the resort bars of Eilat (no whiskey or any grain based beverage), but the bars would sell you a bottle of wine that you could chug.

  2. Joe
    March 30th, 2010 @ 9:09 am

    Mazel Tov. I am not Jewish but I love Passover Seders. I had a friend tell me his family Seder yeserday used that Gilligan’s Island Seder Song. Now I have to go find it!

    I spent time in Israel during several Passovers. No beer sold in the resort bars of Eilat (no whiskey or any grain based beverage), but the bars would sell you a bottle of wine that you could chug.

  3. Roscoe
    March 30th, 2010 @ 2:25 pm

    HEY…..watch that head tilt, guy! Next you’ll be wearing sandals and growing a ponytail.

  4. Roscoe
    March 30th, 2010 @ 9:25 am

    HEY…..watch that head tilt, guy! Next you’ll be wearing sandals and growing a ponytail.

  5. JSF
    March 30th, 2010 @ 3:34 pm

    RS,

    I’ve always said you are an honorary Jew, so it’s good to see you enjoying one of my favorite Jewish holidays.

    Did you read the four questions?

    And when I was Bar Mitzvahed at the Wall in Jerusalem, I read the first 3 chapters of Exodus.

    When will you set up your Tip-Jar for a trip to interview PM Netanyahu? Embarass AS and President O (brother).

  6. JSF
    March 30th, 2010 @ 10:34 am

    RS,

    I’ve always said you are an honorary Jew, so it’s good to see you enjoying one of my favorite Jewish holidays.

    Did you read the four questions?

    And when I was Bar Mitzvahed at the Wall in Jerusalem, I read the first 3 chapters of Exodus.

    When will you set up your Tip-Jar for a trip to interview PM Netanyahu? Embarass AS and President O (brother).

  7. Joe
    March 30th, 2010 @ 4:31 pm

    Very funny Passover parody songs. Oh if only Dan Collins was Jewish, he would be in heaven with this.

  8. Joe
    March 30th, 2010 @ 11:31 am

    Very funny Passover parody songs. Oh if only Dan Collins was Jewish, he would be in heaven with this.

  9. Jobi
    March 30th, 2010 @ 9:51 pm

    Stacy, it was our pleasure to have you join us for the seder yesterday evening and you are always welcome to join us whenever your are in town. Now I know why you wanted to take my picture with you. Welcome to the “tribe” – the other tribe. I think we have the same number of nations as the native Americans with less offshoots.
    Jobi

  10. Jobi
    March 30th, 2010 @ 4:51 pm

    Stacy, it was our pleasure to have you join us for the seder yesterday evening and you are always welcome to join us whenever your are in town. Now I know why you wanted to take my picture with you. Welcome to the “tribe” – the other tribe. I think we have the same number of nations as the native Americans with less offshoots.
    Jobi

  11. Lisa Graas
    March 31st, 2010 @ 9:33 pm

    LOL! Anyone who can make Andrew Sullivan speechless has my admiration.

  12. Lisa Graas
    March 31st, 2010 @ 9:33 pm

    Oh, and btw, congrats on this great honor. We need to defend Israel, our only ally. It’s critically important.

  13. Lisa Graas
    March 31st, 2010 @ 9:33 pm

    OOPS! I meant to say, “our only ally in the Middle East”. Sorry.

  14. Lisa Graas
    March 31st, 2010 @ 4:33 pm

    LOL! Anyone who can make Andrew Sullivan speechless has my admiration.

  15. Lisa Graas
    March 31st, 2010 @ 4:33 pm

    Oh, and btw, congrats on this great honor. We need to defend Israel, our only ally. It’s critically important.

  16. Lisa Graas
    March 31st, 2010 @ 4:33 pm

    OOPS! I meant to say, “our only ally in the Middle East”. Sorry.

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    […] the fact that he was having to cover Senate and House races and speeches and the TEA Party event, he was still able to find enough time to lobby for one of his most cherished dreams: Not that there was ever any doubt, but I’m now a Certified Righteous Gentile after attending a […]

  18. Mindy
    April 2nd, 2010 @ 3:11 am

    The article asks, “Is Passover really about discrimination?” I suppose it would be to people who follow James Cone.

  19. Mindy
    April 1st, 2010 @ 10:11 pm

    The article asks, “Is Passover really about discrimination?” I suppose it would be to people who follow James Cone.