For Fuck’s Sake

Posted on July 24, 2013 by omgwtfbible

For some reason, when I first started telling people about this show, I was surprised when they took offense at its name.

“Isn’t that a little disrespectful?” they usually ask, referring to my use of an f-bomb in such close proximity to “Bible.” “Don’t you think you’ll offend people with that?”

If I’m feeling flippant, I’ll tell them that if they’re offended by the name, OMGWTFBIBLE is not for them. The “fuck” in the title is a built-in mechanism for weeding out those who might not be so into this show.

Usually, that’s enough for people, and I’ll go find someone else on the subway car to give a sticker. And, while that reason is true, there’s a deeper thought behind this show’s name that deserves longer elucidation here. Continue reading →

Episode 10 Live!

Posted on July 24, 2013 by omgwtfbible

Yes, Episode 10 IS happening this month! It won’t be posted online until August (there will be two podcast episodes in August!) but Episode 10 will be record live on Monday! And I can’t wait! I have something very special planned for before the show and a super-exciting announcement about the future of OMGWTFBIBLE that I can’t wait to share with you all.

This month, guest Ariel Abrahams will start at chapter 13 and we will keep reading until we stop. A lot has happened in the first 12 chapters so I’ll recap a bit before we begin reading. Or you can catch up here.

OMGWTFBIBLE Episode 10 Live
Double Wide Bar and Southern Kitchen
505 E. 12th Street
July 29, 7 PM
FREE! 21+!

Nevermind

Posted on July 23, 2013 by omgwtfbible

Hey, remember when the Rabbinical Council of California was going to certify lube as kosher? Just kidding!

In a statement on their homepage (screenshot below), the RCC has announced that since “the intended uses of these items as now revealed, was misunderstood,” they will not be certifying Wet lube after all!

RCC’s very slippery lube statement

Um, did they not know lube was for sex?

Important Sexy Kosher News

Posted on July 17, 2013 by omgwtfbible

Wet’s very cleverly-named anal lube

Good news, everyone! After a 2-year process, the Rabbinical Council of California has given kosher certification to a whole slew of personal lubricants from a company called Wet. Because up to this point, observant Jews have been relying on regular old naturally-occuring sex juices and saliva?

Coming on the heels of the recent rabbinical OK of medicinal marijuana, I predict a renaissance in never-ending Orthodox Jewish stoned sex. And just in time for Tu B’av!

Smoke Your Marijuanikah

Posted on July 12, 2013 by omgwtfbible

You can all rest easy. Finally, finally, an Orthodox Rabbi has declare that marijuana is kosher. Of course, he feels it should only be used to relieve pain, and using it to “escape this world in any excessive way is certainly forbidden.” Well, duh. Nobody should escape the world excessively. Always in moderation.

And, according to Rabbi Efraim Zalmanovich, who made this decree, if you provide cannabis to someone who’s using it to relieve “the pain of being a man” (to quote the late Dr. Johnson), well then that’s a mitzvah. Presumably, if one tunes into Episode 9 right before, that’s a double-mitzvah.

No word yet on whether it’s acceptable to toke up on Tisha B’av.

Very Pretty Misogyny

Posted on July 11, 2013 by omgwtfbible

Don’t Talk to Women

Jacqueline Nicholls’ beautiful paper-cut doilies, called The Ladies Guild Collection, take some of the more obviously misogynist passages of Jewish literature (like the one above) and turn them into works of art. The level of detail in the borders of these pieces is incredible. The entire collection is certainly worth exploring.

Oh, and she’s drawing the entire Talmud one page at a time. Seriously, Jacquline Nicholls is a cool lady. Read her interview on Jewcy.