The Only Way to Fly

Posted on April 12, 2013 by omgwtfbible

Chasid-in-a-bag

Well, this definitely isn’t in the Torah. Yesterday, a redditor posted this image of a Chasid wrapped in a plastic bag aboard an airplane. The poster assumed it was to avoid touching women, which while TOTALLY INSANE, is not really that crazy an assumption. Another was quick to point out that this was likely a Kohen (or priest) protecting himself from the impurity he’d pick up from flying 40,000 feet over a cemetary. And that this solution was prescribed by the venerable Rabbi Yosef Shalom Eliashiv. OK!

Isn’t kind of a suffocation hazard? What will this dude say when his children start hanging out in plastic bags and tell him “we learned it from watching YOU!”?

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Posted on April 8, 2013 by omgwtfbible

As I announced in Chapter 6, I created a BuzzFeed to help get the word out about OMGWTFBIBLE. Check out my list of “11 Surprising Bible Passages” here!

If you’re into the show and want other people to know about it, the easiest thing you can do is share this BuzzFeed. It’s also a great way for new listeners to get an idea of what the show is about. Will you, pretty please, blast it all over your various social networks? With your help, this show can reach tons and tons of more listeners.

Thank you, my wonderful audience!

A New Voice

Posted on April 2, 2013 by omgwtfbible

About a month ago, I had a conversation with Catie Damon of New Voices Magazine about the podcast, my upbringing, the mythologies we create, and a not-very-eloquent post I made here a few months ago. New Voices had some very nice things to say about the show:

Each month on this monthly podcast, a guest reads a chapter of the Bible while New York comedian David Tuchman — a former Yeshiva boy turned agnostic — swears, jibes, and elucidates. His line by line explication drops quirky facts and sarcastic commentary. The result is often offensive, consistently hilarious, and surprisingly enlightening.

So check it out! It’s a nice read and in it, I get into some of the more philosophical stuff behind OMGWTFBIBLE that doesn’t make it to the podcast.

See Episode 7 Live!

Posted on April 2, 2013 by omgwtfbible

Ok, first thing’s first: if you’re still scratching your head over yesterday’s announcement, just take a look at the date.

Second: the facebook event for Episode 7 is now up! Our special guest this month is Lonnie Mann, an old high school mate of mine (and cartoonist) who will be joining me as we gleefully describe the destruction of Sodom and Gomora and discuss the modern implications of this chapter’s wacky sexual politics. Make your reservations now!

Chapter 6 is Up!!

Posted on March 23, 2013 by omgwtfbible

Chapter 6 with special guest Steve DeSiena is out now! Get it in iTunes or with the direct download link below!

In the Beginning – Chapter Six

Live Show! Next Monday!

Posted on March 15, 2013 by omgwtfbible

Wow! What a busy week! I’ve been so wrapped up in very exciting secret behind-the-scenes OMGWTFBIBLE things that will make this show even more amazing (and other, more mundane, tasks) that I haven’t found any time to post. That and all the Jewish news this week has been kind of depressing and you can probably read sad things elsewhere. But we have a new Pope! How cute is the new Pope? He’s the cutest possible Pope! JUST LOOK AT THIS POPE!

Pope Cuteness IV

I know he’s technically “Pope Francis” but I can’t help but call him “Pope Grandpa.”

Anyway, there is a live taping on Monday! Woohoo! If you can make it, I’d love to see you there!

Chapter 6 – LIVE! With special guest Steve DeSiena!

Parkside Lounge (317 E. Houston Street)

Monday, March 18 – 7:15 PM

21+! FREE !

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What if you can’t make it?

The live episode will be available online on Saturday, March 23. Everybody wins! Weee!

David Brooks Discovers Hasids

Posted on March 9, 2013 by omgwtfbible

I don’t have much to say about David Brooks’ kinda weird walking tour of Midwood Jews, but this stuck out to me:

Nationwide, only 21 percent of non-Orthodox Jews between the ages of 18 and 29 are married. But an astounding 71 percent of Orthodox Jews are married at that age. And they are having four and five kids per couple. In the New York City area, for example, the Orthodox make up 32 percent of Jews over all. But the Orthodox make up 61 percent of Jewish children. Because the Orthodox are so fertile, in a few years, they will be the dominant group in New York Jewry.

Um, David, by “Because the Orthodox are so fertile” you meant “Because the Orthodox prohibit pre-marital sex and believe birth control is immoral,” but I guess that’s just splitting hairs.

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Chapter 6 Live!

Do you live in New York? Do you love OMGWTFBIBLE? Come be a part of our live audience as we record our next episode!

World’s Oldest Rap

Posted on March 1, 2013 by omgwtfbible

Check it out! Someone posted the entire King James Version of the bible on RapGenius, a site where Internet folk dissect and analyze rap lyrics. I can only assume that the only reason they didn’t use my translation is because it’s not finished yet.

Now!

Who wants to sign up there are start adding OMGWTFBIBLE jokes?

Chapter 5 is Now Available!

Posted on February 23, 2013 by omgwtfbible

Chapter 5, with special guest Esther Werdiger, is now available, just in time for Purim! Listen in and learn about how Avram got involved with local politics for some reason!

Download it or subscribe in iTunes!

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