Comments on: New Visions for Commemorating the Shoah http://galusaustralis.com/2009/11/2368/new-visions-for-commemorating-the-shoah/ Jewish Life in Australia Mon, 21 May 2012 14:20:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: jewinthefat http://galusaustralis.com/2009/11/2368/new-visions-for-commemorating-the-shoah/#comment-5026 jewinthefat Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:37:27 +0000 http://galusaustralis.com/?p=2368#comment-5026 "Because if they don't remember who will?"<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nalP2eUADTQ" rel="nofollow"> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nalP2eUADTQ</a> “Because if they don’t remember who will?”


]]> By: frosh http://galusaustralis.com/2009/11/2368/new-visions-for-commemorating-the-shoah/#comment-5011 frosh Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:16:46 +0000 http://galusaustralis.com/?p=2368#comment-5011 Jewinthefat, I suspect the reason it sounds so "impossibly high-falutin" (to use their words) is that it is. Jewinthefat,

I suspect the reason it sounds so “impossibly high-falutin” (to use their words) is that it is.

]]> By: jewinthefat http://galusaustralis.com/2009/11/2368/new-visions-for-commemorating-the-shoah/#comment-4985 jewinthefat Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:07:26 +0000 http://galusaustralis.com/?p=2368#comment-4985 FYI Frosh Here it is, straight from the horse (read: Editor)'s mouth : <em>"<strong>Heeb</strong></em> <em>is a satirical Jewish culture magazine that interrogates stereotypes and ideas (hopefully in creative ways) that many hold sacred in order to represent the complex and nuanced perspectives that many Jews have about their identities. When we depicted</em> Sarah Silverman behind a hole in a sheet<em> or</em> Jonah Hill dressed as Moses holding two kegs as if they were tablets,<em> we weren’t trying to be shocking—we were trying to communicate something truthful about contemporary Jewishness. Yes, that may sound impossibly high-fallutin, but it’s the truth and while we kind of don’t give a shit whether the magazine wreaks havoc on smug and sanctimonious visions of Jewish life, we do care when our intentions (or those of our collaborators) are distorted."</em> Read more here As for Roseanne Barr, she herself told <em>Heeb: </em> <em>“He killed my whole family, it is true, but he is also dead, and I, a Jewish woman am still alive to make fun of him, and I will continue to make fun of the little runt for the rest of my life! He, and his ideas need to be laughed at even more these days, picked apart and analyzed up and down, as there are more and more people denying his crimes, and more and more despots trying to copy them.”</em> FYI Frosh
Here it is, straight from the horse (read: Editor)’s mouth :
“Heeb is a satirical Jewish culture magazine that interrogates stereotypes and ideas (hopefully in creative ways) that many hold sacred in order to represent the complex and nuanced perspectives that many Jews have about their identities. When we depicted Sarah Silverman behind a hole in a sheet or Jonah Hill dressed as Moses holding two kegs as if they were tablets, we weren’t trying to be shocking—we were trying to communicate something truthful about contemporary Jewishness. Yes, that may sound impossibly high-fallutin, but it’s the truth and while we kind of don’t give a shit whether the magazine wreaks havoc on smug and sanctimonious visions of Jewish life, we do care when our intentions (or those of our collaborators) are distorted.”
Read more here
As for Roseanne Barr, she herself told Heeb:
“He killed my whole family, it is true, but he is also dead, and I, a Jewish woman am still alive to make fun of him, and I will continue to make fun of the little runt for the rest of my life! He, and his ideas need to be laughed at even more these days, picked apart and analyzed up and down, as there are more and more people denying his crimes, and more and more despots trying to copy them.”

]]> By: frosh http://galusaustralis.com/2009/11/2368/new-visions-for-commemorating-the-shoah/#comment-4984 frosh Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:57:51 +0000 http://galusaustralis.com/?p=2368#comment-4984 <p>I'd have to disagree with the Rosanne Barr thing.</p> <p>I thought that photo was  in poor taste that I strongly suspect was done for cheap publicity through shock value. </p> <p>If this is true, it's using the Shoah for cheap publicity, which I personally find to be  rather vulgar.</p> <p>However, I welcome anyone from the team behind that photo (or RB herself) to give their side of the story.</p> I’d have to disagree with the Rosanne Barr thing.

I thought that photo was  in poor taste that I strongly suspect was done for cheap publicity through shock value. 

If this is true, it’s using the Shoah for cheap publicity, which I personally find to be  rather vulgar.

However, I welcome anyone from the team behind that photo (or RB herself) to give their side of the story.

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