The New York Times of Jew

Oy, I'm kvelling! A Google Alert for Jew-Jitsu: Hebrew Hands of Fury just pinged in and I clicked without even looking at where it linked. Where it linked was The Jewish Daily Forward, the New York Times of Jew, baby! They review it in a piece entitled "Being a Profound Critical Analysis of Contemporary Jewish Comedic Literature; Imbricated Theory and Praxis" by Jonathan Kesselman, screenwriter and director of "The Hebrew Hammer" and a Yale University professor yet! I sent the arts editor a press release and the book several weeks back, which resulted in a very nice piece that ran in several local area papers and a seven-minute interview that ran on the New England Cox Radio stations weekend business show. If I could figure out how to do it, I'd post the mp3 of the interview.

The review was more about reviewing these four Jewish humor books than it was actual reviews of the four humor books, but that it's a funny piece and what he does say about Jew-Jitsu is great:

"Next we have Jew-Jitsu. This book ironically juxtaposes Orthodox Jewry and an ancient martial art. It has pictures (a plus!) and humorous Jew-Jitsu 'moves,' such as 'Advancing Through the Buffet.' It was also co-written by a rabbi, so I refuse to say anything negative about the book for fear of pissing off God, if He does in fact exist. My suggestion? Buy this book, or you will be smote."

I'm plotzing. This is, seriously, great exposure.