Uzi Does It

It is good to see that these days the Jews are finally getting back their old reputation for being hardcore. It started with films like the Hebrew Hammer, and slogans like this one based on the work of this guy. Now, with a rash of movies such as Defiance, Munich and Inglorious Basterds, it is truly reaching a peak. Who cares if not all of these movies embrace historical accuracy? If Jewish hardcore-ness has been overlooked for that long, you might need to exaggerate a bit sometimes to make up for this awful loss.

So you don’t remember too much of an old reputation for being hardcore, you say. Well, here is a great story about Moses, from an online collection of badass bible stories:

An Egyptian soldier is wailing on a hapless Hebrew when Moses, clothed in head-to- toe black, drops down from the ceiling. Moving with cat-like grace, he sneaks up behind the soldier and, taking his head in his hands, snaps the man's neck with one savage twist. As the lifeless body slumps to the ground, Moses lights up a cigar. "Well," he quips, "looks like someone bit off more than he could Jew."

Now that a Jewish holiday is coming up, it’s time to spread the pride in this long history of badassery. If you are not feeling quite that hardcore, you can always fall back on your sense of humor and/or fine sense of t-shirt-wearing.

Jew or Gentile, celebrate the approach of Purim by wearing this Challah Back T-shirt.