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Court sides with Israel in battle over Kafka archive

The Jewish author’s trove of writings has been the subject of a protracted dispute between the family of his friend’s secretary and the State of Israel.

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 19, 2019 7:14 am

The Kinkiest Jewish Cowboy in Texas

Richard S. “Kinky” Friedman has many faces, and he’s proud of each one. There’s Kinky Friedman, fictional detective, not to be confused with Kinky Friedman, the author who penned a series of mysteries and musings about everything from roadkill to southern etiquette. Then there’s Kinky Friedman, “the most outrageous Jewish cowboy in Texas,” who ran for […]

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The ______ [adj] Inventor of Mad Libs

Writer and producer Leonard Stern was __________ [adv] in need of an adjective, so he asked his friend Roger Price. Before he could tell Price what the subject was, Price threw out “clumsy and naked.” Stern and Price spent the rest of the night creating stories with blanks where key words should be — and […]

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