You've Got to Be Jewish to Submit

To counter the Arab hysteria over the Danish publication's cartoon of Mohammad stowing a bomb in his turban, Iran has decided to attack the Jews. Iran is making room for an anti Holocaust cartoon contest as if one type of cartoon has anything to do with the other. Not to mention that the Jews had nothing to do with the publication of the cartoon in the first place. But, when all else fails, Jew bashing makes so much sense. Pissed off, bash the Jews, we see it all the time. In fact, with our huge noses, we can smell the fall out coming before the smack lands.

In Israel, there is a cartoon artist who is running a contest of his own. He and his chevrah are hosting a competition where they are accepting cartoons with an Anti Jewish theme. The best part though is, you must be Jewish to enter. How's it going you ask? How else should it go, great! Jews tend to exceed expectations and at every turn. Regardless of what we do, we do it well. How else should this balagan go? As a circus, it should go b'seder and it should be a gavalt already, nu?

The objective: draw a cartoon with an anti Semitic over tone and submit it for review. Sit back and plotz while you wait to hear, nu already, if your a winner. Easy enough, I can only imagine. It's not as if we've never submitted before. In history, Jews have submitted many times. It's a gavalt to mention, and now is not the best time to discuss this aspect of our collective will. When I saw the call for cartoons on line, I didn't focus on it then.

In traffic, while tuned to a public radio talk show out of Philadelphia(3:00 pm CST), I listened as the hostess interviewed the Rosh of this Israeli got'cha! As the head of the game, he said, in sum, "Lamah lo?" Why not, I have to agree. Why not make a farce out of this grossly over reported and under addressed anti social parade of destruction and murder while we grow as big as grand marshals sitting afloat the exposure, even if in print. Freedom of speech can be worthless depending on what shackles your wearing and who listens to your drech. In the case of the cartoon critics, the world can hear the call of the Arab attacks, yet listening to it is another story, somethings never change.

For the Jews this Anti Semitic cartoon contest speaks volumes, a little self effacment is good already,(wasn't Rodney Dangerfield a Jew) nu? For the Israeli cartoonist, he is smart to be capitalizing off of the biggest media spritz that his work has gotten in recent days. What Jew can deny him the fresh increase in sales? His work will now enjoy more of the world's consumption basin, the internet is his prize now as the secured purchases are being made, dollars crossing over the wires faster than the Protestors are burning down buildings and taking the media hostage.

The Israeli reports that most of the cartoon entries are from the US. I don't draw like I use to. I want to buy his stuff though and read it. "Choshavti, sh z America," I think this is big! I can guess what your spitting over, that this is the Jew in me! See an opportunity and seize it. Go ahead and say it, and then please sheket b'vakasha, shush up, please. The cartoon contest will defuse Iran's stupidity. It will give us Jews what to talk and argue around. It will teach Holocaust education and we need to keep learning from that. The Jewish cartoon contest will make money and the Israeli artist could use it. Should he see fit to create a bissel, little scholarship that will promote another talented Jew to academic and artistic gain, why stop there?