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This was the most unkindest cut of all.
October 29, 2025 at 3:57 AM
This was the most unkindest cut of all.
How did "highbrow" come to mean high culture? Welcome to 18th-century “science.” Dr. Franz Joseph Gall’s studies of anatomy led to his theory of “cranioscopy”: the study of shape and bumps on someone’s head to determine intelligence. High forehead=high intelligence. web.archive.org/web/20210411...
Brow Beat | Hamodia Jewish and Israel News
I got a call from a friend I hadn’t heard from in a few years. After the hellos, he said, “We get Hamodia. So I see you’ve been writing.” Then…Read more »
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October 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
How did "highbrow" come to mean high culture? Welcome to 18th-century “science.” Dr. Franz Joseph Gall’s studies of anatomy led to his theory of “cranioscopy”: the study of shape and bumps on someone’s head to determine intelligence. High forehead=high intelligence. web.archive.org/web/20210411...
Allan Metcalf explained that, by some transformational lingwizardry, just when the second-person pronoun “thou” was fading from the English language, “you guys” appeared to fill the vacuum—similar to “y’all” or the less common (and less friendly) New Yorkese “youse.” web.archive.org/web/20201207...
It's a Guy Thing | Hamodia Jewish and Israel News
I don’t know what kind of party my grandson Yaakov Chaim (AKA Yankel) was planning. Alas, I was 6,000 miles away, in Brooklyn. But two days before his sixth birthday,…Read more »
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September 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Allan Metcalf explained that, by some transformational lingwizardry, just when the second-person pronoun “thou” was fading from the English language, “you guys” appeared to fill the vacuum—similar to “y’all” or the less common (and less friendly) New Yorkese “youse.” web.archive.org/web/20201207...
Never give a Sucret an even break.
September 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Never give a Sucret an even break.
On bagels with cream cheese?
September 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
On bagels with cream cheese?
I haven't been the same ever since I was sitting in the bleachers behind center in Ebbets Field and saw Duke Snyder fumble a ground ball.
Wait till next year!
Wait till next year!
September 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I haven't been the same ever since I was sitting in the bleachers behind center in Ebbets Field and saw Duke Snyder fumble a ground ball.
Wait till next year!
Wait till next year!
