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This email circulating around Hollywood was sent by a DreamWorks floater. Last names have been deleted to protect the Semitic-challenged:
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 5:09 PM
Subject: RE: SWP Mtg. Kristi w/ Kristin and MatthewHey Ryan-
I’m sorry, b/c I’m covering for Lindsey’s usual asst., could you tell me, who’s Rosh Hashanah and why would he/she affect Kristi’s meeting with K and M?
Thanks! I really appreciate it!
Michelle
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Reminds me of the time when “Bram Stoker’s DRACULA” came out, and how many people called the DGA wondering who Bram Stoker’s agent was.
Dear Michelle,
S/he’s only been around for a few millennia, and s/he will still be around when you’ve lost your job!
Good riddance!
Maybe poor Michelle thought that he/she was a Reliance employee.
Isn’t he related to that guy Yom Kippur?
Hey Ryan, could you also tell me about this Xenu character??? He/She/It seems to be affecting my meetings as well. Thanks, Michelle.
Damn is that funny, an all-timer! Can we grow this into a half-hour show?
Sounds like a hoax in order to make the majority of the population (outside of Hollywood anyway) appear foolish.
Same old. Same old.
So much for that fallacy about the Jews running the media. Who IS Rosh Hashanah? And why is RH not returning Michelle’s calls?
We’re all stupid about something or other, and all of us have blind spots. I went 38 years thinking “Danke Shoen” was sung by a woman, when in fact it was Wayne Newton.
Hypothetical response…
Dear Michelle,
You only need to know about Rosh Hashanah once a year. She’s only around for a couple of days, she’s a big deal in this town.
P.S.
Just so you know, about a week after Rosh Hashanah, be sure to meet her good friend: Yom Kippur.
The receiver of the e-mail should have answered: “Rosh Hashanah is Kristi’s dentist, he’s from India.”
That’ll really confuse the poor guy.
“Mr. Spielberg, L’shanah Tova called to wish you a Happy New Year.”
At least she has the intellect to correctly use “affect” rather than incorrectly use “impact” as a verb.
If the kid is a 23-year-old from the midwest, it’s not that big of a deal. They’ve never been exposed to Jewish holidays. If they’re a 23-year-old from the Tri-State area and went to school in the Northeast or what have you, they should be fired because they’re clearly not intelligent/aware of something they should’ve heard of in second grade, and every year since.
Seems more like the former. Unless it’s a Laguna Beach type kid.
It was an ill advised email sure, but very few people from the central states know much about the Jewish holidays. Somebody had to explain it to me when I first moved to L.A. and the agency I worked at was scheduled for the day off. I was just happy to have the time off more than anything.
Oh my… That kind of made my day, actually.
So is that all “Hollywood Gentiles” you’re referring to in your headline? All Gentiles are ignorant of the common customs and holidays of other religions? Yup, there’s nothing like disparaging every member of an entire class of people with the same fallacious characterizations. You’d think that had never happened to Jews…
I just heard that Ben Silverman wants to make a show out of this. The Matzo Ball and The Meatball. It’s about 2 best friends, one Jewish, and one Italian, who exploring dating people outside of their religion.
Oyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
There’s goyem and then there’s Goyem…..
everyone becomes Jewish on Jewish holidays – by Rory L. Aronsky
Not true.
I pass all year round.
I like to leave early on Fridays…
She probably thinks Stephen Spielberg is Irish.
I feel sorry for the girl.
Sure it’s funny. And it’s hard to imagine someone not knowing about rosh hashanna.
But at least she was asking the question and trying to understand.
How many temps are that on the ball or inquisitive to begin with ?
The real jerk here seems to be Ryan for making the inquiry public —- not some poor girl who doesn’t know about jewish holidays.
Growing up a Norwegian Lutheran, I thought Yum Kipper was a tasty tuna hot dish.
What’s “Ash Wednesday?”
“Reminds me of the time when “Bram Stoker’s DRACULA” came out, and how many people called the DGA wondering who Bram Stoker’s agent was.”
Just remember–as Buddy Ackerman said in “Swimming With Sharks”..
“He’s NOT dead! He’s just..unavailable.”