Was the finance director of New York Rep. Mike McMahon's reelection campaign hired in 1927? Back then, it might have been a good idea to show how much 'Jewish money' your political opponent received. But not now! Not in 2010!

A 30-year-old Jerusalem man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for "rape by deception", after sleeping with a woman whom he lied to about being Jewish. When the woman found out he was Arab, she called the police.

Dream presidential candidate Glennifer Beck was on his television program last night talking about liberation theology and religion and stuff and he dropped some theological-historical knowledge on us: The Jews killed Jesus! Haven't you missed that old saw?

The last time Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu visited the White House he was coldly received, which freaked everyone out. For today's visit, the White House orchestrated a much warmer photo-op of the two acting like best friends, to show unity!

50-year-old Michoel Streicher, a singer who calls himself "The Michael Jackson of Jewish music" was sentenced yesterday to a year in jail for swindling a woman out of $36,000 he said he would use to buy a torah.

Jay-Z's Empire State of Mind has inspired countless YouTube parodies, some are great and some aren't. A whole bunch are about Jews and the crazy things we do. Let's take a look at a few.

89-year-old White House correspondent Helen Thomas, when asked about the Middle East last week outside the Jewish Heritage Celebration, said Jews should "Get the hell out of Palestine." Ex-Bush propaganda minister Ari Fleischer wants her fired. She has since apologized.

What if, instead of gay-baiting Elena Kagan, conservatives religion-bait her? "If Kagan is confirmed, Jews, who represent less than 2 percent of the U.S. population, will have 33 percent of the Supreme Court seats," former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan gripes.

What is the loneliest place in the world to be a Jew? A KKK rally? The NFL? Nebraska? Nope! Afghanistan is the loneliest place for a Jew, because there is only one left: Former carpet salesman Zablon Simintov.

Is there anything funnier than a good joke about a Jewish merchant? Some people at the Anti-Defamation League don't think so! They complained after Obama's National Security Adviser, James L. Jones, told this joke to a pro-Israeli crowd.

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Tonight is the first night of Passover, the Jewish holiday commemorating the Israelites' exodus from bondage in Egypt. It's a holiday with a little something for everyone: Plagues! Miracles! Matzah! Inside, the best Passover-related videos the internet has to offer.

Obama loves Jews so much that someone once joked he would be known as "the first Jewish President". He is hosting the first second White House Seder ever tomorrow. With real rendered chicken fat! You hear that, Israel? [NYT]

Headline for a story on the Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces web site: "The Triumph of Will Power."

And it's a good one! In what may be the best series on the internet, Mike Leiderman tells a little ditty about an 80-year-old man, an 18-year-old babysitter, and a lot of sex. Enjoy!

Israeli nationalist organization Lehava "provides assistance to Jewish girls in relationships with non-Jews," helping "extricate" them from goyim relationships. Their latest target: Israeli supermodel and Leonardo DiCaprio girlfriend Bar Rafaeli.

If there's one thing that makes the ladies cream, it's Arthur Kade lookalikes with Jewfros acting like they're from Compton. Women are powerless against their charm. How is this guy even in need of help with his love life?

Some bicycle-loving Brooklyn residents are furious about the city's recent decision to eliminate a bike lane in Williamsburg. (It was done to appease members of the neighborhood's ultra-Orthodox community, who objected to the spandex-clad cyclists in their midst, apparently.) The biking enthusiasts aren't standing down, though.

bicycle activist describing the gulf between Hasidim and hipsters in Williamsburg, as revealed in a battle over bike lanes (Hasids say they fear "staring at members of the opposite sex in various states of undress"), to the New York Post.

Rabbi Baruch Chalomish is on trial in England for operating what prosecutors call a "commercial cocaine-supply operation" and paying prostitutes with coke. That's the bad news. The good news is that his partner in crime is named Nasir Abbas.