Jason Diamond, Author at Jewcy

My Big Ol’ Jewish Wedding: Carrie Brownstein Invades Our Wedding Plans

I think we’ve gotten past some of the biggest things in planning our wedding: we’ve got the date, we’ve got the space, we decided on a caterer, and now we’re discussing motifs. Now we keep on trucking until February, and we have made it!

To Snip Or Not To Snip: The Natalie Portman Circumcision Question

The betting window is open, and we’re gonna give 3 to 2 odds that the little guy is getting the snip.

I Love Jewish Revenge Movies

You want to know what sort of human sees a movie nine times in less than five yeas? I’ll tell you who — a guy who really likes films about Jews getting revenge.

Glenn Beck In Israel Is Brilliant P.R. For Boring G.O.P. Candidates

I’m going to have to grudgingly give this point to Beck and the Republican Party.

The Weekly Shonde: Dog Stoning Rabbis

And you thought it was going to be Anthony Weiner, didn’t you?

The Weekly Yiderati: Jews Taking Back Bloomsday, Seth Fried, IBM And The Nazis, And More

In this week’s Jewish literary digest: Joyce goes Jewish for one day, talented siblings in conversation, an American Gogol, and plenty more.

The Big Jewcy: Adam Mansbach – Wanted Kid To Go The F**k To Sleep, Ended Up With A Bestseller

I don’t know if Adam Mansbach created the literary category of “Kids Books for Adults,” but the fact is that he became the King Kong of the genre a few weeks ago when his book, “Go the F**k to Sleep” went to #1 on Amazon, and then #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, months before the book hit shelves

The Big Jewcy: Sarah Glidden – Comic Artist/Writer Who Tried To Understand Israel In 60 Days (Or Less)

The key to traversing Glidden’s work is right in the title: understanding. Much of Glidden’s work to date has dealt with the relationship between the personal and the political, and her latest book is a fine example of an artist guiding her audience towards understanding a foreign experience.