Recently I was hired by Jewcier.com to create an image depicting “The Last Supper” but with a twist. The table would be a seder table and would seat famous Celebrity Jews whom we would love to have as guests. I found this job quite fun to do and here is the result:

Now without a doubt my dream guest would be Jon Stewart (which is probably why I depicted him center in the above image). He is just plain hysterical and I could only imagine his very entertaining thoughts about Passover during the very long seder.
So when I came across this recent clip of Jon Stewart discussing Passover vs. Easter I was really excited. And it didn’t disappoint. In fact it’s almost as good as having him in your very own house.
Well almost.

Here is an excerpt of some of the script incase you wish to retell at your next Passover meal:
Allow me to get personal for just a moment. As a father with mixed faith kids I can’t help but feel that we Jews are getting our asses kicked out here.
In fact Jews, What are we doing?
We conceded defeat in the x-mas vs. Hanukkah carbuncle.
Seeing that the Christians are celebrating birth of their savior and Chanukah is acknowledging oil that lasted longer than it would normally last.
And to be honest with you there really is no gage, I mean it could’ve really been 8 days worth of oil. I mean it could’ve been a really reasonable amount of oil to burn…that’s not the point. The point is this:
There’s no contest there. Hanukkah….Christmas.
But we can’t afford to lose this one too.
The key is the children people. That’s what Christians have figured out. You get the children, you win.
Let’s check out both sides holiday pitch.
Okay Kids…. Easter Weekend is an observation of Christ crucifixion and resurrection so….. BaBam!!!! Babam!!!!
A basket with candy!!! We got chocolate bunnies. We got candy eggs!
Jews what have we got? Well we‘re celebrating our freedom from slavery. So Babam!
Let my people nosh!
We could’ve gone with a freedom themed festival but we chose to focus on the slavery part of the dinner.
Hey five year old, basket filled with candy and jelly beans or horseradish still in root form.
Would you like the treat a magical bunny brought you or a bone from a dead baby lamb? Don’t worry we used it’s blood to mark the door?
Oh which egg am I gonna go for, the one filled with chocolate or the one filled with egg? Cuz it’s an actual f-in egg! Cuz that’s what slaves ate. Taste it. Oh wait…before you eat it make sure you dip it in salt water…it represents the tears of your ancestors. Oh good I see you’re making more.
Mispocha. We gotta take it up a notch.
They’re crushing us!
I’m not saying we lose our tradition. We gotta adapt it!
With a slight nod towards recruitment. I’m not saying we gotta go Jehovah’s Witness on this thing? But what’s wrong with bringing a little Zazz.
Thinking outside the box, We got a great story here. Moses parting the red seas. How’ve we not turned it into a waterpark?
Did you see who the Christians booked as a special guest star?
They got Tebow?
Tim Tebow. Superstar NFL quarterback. Helping them celebrate easter.
Who do we have? Same guest every year. Eliyahu. He can’t even be bothered to show up.
So Jews! We gotta step it up a bit! .

Apr 11, 2012 / Blog