For reasons best known to the buccaneering community, September 19, 2009, also known as Rosh Hashanah, was declared International Talk Like A Pirate Day by the Talk Like a Pirate Webpage. They celebrated the Jewish New Year in a variety of ways, but with fewer apples, pomegranates or black-eyed peas than usually eaten by my…
Arrrr. National Review’s John Derbyshire was inspired by the new book “Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean” to get cracking on fleshing out the concept of Jewish pirate culture. “What do they say? What are they called?” He came up with a couple ideas, among them “Yo ho ho an’ a bottle of Manischewitz…” Readers weighed…
The JTA reports: The discovery of an ancient cemetery in Jamaica has stirred speculation that Jews used to take part in piracy. Several Jewish graves were found outside Kingston last week, some of them marked with the skull and crossbones, Yediot Achronot reported Thursday. The classic symbol of piracy suggests there were Jews involved in…
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