Path to White House Runs Through (Non-Kosher) Jewish Deli in Philadelphia

Hymie's Deli, a non-kosher Jewish deli in the Philadelphia suburbs, has become a focal point in the presidential race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

A video ad supporting President-elect Trump was posted on YouTube on Saturday, October 19. The ad, sponsored by the Republican Jewish Coalition, featured three Jewish women seated in a booth discussing some of the issues in the campaign.

A few days later, the same deli was used for a competing ad supporting Vice President Kamala Harris.

The ads were featured in a commentary by talk show host Michael Smerconish and posted on YouTube.

The deli, which serves traditional Jewish foods, is not under kosher supervision. In a response to a question on the internet about whether the meat served is kosher, the owner replied: "No, we are not a kosher deli. We are more of a "New York" style deli-restaurant, but we do sell meat & cheese together as well as bacon, etc..."

If you look very closely, you will see that the coffee mugs on the table bear a clearly non-partisan, non-political message:

LIFE

LIBERTY

PASTRAMI

Here is the Smerconish post, including both ads.

Enjoy!

"Trumped" Takeoff on "The Producers" - Love Him or Hate Him, You'll Love This Parody

Mel Brooks didn't know what he started when he created the Broadway and Hollywood hit musical and movie The Producers.

Late night TV host Jimmy Kimmel has taken the show and created a hilarious parody, tying it to the Republican primary contest that's playing on our TV screens every day and night.

Of course the bigger than life center of the parody is presidential candidate Donald Trump. Whether you're for him or against him, you should find the satire very funny. As we said when we posted the Bernie Sanders bad lip reading video last week, Jewish Humor Central generally avoids political humor, but this one was just too funny to resist. Like the original musical, this parody includes a few choice Yiddish words.

As Daniel Kreps wrote in Rolling Stone,

The Producers stars Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane reunited for Jimmy Kimmel's post-Oscars special to appear in a trailer for a faux-sequel to their hit musical. "Just in time for the election, it's a story that starts off funny then gets really, really depressing," the trailer warns of Trumped, which finds the two producers hopping aboard the runaway train known as Donald Trump.

"Max, do you realize that under the right circumstances it might be possible for us to make more money from a losing candidate than from a winner? First we find a bad candidate, then we raise money like crazy and we promise all the donors an ambassadorship, to Italy or Sweden or Armenia," Broderick's Bloom proposes, planting the seed of the Trump campaign.

You can read the rest of the review here.


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