02-21-2006, 11:00 PM
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The story so far: Danish paper publishes cartoons that mock Muslims. An Iranian paper responds with a Holocaust cartoons contest.
Meanwhile, in response to Irans call for anti-Semitic Holocaust cartoons, an Israeli graphic artist and comic publisher, Amitai Sandy, has announced an anti-Semitic cartoon contest of his own, in which only Jews can participate.
Yesterday, I heard Sandy interviewed on NPRs Fresh Airjust fantastic. (You can listen to it here. http://tinyurl.com/kv7u8)
He talks about how the ability to lampoon oneself is tied to self-confidence, and it's quite compelling. I also loved his reason for why he wouldn't have published the Danish cartoonsnot because they shouldn't have been published, free speech and all that; they just weren't funny.
He also gives some examples of the cartoons which have been submitted already, my favorite (as it were) of which is: Two guys at a used car lot. The Jewish buyer asks the salesman how many Jews can fit in the car they're looking at. The salesman tells him, "Oh lots. You can fit two in the front and three in the back and six million in the ashtray." Beat that, Iran.
I love this contest. There's just such a brilliant bravado about it; it's the best response imaginable.
"We will show the world we can do the best, sharpest, most offensive Jew hating cartoons ever published!" said Sandy "No Iranian will beat us on our home turf!"
Submissions will be accepted from [Jews] all over the world and winners will be displayed in Tel Aviv gallery.
http://tinyurl.com/kqmfd
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My mom turned me on to this. We laughed till we cried. It would take me over three thousand years to explain why we found the ashtray joke hysterical. 
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