Every October, it’s impossible to open a newspaper (or a digital newspaper, known in some circles as a  “blog”) without reading some article talking about the decline in American values as evidenced by our choice of Halloween costumes. Everyone makes the same joke–”What next, a sexy stripper?”– and some people get creative about it, trying to find the least sexy thing to make sexy. Like a sexy clown. Or sexy Darth Vader with a leather fetish.

At any rate, this conversation got stale at least a decade ago, and we’ve just been waiting for an even more racy costumed holiday to complain about. And thank Adonai, we’ve finally found one, thanks to the World International Zionist Organization’s complaint that Purim is getting too damn hot. Read More