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Posted at 05:08 PM ET, 10/03/2012

Wallach: ‘Jewish humor is inherently never mean or vindictive’

By Georgetown/ On Faith

“Jewish humor is inherently never mean or vindictive or about making fun of anyone. It is about the kind of absurdity that is life.”

Ari Wallach, co-founder of the Jewish Council for Education and Research, on the pro-Obama videos sponsored by his Super PAC. One expletive-ridden ad features actor Samuel Jackson.

Read more in the Faith 2012 Quote Archives.

(Marvin Joseph - THE WASHINGTON POST)

By Georgetown/ On Faith | 05:08 PM ET, 10/03/2012

Tags: 2012 Election; Barack Obama; President Obama; Judaism; Mitt Romney; Politics; Quote of the Day; Faith 2012 Quote Archives

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