Vera Blum was once accused of being too Jewish pride or what not. So she decided to come up with --

The List of Jewish Shame

Encompassing all aspects of secular Jewish life, in no particular order:

1. Egal Amir -- he killed Itzhak Rabin

2. Monica Levinsky -- self-explanatory

3. Noam Chomsky -- if you don't know already, read about him here. If that's not enough, look here. If you are under the impression that he's a good linguist, well. He's greatest contribution to linguistics was the idea that all languages are structured like English, only they don't know it. For all I know, Chomsky is probably a genius. He writes books nobody can understand.

[Update: if you dig a little, you find a lot of dirt on Chomsky. So, if you still believe that Chomsky is a great linguist, check out: this link-o-matic and Armitas, a linguist and a blogger who likes to debunk Chomsky on all fronts. More linguistics crap is here. A grad student in Linguistics told me ones that Chomsky is a fraud who likes to reinvent himself every 15 years. Chomsky's curious attitude towards his own Jewish people is discussed by his own Jewish people in depth, of course. For instance, see Diary of an anti-Chomskiate and this Dershowitz editorial about Chomsky refusing to debate Dershowitz. Of course, Chomsky occasionally debates people, who inevitably crash his little annoying evasive self. So, here is his CNN debate with Bill Benett. And don't forget that Chomsky was strangely fond of Khmer Rouge, so yeah, it's not all about the Jews. So anyhow, there is a bunch of other great links, including this outstanding undergrad honor thesis, also dealing with Cambodia, this piece on Hypocrisy of Noam Chomsky, and this one, Noam Chomsky: a Critical Review, and this short one about Chomsky and postmodernism. Oliver Kamm has the greatest review of Chomsky's books. So yeah, you get the idea. Btw, it's rumored that Chompsky owns two HUGE house, four boats and an Audi. I don't know if it's true, but this best-selling author mast be doing something with his money.]

4. Henry Kissenger -- self-explanatory

5. Jaques Derrida -- redefined intellectual masturbating for the second half of the 20th century. Apparently, the guy has no life. Why else would a philosopher produce pages and pages of word play? And why should I read it? Supposedly, he wants to reintroduce play into criticism, but his grammar is dull and unbearable. After you spend hours and hours trying to decipher what the hell he means, all you can come up with is something pathetic, like this or that aspect of our culture is a cultural construct. Do'h!

6. Bobby Fisher -- read about him here

7. Perry Farrel -- bad music, bad drugs

8. Lazar Koganovich -- This onetime Stalin's acolyte is responsible for the deaths of millions. I believe he lived to 101.

9. Alan Ginsburg -- Vera Blum is biased against poetry that doesn't rhyme.

10. I'm drawing a blank... Help me out here.