Just when you thought you’d heard everything that’s come from Muhammed caricatures, Iranian overreaction and Holocaust denying, here comes the very first Israeli Anti-Semitic cartoon contest.

The idea that no one can rip us like we rip ourselves is somehow protective, I suppose. And I’m down with a little self-referential self-deprecation for irony’s sake, but the gallery shows that not so many Jews are skilled with an ironic twist of the ink. Out of 10 entries, only the one about Hitler, Ghandi and MLK has a tasty sardonic flavor.

The contest deadline is March 5 and is open to tribe members only. But how do the judges tell the difference between faux anti-Semitism and the real kind? Is there a Torah quiz upon submission?

Have your heard about Valley of the Wolves: Iraq? It’s a charming piece of Turkish production depicting U.S. troops commiting all manner of atrocities and stars real life psycho Gary Busey as a Jewish doctor who harvests organs out of Abu Ghraib prisoners.

You can bet Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s propping his feet up with a big bowl of popcorn.

Tom Tugend of JPost has more to say about it.

Though the Yenta’s free-spirited, beer-soaked college days are long gone (as a creative writing major, I remember being so proud of my first “laptop” — it was an HP the size of Samsonite suitcase and weighed as much as one filled with Norton anthologies), this information might be useful to those looking to scam on Jewish co-eds and for ambitious mothers planning in advance.

Hillel’s Top 10 Jewish Schools

Top 10 Public Universities
1. University of Maryland, College Park; University of Florida, Gainesville (5,400)
2. Rutgers University, New Brunswick (5,000)
3. University of Central Florida (4,500)
4. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Pennsylvania State University, University Park; University of Wisconsin, Madison (4,000)
5. California State University, Northridge; Florida State University; University of Texas, Austin (3,800)
6. University at Albany; Florida International University (3,500)

Top 10 Private Universities

1. New York University (6,500)
2. Boston University (4,000)
3. Cornell University (3,500)
4. The George Washington University; University of Pennsylvania; Yeshiva University (2,800)
5. Syracuse University (2,500)
6. Columbia University; Emory University; Harvard University; Tulane University (2,000)

I can’t believe my alma mater didn’t make the list; it’s always referred to as “Jew of A” by tribe members and non-members alike.

And where’s Brandeis University? How can there possibly be more Jews at the University of flippin’ Wisconsin than there?

Hats off to The Yada Blog for mining this gem on Defamer:

Blissfully unaware of the unpleasant undertones of a young Jewish girl addressing a roomful of Germans about the varied pleasures of having one’s hair shaved off, Natalie Portman recently told a group of reporters at the Berlin International Film Festival how much she enjoyed going follicle free for the shooting of V for Vendetta.

And while I’m tipping my hat to other bloggers more resourceful than I today, here’s to Jewschool for posting your favorite cartoon characters doing what they can to piss off Islam.

Germany’s oldest Muslim institute has issued a dare to Iranian head moron president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to visit Auschwitz.

“In this place of horror he can again deny the Holocaust, if he has the courage,” said a spokesman for the Islam-Archiv-Deutschland Central Institute in response to Ahmadinejad’s public claim that the Nazis’ government-sponsored genocide was a “myth.”

Good to hear some sanity from the moderate corner of the Islamic cupboard! I’m sure they’ve been trying to speak up, but the din in the kitchen is out of control.

…but way too curious for his own damn good, as you can see. And in spite of being mute, Curious George is causing his usual mischief:

This cheeky article chronicles all the ways the spunky primate violates the codes of politically correctness (Imperialism! Animal abuse! Bad parenting!) and reveals that George is indeed a member of the tribe.

In fact, the story of how his German Jewish creators, H.A. and Margaret Rey, escaped Paris on bicycles just as the Nazis were closing in may have inspired their monkey’s devil-may-care attitude in the seven books they authored and illustrated.

(Sadly, Allan Shalleck, the man who took up the Curious George torch to co-author 28 more books, was murdered last week in an apparent robbery.)

Speaking of mischievous monkeys, I’m still planning to make the big screen Curious George (opens Friday, watch the trailer) the first theater experience for my two-year-old. If I have to choose between political correctness and one of my homies, you know which way I’m gonna go.