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    A Jew’s Christmas in Texas

    All my Xmas live in Texas. That’s why I hang my hat in Galilee.

    byKinky Friedman
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    The Armadillo Menorah

    A miracle of lights in Texas

    byKinky Friedman
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    Not Jewish: Hunting

    Why chasing game through the forest remains the most brutal, boring, indubitably non-Jewish pastime on the planet

    byKinky Friedman
  • Larry "Ratso" Sloman.
    Larry "Ratso" Sloman.
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    A Mensch Named Ratso

    The life and high times of a Queens kid who found his way to Bob Dylan, Abbie Hoffman, Howard Stern, and Mike Tyson

    byDavid Hershkovits
  • Kinky Friedman performing in 2012
    Kinky Friedman performing in 2012
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    The Loneliest Man I Ever Met

    The legendary songwriter, novelist, and Texas phenom is touring on his first new album in three decades, but Kinky Friedman will still sign anything except bad legislation

    byTed Mann
  • Kinky Friedman and Willie Nelson.(MySpace)
    Kinky Friedman and Willie Nelson.(MySpace)
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    Willie Nelson and the Jews

    Country Willie turns 80 and we celebrate his collaborations

    byAdam Chandler
  • (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original images Shutterstock and Joe Philipson/Flickr)
    (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original images Shutterstock and Joe Philipson/Flickr)
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    Bond. Jew Bond.

    Jerome Charyn’s crowd-pleasing new mystery novel exiles his larger-than-life hero Isaac Sidel to Texas

    byKinky Friedman
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    Kinky Friedman to Run for Texas Governor?

    The cosmic cowboy may ride the campaign trail again

    byAdam Chandler
  • President Obama earlier today.(Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images))
    President Obama earlier today.(Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images))
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    Sundown: Construction in Hebron

    Plus, Obama and the Jews, Obama and a Jew named Kinky, and more

    byMarc Tracy
  • Speaker Joe Straus.(Texas House of Representatives)
    Speaker Joe Straus.(Texas House of Representatives)
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    Jewishness Raised in Texas Speaker Race

    Call for ‘Christians and true Conservatives’ instead of Straus

    byMarc Tracy
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