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Babs bloper remixed

From Daily Jews:

She is best known for her love ballads such as Woman In Love and themes from movies such as Hello Dolly, but now Barbra Streisand is set to conquer the dance charts with a song that samples an x-rated expletive outburst she made.

A few weeks ago at her concert in New York, Jewish songstress extraordinaire Barbra Streisand got into a bit of a ruckus with a member of the audience who disagreed with the way she portrayed George Bush during a comedic moment during her gig.

When the heckler expressed his displeasure, Babs retorted with the words "Shut the f**k up" and now those words have been sampled as part of a new dance track by a New York-based musician.

According to showbiz blog TMZ.com, Lucian Piane aka RevoLucian is still waiting to hear from Barbra as to what she thinks of his tune. "It portrays her in a positive light, making her into a champion," he said. But what if he doesn’t get her approval? "Shut up if you can't take a joke!" he says.

Not so "Jewish" Chronicle

Is the Jewish Chronicle aiming to tempt its readers to sway towards messianic Judaism?

Messianic Jews, for those who don't know, are those who believe that Jesus is the messiah, which of course is a million miles away from being Jewish.

Twice in the last few months, features have appeared in the Jewish Chronicle in which readers are invited to visit websites that promote messianic Judaism.

The first time it was to visit a podcast aimed at converting Jews to Christianity and this week, it's saying that Messianic "Jewish" rapper 50 Shekel is a top 10 Jewish interest on You Tube.

Maybe, the JC could have first visited the home page of 50 Shekel who these days uses his name Aviad Cohen and discovered that for the last couple of years he has become a messianic Jew keen to spread the word that Jesus is the messiah.

Next time the Jewish Chronicle decides to write something about the internet, it should really do some proper research on subjects it is writing about.

As the so-called "organ" of anglo-Jewry, one would have thought the Jewish Chronicle would make sure that any external links it provides whether in paper or indeed online are checked before being published.

Today it's messianic, what could it be tomorrow?