Why is the notice hilArious?

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Lion of zion | Homepage | 10.31.09 - 7:16 pm | #

"racy"

actually, "fresh and racy" is pretty funny. So is "Scientific American," in this context.
S. | Homepage | 10.31.09 - 7:30 pm | #

Phrenology may seem bizarre to us moderns, Especially living in a posT holocaust world, but in the 19th c it was a widely accepted science without the dangerous implications it later assumed.

And was a pretty "racy" issue, at least as far as the Jewish article was concrrnrd
Lion of zion | Homepage | 10.31.09 - 7:54 pm | #

I think I've mentioned before that this is one of my favorite pieces of American judaica

have you seen the whole article?
Lion of zion | Homepage | 10.31.09 - 7:56 pm | #

Rabbi Illowy was the first orthodox Rabbi in St. Louis, although he was only here for one year.

I have read that he was close with Rav Shimshon Rafael Hirsch and would correspond with Rav Hirsch regarding matters of halacha.
itchiemayer in St. Louis | 11.01.09 - 2:56 pm | #

Itchie -- for the Illowy-Hirsch connection, see my comment on the previous Illowy post below.
Dan Klein | 11.02.09 - 2:21 am | #