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My week of absurdly random media mentions continues. Yesterday, I was mentioned in a Vanity Fair article -- oddly -- next to Woody Allen and Philip Roth. Today, I was mentioned in an article on the Daily Beast about the apparently growing trend of Christians naming their kids “Cohen.”

My quote appears on the third page of the article:

“I don’t find it offensive at all,” says Benyamin Cohen, the son and brother of Orthodox rabbis and the author of My Jesus Year, which recounts the tale of his tour through the world of Christianity. “If you’re not Jewish, I have no reason to expect you to follow my laws. I’d rather if people name their kid Cohen than if they name it Britney. At least Cohen means something.”

Read the full article here.

May 7, 2009 11:37 AM Filed under Misc., Press

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