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Video: Katniss Everstein Takes On Yom Kippur In "Jewish Hunger Games: Kvetching Fire"
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Rebecca Fishbein
Published Sep 13, 2013
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If all that ritual chicken-slaughtering in Brooklyn hasn't tipped you off already, Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of Atonement, is almost here; starting at sundown tonight, observant Jews and those of us who fear our mothers' wrath will go without food or water for over 24 hours. It's a tough day all around, what with all the fasting and the praying and the guilt—so how do Jews survive it? Why, through the annual Yom Kippur Chunger Games, obviously.
In this pitch-perfect YouTube spoof, Katniss Everstein faces off against a crew of fasting Jews, as they battle temptation from cruel feasting gentiles and P.F. Chang's to make it to that final blessed bagel table:
Note that this film does not include pork, shellfish or Mel Gibson; caffeine suppositories, though, are totally acceptable.
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