JEWISH PRESS
A Soldier’s Mother: Why French Jews are Lobsters
by Paula R. Stern
January 14, 2016

…he took two live lobsters home and tried to cook them. He put water on the stove, let it heat up, and then attempted to put the lobsters in…but they kept crawling out. And then someone came and explained to him the proper way to cook lobsters, which are cold-blooded things. You put them in a nice big pot of cold water. Put on the cover…and then turn the flame up. The water will get warm but the lobster will think, “it was cold before; it will be cold again…I’ll just sit here.” Then it begins to get hot…and hotter…and very hot…and each time, the lobster thinks, “it was cold before; it will be cold again…I’ll just sit here…” To the French Jews – you are all lobsters. You stay in a place where the water is getting hotter and hotter…it’s a short flight. Get. Out. Now. READ MORE