On Being Arjewish (FAQs)

How can you be Argentinean AND Jewish? Isn’t it oxymoronic? Didn’t your country harbor Nazis after WWII?

It IS possible to be something I like to call “multi-cultural”. My Jewish family fled Eastern Europe, escaping pogroms and systematic oppression, shortly after WWI and settled in Argentina. The reason Nazis were given amnesty in Argentina is a complex one not easily answered here, but it’s safe to argue that Juan Peron was a douchebag.

Who came up with the portmanteau Arjewtino?

Captain McDreamy, being the anti-Semitic, racist, self-loathing homophobe that he is, originally started calling me Jargy last year, combining Jewish and Argy (originally a disparaging slur used by the British during La Guerra de las Malvinas), but since the comedic essence of the name lies in HOW it sounds, the name wouldn’t translate into the written world. My friend Baby Bien, during a moment of beer-infused inspiration, came up with Arjewtino.

Are you really ranked ninth in Google searches for “jewish men prefer shiksa”?

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Do you really have a facial hair rivalry with El Guapo?

There are many ways Argentines are better than Guatemalans. Our facial hair is just one criterion. Though El Guapo often reports in his blog on the status of his majestic moustache, no one’s ever actually seen it. This makes me the clear winner.

Are you as good-looking as you think you are?

Probably not. But it’s pretty close.

Did you like Evita?

Did anyone?

Does singing “Don’t cry for me Argentina…” to you ever get old?

It’s the equivalent of a co-worker telling me, “Someone’s got a case of the Mondays”, which I often do.

Have you ever won an award through blogging?

Yes. In January, Smash G Funk held a contest in which the 50,000th visitor to her site would win an autographed photo of her. I was the 50,002nd visitor. But since no one claimed to be the winning visitor, she awarded the prize to me and two others. I am a winner.

Also, Best DC Blogs awarded me Classiest Blog of the Month in February ‘07 during the same time I was up for Worst DC Blog. I know, pretty cool.