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In the following anecdote substitution of the word Russian for Yiddish kills the joke, though I am sure that many more Jews today speak Russian than speak Yiddish.
Community Kills
In Patriot Games (1992), militants try to kill Harrison Ford and his family; in Blown Away (1994), a lunatic IRA man sets off bombs all over Boston; and in The Boxer , the rogue agent kills an old man, beats women, and bombs pubs.
The hate killer values life and thinks he is committing a great deed and making a grand statement when he kills.
But the thing that always kills me about these politician-dallies-with-comely-staffer stories isn't the adultery or even the hypocrisy, it's how these affairs undermine the work of the other women (and men) who hold the same jobs as the old guys' paramours.