The 3 Samurai

By Joe Katzman on January 22, 2004 2:09 AM | 2 Comments | 1 TrackBack

I thought this was good one: bq. The story goes that a powerful Japanese emperor was once looking for a new chief Samurai to head up his imperial bodyguard. After a year-long search only three contenders had come forward who felt they could meet the challenge � a Japanese samurai, a Chinese samurai and a Jewish samurai. [read the rest...]

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Japan and Jews from The Inscrutable American

Excerpt: Via Winds of Change, I read this article at Totally Jewish.com about the similarities between Hebrew and Japanese and hypothesizes...

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#1 from FH | January 22, 2004 3:00 AM | Reply

Great stuff! Thanks Joe.

#2 from Independant George | January 22, 2004 3:42 PM | Reply

How do you say 'oy' in Japanese? Suddenly, the possibilities for Samurai Jack seem limitless.

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