Jackie Mason Racist to Call Obama Schwartza? Al Sharpton Responds

Jackie Mason is fending off racist labeling after a comment he made about President Obama during a performance at Feinstein's at Loews Regency.  In his show Mason called Obama a schwartza which is a Yiddish word...

The "B" Word: Barack, Baruch, Benediction and Blessing

Some were sceptical when Barack Obama told Jewish voters that his first name had the same Semitic root as Hebrew "Baruch," meaning "A blessing." [1] Although further speculation (not by Obama) that Barack was...