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TuB'Shvat: Celebrating the Superbowl
Uri Yudewitz

G-d Only(simchas) Knows
Geoff Dworkin

The Day the Simchas Died
Ben Tetris (Avi Korn)

Polygamy Catching on
Rachel Pomegranate

The Bochur
yitz farbowitz

Is Ellen Feiss Jewish?
seth galena

Tom Petty's It Isn't Shiayach
Adam Kenigsberg

The Simpsons, Jewish?
Robert Schneider

The Real Slim Shloimie
Eli Levin

Not so Glamorous in Glamour
Kyra Lindsay

Jewish Honest Classified Ads
Miriam Lazar and Deena Grant

How to teach in English in China
Sarah Galena

Who wants to marry a Boro Park Millionaire
martin bodek

My Sister's Grand Dragon Boyfriend
Alisa green

80's movie UWS Dating Lessons
Remfan

Modern Orthodox Quiz
Ahava Leibtag

National Geographic's Journey to the Upper West Side
Avi Korn

60 ways to appear frum and intellectual
Michael Winner and others

Before the West Side was Won
Momoney

Questions New Yorkers can Never Answer
travis from Queens

TV: Bad for Israel?
arye dworken

Date to keep in Shape
benji joffee

Film: Conjuring Before G-d
Jon Duker

YU Chooses New Pres
Eli Clark

Jewish Deep Thoughts
Ari Greenberg

Inside Dougies
Evan K.

Observant Observations of OZ
simmy kustanowitz

Jew Years Resolutions
jenn goldi

Hollywood L'atid Lavoh
Jordan Hiller

Meeting the Parents Scorecard
Gary Strong and Avi Korn

Jewish Featured Headlines
arye dworken

Canceling Simchat Torah?
Leah Granoff

The UWS "Al Chaits" Isaac Galena

Choose you own Dating Adventure Ahava Leibtag

Entertainment Rebbis
Isaac Galena

The Dating Dictionary
Ahava Leibtag

Single Gal Wedding Guide
Jessica R./Jessica M.

New York Vs. Out of Town
Chuck Cohen

WWF star Chyna, Frum?
Arye Dworken

Dividing things Jewish and Goyish
Isaac Galena

The Jewish 80's
Noach Bernstien

Datin, the Cheap Way
Avi Korn

J-escort service
Eli Goldmann

"It" Girl
Miriam Abramowitz

Foot-IN-Mouth Epidemic
Avi Korn

Jaded by Zemiroth
Lon Smolensky

Purim Special Report
Judah Levine

Press Your Luck
Danny Fax

Upper West Side Story
Arye Dworken

Guta Neshama Hunting
Arye Dworken

Casting Calls to Conference Calls
Isaac Galena

As far as the calendar goes, this is a pretty light part of the year for Jewish holidays. Yeah we know Purim is coming up and a month and a half ago we had Chanukah but what gets us through January? The Jewish festival known worldwide as the Super Bowl, uh, I mean, Tu B ' shvat!

 If you really looked at it closely though, there are a lot of similarities between the new year for trees and the end of the year for football (unless you count the Pro Bowl which is about as popular as fried rats). Let ' s examine closer, shall we?

 Tu B ' shvat is the new year for trees and we celebrate all things natural. And, how could we forget some of the greatest moments in football, outdoors on the frozen tundra, or shvitzin '  in Miami or raining in the Meadowlands? The forces of nature have played their position well in football history, and for that we owe then a day of appreciation.

How about how trees come in all shapes and sizes? Have you seen some of the behemoths (translation to Judaism: beheimas) on the football field? Some of them look like bucksur! Not to mention there are so many NFL birds that make their nests in trees: Ravens, Falcons, Eagles, Seahawks and Cardinals. how grateful must they be on this joyous holiday in celebration of their homes fields (branches).

And what about plants? Have you seen some of the kickers? Tampa Bay ' s Martin Gramatica, all 5 ' 7" 140 pounds of him, reminds many of a gnat more than a tree, but Sebastian Janikowski of the Raiders at 6 ' 3" 240 is like a cedar of Lebanon.

 I also believe that goalposts are made from wood which, last I checked, comes from trees. Plus the benches the players sit on are made from wood, and I think trees like sunlight and Gatorade, no?

 So there you have it. It turns out that G-d knew what he was doing when he made Tu B ' shvat in January. Either that or the NFL has some insight that would make the Kabbalists cringe.

And what about the Pigskin?...uh, I won't go there.

 And, finally, what would this column be without a prediction for the big game.

 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27, Oakland Raiders 20. It ' s a lesser of two evils thing (My mother would never let me root for the hated Raiders).

However, with one team playing from OAK-land, and the other nicknamed the Bucs (short for bucksur) TuB'shvat is getting the last laugh this year, more than ever.

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