March 27, 2025

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Mordechai Schmutter

Mordechai Schmutter is a freelance writer and a humor columnist for Hamodia and other magazines. He has also published seven books and does stand-up comedy. You can contact him at MSchmutter@gmail.com.

Articles by Mordechai Schmutter

Car Sick Ad D’lo Yada

I love Purim as much as the next guy (unless the next guy is the owner of a new carpet), but I have to say

Smooth Operators

So I’m still on the phone. If you don’t recall from last week’s article, or have blocked it out, I’m currently trying to transfer phone

My Call Is Important to Them

I’m on the phone. No one loves sitting on the phone with customer service, but you’d think that the most efficient companies for this are

Armed and Dangerous

If you have boys, things will get broken. For example, in my house, I have this one wall in the kitchen that we’ve had to

Long Story Short

Every year, in honor of President’s Day, I present a bunch of fun facts about one of our presidents, going in chronological order. I plan

Letting Your Mind ‘Rome’

How often do you think about the Roman Empire? Probably more often than the Roman Empire thinks about you. But apparently, according to a recent

How to Hate Yaakov

Disclaimer: Baruch Hashem, we are living in phenomenal times, when all of the antisemites around us are finally outing themselves so we don’t have to

Bad Boys

Sometimes you look around and you can’t believe how lacking we as a society are in intelligence these days. But I believe in looking at

Two Heads Are Better Than One

Welcome back to “How Should I Know?”—the advice column that used to run on a regular basis until, as a cost-cutting measure, it was decided

What Should I Bring?

That’s always the question when you go away for Shabbos: “What should I bring?” There’s no easy answer. The hosts are providing the food. So