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POSTED: 7:22 am MDT April 22,
2005
Jib Jab, the online designers famous for turning the song "This Land Is Your Land" into a cartoon poking fun at the presidential election, released a new animation Thursday night.Matzah features a hip-hop Hebrew, Smooth-E, rapping about matzah, the unleavened bread observant Jews eat during Passover, which starts this weekend.
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The video is available at JibJab.com.The main character is reminiscent of rapper Eminem, and appears in front of rap-video cliches. It also features a burning bush -- part of the story of Exodus, which is told at Passover -- but no George W. Bush.It claims that matzah tastes like the boxes it comes in.The site allows users to download the movie for $2.99 or the soundtrack for 99 cents.
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More: Visit Our Passover Section The video is available at JibJab.com.The main character is reminiscent of rapper Eminem, and appears in front of rap-video cliches. It also features a burning bush -- part of the story of Exodus, which is told at Passover -- but no George W. Bush.It claims that matzah tastes like the boxes it comes in.The site allows users to download the movie for $2.99 or the soundtrack for 99 cents.
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