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What Hath Daniel Craig Wrought?

This week’s Tattler column looks at the plight of Jewish men

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December 07, 2012
Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, and her son Henry arrive at Newark airport on a British Airways flight from London.(Splash News)
Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, and her son Henry arrive at Newark airport on a British Airways flight from London.(Splash News)

Today on Tablet, Rachel Shukert looks at her British facsimilie Rachel Weisz and her marriage to Daniel Craig as proof that Jewish men may have a tough road ahead.

We in the Jewish community disagree on many things. We fight about the administration’s relationship with Israel and the legality of the settlements; whether Iran poses an existential threat, or if we should fire the cantor when her contract comes up. But on one important geopolitical issue we remain absolutely united, along with the rest of our human brothers and sisters of all races and creeds: Daniel Craig is the hottest man on the planet. He is James Bond. The smoldering savior of humanity, the ultimate prize for any woman or man with eyes and/or a working set of reproductive organs. And he chose, of his own free will and with no visible nudging from his mother, to marry a beautiful and accomplished Jewish woman. How is Aronofsky supposed to compete with that? How is Aronofsky, or any of the Jewish men who see his plight (and persona) as reflective of their own, supposed to compete with that? Who is going to want to marry them now?

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