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Sun Jun 26, 2016, 08:52 AM Jun 2016

Meet Ahamed Weinberg: The Jewish-Muslim-Catholic Comedian

By Sam Kestenbaum
June 26, 2016

Grrowing up, Ahamed had a one-of-a-kind answering machine message. It would leave some callers perplexed.

“As-salamu alaykum, you’ve reached the Weinbergs!”

Ahamed Weinberg, now 24, is channeling his hybrid identity into comedy.

The son of a Jewish father and a Catholic mother who both converted to Islam in Philadelphia, he’s spent years explaining his name and religious background to friends. How does he have an Islamic surname — after the Muslim prophet Muhammed — and an Ashkenazi Jewish last name?

http://forward.com/culture/343471/meet-ahamed-weinberg-the-jewish-muslim-catholic-comedian/

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Meet Ahamed Weinberg: The Jewish-Muslim-Catholic Comedian (Original Post) rug Jun 2016 OP
"It's raining frogs, and everyone's picking them up and licking them." kentauros Jun 2016 #1
Heh, I never heard of him before. rug Jun 2016 #2
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