Bill Hicks, z”l
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the death of stand up comedian Bill Hicks. Hicks, who was notorious for his scathing commentary on evangelical Christianity would have had a field day with all this Passion business, thus making this “yahrzeit” a particularly relevant one. To quote one of Hicks’ routines discussing the Christian charge of Jewish deicide, “If I thought the Jews killed God, I’d worship the Jews. Those are some pretty powerful people right there…”