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Jewish Standard Time
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Jewish Standard Time -
en jocular later than the agreed-upon time
en 1993 Richard J. Israel The Kosher Pig: And Other Curiosities of Modern Jewish Life It is my conviction that the notion of Jewish Standard Time is essentially a canard. It is not that Jewish events universally start when they are announced. They don't. The point is, that neither do anyone else's. Well, almost anyone: The Germanic descendants of the Anglos and the Saxons and occasional eccentrics among widely scattered ethnic groups do, and that tends to intimidate the rest of us.
en 2014 Faye Kellerman Murder 101: A Decker/Lazarus Novel 2 The kid was on time, which would have been fine except that the students were on Jewish Standard Time.
en 2015 Tasha Kaminsky Your Judaism Jewish Noir: Contemporary Tales of Crime and Other Dark Deeds I don't believe in Jewish Standard Time. That's complete bullshit and part of an agenda to advance the interests of inconsiderate assholes who can't keep time.