Jewneric: A New Platform for the Jewish Voice Archives: December 2007
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21 December 2007
The Fast of the Ninth of Tevet
a Medieval Jew carrying wine for the Sabbath
The other day I was reading an article that a good friend sent to me about the fast of the Ninth of Tevet. Although we don’t hold by it these days, according to Prof. Sid (Shnayer) Z. Leiman, “Scroll of Fasts: The Ninth of Tebeth,” Jewish Quarterly Review [...]
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20 December 2007
Jewish Geography and Social Networking
I have had the pleasure of living in many different cities in my life time. 3 countries, 2 continents, 5 Yeshivas, and as any good American I only speak English well, but as a good Jew does I can play Jewish Geography with the best of them. Someone’s uncle usually ate at my dad’s restaurant [...]
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20 December 2007
Hava Nagilah
It appears that Hava Nagilah is now going mainstream. I’m not sure how I feel about this. I’ll share some bits of an email conversation I had yesterday with a friend. For purposes of full disclosure, I ought to tell you that I am Orthodox, having grown up in a mainly Orthodox [...]
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20 December 2007
Those Old Time Lox and Rolls
Approaching the secular new year, I sit nostalgic of the Jewneric that was in the days of yore. Well, that’s not really true. I sit wondering why the only topics people can think to post are food related.
Let’s recap for those who are new here.
Jewneric began in August with posts [...]
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19 December 2007
The making of a modern day neurotic Jewish mother….
I have a secret that has been passed down from Jewish woman to Jewish woman since Sarah, and I am going to let it out here in the open right now. I am going to break the covenant…..don’t try and stop me….here it goes…
As soon as a Jewish woman has a child, a group of [...]
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19 December 2007
“Everyone Knows That Hollywood Sells Californication”
With the preposterous news that broke today regarding Jamie Lynn Spears’ pregnancy, I got to thinking back on 2007’s long list of fabulous female role models: Paris Hilton with her dramatic drunk arrest, big sis Britney Spears plastered on every magazine cover for shaving her head/crashing her car/losing custody/gaining custody/losing custody of her kids, and [...]
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18 December 2007
Odd Jewy Link for Today.
This is not a plug, but I did think these “Shabbos Goy” t-shirts were funny and wanted to share.
Sometimes it is really hard to find a decent shabbos goy (A non-Jew who does work on the Sabbath that a Jew cannot do) when you need one. I was in Israel recently with my wife and [...]
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18 December 2007
Delicious for Chanukah!
Looking for the perfect holiday snack? Need something more substantial to go along with your latkes and sufganiot? Why not Ham? At least, that’s what this clueless butcher thought was a good idea. Isn’t the caption perfect?
Check out the story here: http://nancykayshapiro.livejournal.com/35633.html