Jewneric: A New Platform for the Jewish Voice Archives: April 2008
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17 April 2008
Davening Man Removed from Plane
On Wednesday night, an Orthodox man boarded a United Airlines flight from JFK to San Francisco. Before the flight took off, he went to the back of plane to daven, probably Mincha (Maariv could have waited). The crew asked him to sit for takeoff, but since he was in the middle of the [...]
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17 April 2008
The Limits of Freedom
At the Seder we ask a myriad of questions. We are fortunate to have answers for most of our questions. One question however, has two seemingly contradictory answers.
In the earlier stages of Magid, we claim that Matza is the bread of affliction that we ate in Egypt. We are eating [...]
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17 April 2008
Dream Jobs
Many of us have dreamed of working in a high profile industry: sports, publishing, television or the movies. The work may sound exciting, almost like it is not work at all!
Many do gain significant satisfaction by working in an industry that is glamorous and exciting. But remember, it is still a job and sometimes [...]
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17 April 2008
Super Easy and Quick Flourless Chocolate Cake
This is a favorite, not just for Pesach, but all year because it is so delicious. Small slices, please, it is very rich.
Ingredients:
1 12 ounce package of bittersweet chocolate chips
1 stick margarine (4-ounces)
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup strong coffee, brewed and cooled
3 eggs
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Use a greased 8-inch springform pan. [...]
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16 April 2008
Jewneric Comes to a City Near You Soon. Will You Be There?
For a little while now, we, the Jewneric Partners, have been considering throwing a party. Well, actually, it would be a series of parties. Well, actually, it would be a series of phat networking events (I’m bringing back the word “phat”). Well, actually, it would be a [...]
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16 April 2008
The Trouble With Antisemitism
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15 April 2008
Dvar Torah Fodder for the Seders
Most people who read this website are probably also scurrying to clean their houses for Passover (leaven be gone!) and searching high and low for divrei torah for the Seders. In the interests of satiating that need and self-promotion, here are my two suggestions for you if you want to rile up your family and [...]
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15 April 2008
The Pope Goes to Synagogue
Never in the history of the papacy has a pope visited a synagogue in America. In fact, popes have only visited two synagogues ever before, that is until this Friday. On Friday, April 18th, Pope Benedict XVI will make an historic stop at the Park East Synagogue for twenty minutes or so, late [...]
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14 April 2008
Family Stress During the Job Search
Searching for a job can be stressful, not only personally but with outside stress as well. Family and friends can often be insensitive with questions or comments such as, “Why aren’t you working yet?” or “You’re still in that dead end job?”
It is important to manage the stress as much as possible during the [...]
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14 April 2008
Crunching the Jewish Art Numbers
For those of you who haven’t stumbled across the great toy in Google Trends, I highly recommend it. I’ve crunched the numbers below to try to illustrate where Jewish art stands. GT allows you to search up to 5 items, and “see how often they’ve been searched on Google over time.” In the graph [...]