Jewneric: A New Platform for the Jewish Voice Archives: Gaming
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21 July 2008
Restrictions on Food Tighten for the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Every person of every creed, race, color and religion is welcome at the Olympics, correct? Well, Rabbi Levi Brackman writes in his column that the strict Chinese regulations on visas and on imports may prevent restaurateurs from making kosher food available at the Games, which make many feel unwelcome. Quoting Rabbi Moskowitz, of Shatz Kosher [...]
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5 February 2008
Keep Monopoly From Being Monopolized! …Or Something…
My own delightful alliteration notwithstanding, there seems to be a bit of democracy being introduced to the Monopoly process. Parker Brothers has announced that there will be a new, internationally themed version of Monopoly. Happily, instead of restricting the streets and businesses to American playboy towns (as the original Atlantic City) or other, cheesier renditions [...]
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9 January 2008
Tehina, Chummus, Turkish salad and.. Babaganewz?
Nope, it’s not a typo. It’s the fun kids’ website that I chanced upon while on indoor recess duty in the computer lab the other day. I saw a couple of the kids log on to the educational website, babaganewz.com, and select various games to play, all with Jewish themes. I promptly tried out some [...]
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31 December 2007
Life Ain’t Easy for a Man Named “Country”
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We all have those stories of people with funny names. I happen to know a Rabbi Jesus, a Mashiach Ben David and a lovable guy a year older than I whose legal first name is Doctor. I kid you not. We all also know people who have been given highly [...]