Jewneric: A New Platform for the Jewish Voice Archives: Holidays
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9 January 2008
Questions from the Non Jews
As vice president of the Touro Law JLSA (Jewish Law Students Association), it is my duty to plan events around the holidays, or even just for the education of those students who are not Jewish. We have had many events such as lunch/dinner in the Sukkah (see previous post for pictures), Grill the Rabbi BBQ, [...]
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1 January 2008
The Greatest Jewish Ballplayer Ever
Imagine this - it’s Game One of the World Series. The most dominating left-handed pitcher of the last 50 years is getting ready to take the mound for your team. He just came off of a season pitching over 335 innings (today’s pitchers are lucky to crack 235), struck out 382 batters (200 [...]
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24 December 2007
What Are you doing on Christmas?
A friend of mine (who is not Jewish) called me today to ask me, “What do Jews do on Christmas?” I asked him if he wanted the stereotype or the truth. He asked for the stereotype first. I told him that, “We eat Chinese food and play cards.” He laughed and said he [...]
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23 December 2007
The Halachot of Festivus
Festivus is celebrated each year on December 23rd. For the uninitiated, Festivus comes from a Seinfeld episode in which George Costanza’s father creates a holiday because he is sick and tired of the commercialism of the “holiday season,” you can read more about it here. What started as a sitcom plot point is now celebrated [...]
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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
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8 October 2007
Sukkah Hop with Law Students
Below are a few pictures of the Touro Law Sukkah. This is a completely new Sukkah, 14′x20′ that has been purchased specifically for this new building.
This picture was taken after the tables and chairs were taken out, but there were 4 long tables that fit comfortably and the space was decorated by myself and few [...]
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2 October 2007
Virtual Sukkah Hop - Washington, DC
Here is a picture of our Sukkah. It is located right outside of Washington, DC. It’s big and blue, and adorned with artwork from the grandchildren, a paper chain, and artwork from our artistic grandfather, as well as various gourds and pumpkins for the fall season. Thanks to modern day Sukkah technology, ours was put [...]
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30 September 2007
Virtual Sukkah Hop
One of the mitzvot of Succot is to invite guests (Ushpizzin) into the sukkah to share in the simcha of the holiday. With that in mind we at Jewneric would like to welcome you into our various sukkahs in Jewneric’s first annual virtual sukkah hop. As you visit our sukkahs please feel free to leave [...]
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26 September 2007
Chag Sameach
Chag Sameach (Happy Holidays)
from all of us at
[*picture drawn by Talya Weinberg on Facebook's graffiti application]
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26 September 2007
Fear and Loathing in Passaic, NJ
Rachel Krich’s recent post regarding swastikas and other Nazi paraphernalia showing up in upper class Manhattan neighborhoods inspired me to pay more attention to the kind of event that usually leads me to merely shake my head and keep my thoughts to myself. But this year, the emergence of National Socialist enthusiasts has touched far [...]