Fri, Dec 05, 2008

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Jewcy Book Club

This week:
and My Jesus YearDumbfounded
Welcome Authors
Benyamin Cohen
&
Matthew Rothschild
who are posting all week.
Coming up:
  • 12/08:
    Seth Greenland

All Comments by Batya

I'll look for good ol' Hagen Daz or an apple.
Great point.  Even though numerically we are, others are terribly phobic about us.  They think we rule the world.
08/19/07 1:52 am

Even innocent yellow jello has rennet, from the cow's stomach.

Yes, it'll never taste the same!

Really!

And I do promise to visit in the future.  If any of you are interested in seeing me in Shiloh or Israel, just let me know.

Shavua Tov

The Jewish People is thousands of years old.

Judaism predates Islam and Christianity.

Only the Jewish People have a National History as an Independent Nation in my corner of the middle-east.

There never was a Palestinian Nation nor a people of that name, and actually, the same goes for Jordan.  The British invented it to give a kingdom to the Hashemites.

That's the truth.

Hebrew is a first class, primary (there must be a  proper linguistic term for it) language, while Yiddish is, at best, a dialect used by some ethnically, European Jews. 

Hebrew is for both holy and everyday events.

Jews come from all over the world, and there are other Jewish dialects besides Yiddish.

Even though all four of my grandparents came to America from eastern Europe, my Yiddish is just New York slang.  I've been studying and speaking Hebrew for 40 years, though I must admit that my written skills are horrendous.  Living in Israel, where Ashkenaz Jews are just another ethnic group, and my grandchildren are Tunisian (via their father,) I rarely use Yiddish, unless there's no Hebrew equivilent.

Thanks for the birthday withes.

Shabbat Shalom

I'm going to have to post some sort of explanation, ok?  I'll write it up now, including a map.
08/09/07 11:33 am

How I, a resident of Shiloh, made such a mistake?  But the Mishkan was constructed while Bnai Yisrael wandered for 40 years.

Thanks and Shabbat Shalom

For those strictly, very strict in their kashrut, wine is another problem.  It also needs a hechsher.