I saw a kid dressed for Purim in my neighborhood on Sunday wearing sweatpants, basketball shorts, a hoodie, an Obama mask and a gigantic afro wig. :-\
― bi-polar uncle (its OK-he's dead) (Phil D.), Thursday, 20 March 2014 15:21 (ten years ago) link
Speaking of which: http://www.jpost.com/National-News/Israelis-who-dressed-up-as-Ku-Klux-Klan-members-on-Purim-make-waves-on-Facebook-345846
The JPost's coverage is pretty weaksauce too -- "A tasteless brand of humor, or a clever display of satire?" No, it's fuck you.
― james franco tur(oll)ing test (Hurting 2), Thursday, 20 March 2014 15:27 (ten years ago) link
secretly always resented the cantors b/c they would just sing x 5 everything the rabbi just said thereby lengthening the boring service.
― bnw, Thursday, 20 March 2014 15:32 (ten years ago) link
http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201403191756-0023572
― ∞, Saturday, 22 March 2014 03:36 (ten years ago) link
oh jesus
― socki (s1ocki), Saturday, 22 March 2014 18:41 (ten years ago) link
NAGL for the jews
― quincie, Sunday, 23 March 2014 00:33 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWzK5mVuGzM
― Mordy , Thursday, 27 March 2014 20:27 (ten years ago) link
xpost My first reaction is that no way were Israelis stupid enough to dress as the KKK for Purim, but then I thought, yeah, pretty much everyone is stupid enough to do something that stupid.
Back in school we had to read transcripts of the original Klan meetings, and it's kind of amazing how many people showed up to join. Iirc, it's basically like:
"blah blah early Klan stuff"
(guy raises hand) "Can Jews join?"
"No. Blhal blah more Klan ..."
(another hand goes up)
"Can Catholics join?"
"No" And so on.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 March 2014 20:49 (ten years ago) link
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/mitt-romney-corners-matzo-market
Bain Capitol buying Manischewitz
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 8 April 2014 14:47 (ten years ago) link
They should go heritage brand with it
― ביטקוין (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 14:50 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/passover-with-a-strictly-biblical-flavor/2014/04/07/f6893c04-b531-11e3-b899-20667de76985_story.html
How Karaite Jews celebrate Passover (I've never heard of them before)excerpt:
The Torah’s Book of Exodus, Chapter 12, offers one description of the instructions for Passover fare: “The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: [Each household] shall eat [lamb] roasted over the fire, with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs” (Jewish Publication Society translation).
Remy Pessah of Mountain View, Calif., follows those words and long-standing family traditions each year at Passover time. Born in Egypt, the 66-year-old chemical engineer turned fiber artist was raised with Karaite Judaism. (“Karaite” is a form of the Hebrew word “karaim,” or “followers of Scripture.”) She joined the Karaite community in the San Francisco Bay area, which by some estimates includes more than 200 families. Pessah’s Seder table reflects this Jewish movement that takes its cues directly from the Tanach: the Torah, Prophets and additional texts known as Writings.
“Our Seder is pretty much different from the rabbinical Seders,” Pessah says. “The way we read the Haggadah, the preparation of the Haggadah, the whole atmosphere.”
It indeed differs, both in terms of the Haggadah, the book of readings that tells the Passover story and guides the Seder, and the meal. There are no Four Questions at a Karaite Seder. There is no fruity charoset and no wine — the latter is a fermented product. Instead, Pessah serves homemade grape juice.
The rabbinic Seders that Pessah referred to are what most observant American Jews know as the standard. Those Seders are based largely on the ancient rabbis’ redaction of the Tanach. That redaction is called the Oral Torah. The Karaites see the Oral Torah an interpretation rather than hard-and-fast rules. Some of the several thousand Karaites in the United States, especially those far from the Bay Area enclave, practice a mixture of Karaite and rabbinical traditions. The biggest Karaite community resides in Israel, and another pocket lives in Turkey.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 11 April 2014 19:42 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/passover-seders-move-to-nights-that-work-for-busy-lives/2014/04/13/3eca9316-c106-11e3-bcec-b71ee10e9bc3_story.html
No Karaite Jews quoted here. This is about how Passover's 8 nights, and you may as well do the seder on a night that works for everyone to get together (according to some).
― curmudgeon, Monday, 14 April 2014 14:47 (ten years ago) link
We actually had a seder last night which is kind of ridiculous but that was what worked for my very secular in-laws.
― ביטקוין (Hurting 2), Monday, 14 April 2014 14:48 (ten years ago) link
It's that time again!!!!
Hey Jews I wrote a little passover ditty, sung to the chorus of "Eye of the Tiger":
It's theBread of afflictionIt's the bread of the JewsRisen bread--it's not kosher during Pe-sachAnd my boss--says "be careful! It is con-sti-pa-ting"I-don't-care-I-just-ate-sev-en sheeeeeeeeeetsOf the mat-zah
― quincie, Sunday, April 12, 2009 9:44 PM (11 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Monday, 14 April 2014 16:07 (ten years ago) link
loool
― ביטקוין (Hurting 2), Monday, 14 April 2014 16:08 (ten years ago) link
ooooh I need matzah crack recipe--the stuff with toffee and chocolate and nuts. Anyone?
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Monday, 14 April 2014 16:09 (ten years ago) link
i love that song
― gbx, Monday, 14 April 2014 19:41 (ten years ago) link
I need matzah crack recipe
hold on a sec let me ask my wife
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 14 April 2014 19:46 (ten years ago) link
http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2008/01/chocolatecovere/
Via google, but have never made it.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 14 April 2014 19:51 (ten years ago) link
here's the one we usehttp://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-chocolate-caramel-matzo-brittle-recipes-from-the-kitchn-47589
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 14 April 2014 20:01 (ten years ago) link
Awesome, thanks!
I am seder-less this year, but I'm still gonna eat seven sheets of matzah, dammit!
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Monday, 14 April 2014 22:16 (ten years ago) link
happy passover, jews!
I am so going to make that matzah crack omg
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 00:02 (ten years ago) link
Happy pesach y'all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr4LSdALxpI
― ביטקוין (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 16 April 2014 02:11 (ten years ago) link
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sportingscene/2014/05/americas-only-ballpark-synagogue.html
― Mordy, Friday, 16 May 2014 04:01 (ten years ago) link
everyone agreed that a gift-shop synagogue was better than no synagogue at all.
I guess so
― curmudgeon, Friday, 16 May 2014 17:53 (ten years ago) link
http://www.drf.com/news/oy-gevalt-derby-winning-trainer-nice-jewish-boy
― curmudgeon, Friday, 16 May 2014 17:58 (ten years ago) link
my bro just tweeted this:http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2014/05/29/an-open-letter-from-the-shondes/
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 21:38 (nine years ago) link
They being dropped from the festival because of their support for the Boycott Israel BDS thing has gotten lots of media attention in DC, and they got a non-fest gig opening for DC punk band Priests instead.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 16:15 (nine years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/for-jewish-groups-a-stand-off-between-open-debate-and-support-of-israel/2014/05/28/409c397e-dab5-11e3-b745-87d39690c5c0_story.html
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 16:30 (nine years ago) link
Caught this on a plane and it was frequently hilarious
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCNw8gNCtng
― 龜, Thursday, 5 June 2014 12:27 (nine years ago) link
kinda take umbrage at the suggestion that 20th c humor is Jewish humor
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link
idk who that guy is that made that claim tbh
It reminds me of those "Salt Explains World History" type books, you know, a grain of truth but take with a grain of, er, salt?
― ₴HABΔZZ ¶IZZΔ (Hurting 2), Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:55 (nine years ago) link
yeah I mean it's obvious that Jewish humor is HUGE in the culture of American comedy but... maybe it would be more accurate to delineate pre-60s and post-60s, cuz once Pryor is on the scene I mean gtfo
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:58 (nine years ago) link
The guy who made it seems like kind of a dweeb (my favorite part of the doc is when Bob Einstein lays into him) but he gets a lot of interviews with a lot of funny comedians
― 龜, Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
shakey mo, my DC shul shopping (which is rather lol for a non-Jew) led me to a Reconstructionist synagogue, where I will/would totally go if/when I were to actually convert. I go to High Holy Day services there and it is awesome and reconstructionism is a good fit for a not-feeling-the-personal-god-thing person such as myself.
― quincie, Thursday, March 20, 2014 4:27 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh dang hold on which synagogue? are you going to Adat Shalom? b/c my parents were founding members and I was born into that congregation. I miss it a lot!
― What Is It Like To Be A HOOS? (silby), Friday, 6 June 2014 19:24 (nine years ago) link
^^^yes! Adat Shalom!
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Friday, 6 June 2014 23:08 (nine years ago) link
wooo that's awesome
― What Is It Like To Be A HOOS? (silby), Saturday, 7 June 2014 01:22 (nine years ago) link
IDGI, why would you convert? save yourself time and money and get a nicer desk chair.
― display name changed. (amateurist), Saturday, 7 June 2014 01:27 (nine years ago) link
or some noise-cancelling headphones, those are good.
have I mentioned in this thread that I met my husband on JDate? HE IS NOT JEWISH BTW I mean I tried to marry in but was foiled.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Sunday, 8 June 2014 16:32 (nine years ago) link
wait, you're not jewish and you married a non-jew but you're looking for a shul? and you were both on jdate?!
― socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 17:09 (nine years ago) link
quincie contains multitudes
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 17:22 (nine years ago) link
I failed at keeping kosher, if that helps.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 17:45 (nine years ago) link
well looks like we'll be enrolling little V in the Sunday "Judaism School" offered by the Reconstructionist Temple I mentioned somewhere upthread (Or Shalom). I only know one other family there but their girls know V from our preschool co-op and I like them a lot so we'll see how it goes.
One odd thing that came up was that my wife was surprised that we have to pay membership fees to join the Temple. My wife grew up in a Catholic family (although she never attended church, catechism, etc.) and thought this stuff was free. I kinda assumed the Catholic Church is probably about the only religious institution that can afford to offer services for free, but I don't really know how it works with other churches. I figured everybody's gotta tithe/pay dues (how else would anything get paid for), this can't just be a Jewish thing right?
― Οὖτις, Monday, 16 June 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
That had never occurred to me, but it makes sense. Synagogues are only loosely affiliated with central organizations (e.g. United Synagogue) and I don't think they are funded by them. I assume catholic churches get money from the big church.
― Hier Komme Die Warum Jetzt (Hurting 2), Monday, 16 June 2014 20:22 (nine years ago) link
the Catholic Church just owns so much shit, real estate, etc. but the vast majority of religious institutions aren't like that. most aren't even centralized the way the Church is.
― Οὖτις, Monday, 16 June 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
I'm more surprised to hear that catholic churches provide free sunday school
― Hier Komme Die Warum Jetzt (Hurting 2), Monday, 16 June 2014 20:37 (nine years ago) link
I'm not sure they do tbh. I don't know any Catholic parents sending their kids, and asking people who grew up going to Catholic School isn't really helpful since when does a kid ever know what costs money.
― Οὖτις, Monday, 16 June 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
baruch dayan emes, r' zalman schachter-shalomi passed away
― Mordy, Thursday, 3 July 2014 18:33 (nine years ago) link