HEY JEWS

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.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/mitt-romney-corners-matzo-market

Bain Capitol buying Manischewitz

They should go heritage brand with it

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.

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).

We actually had a seder last night which is kind of ridiculous but that was what worked for my very secular in-laws.

It's that time again!!!!

Hey Jews I wrote a little passover ditty, sung to the chorus of "Eye of the Tiger":

It's the
Bread of affliction
It's the bread of the Jews
Risen bread--it's not kosher during Pe-sach
And my boss--says "be careful! It is con-sti-pa-ting"
I-don't-care-I-just-ate-sev-en sheeeeeeeeeets
Of the mat-zah

― quincie, Sunday, April 12, 2009 9:44 PM (11 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

loool

ooooh I need matzah crack recipe--the stuff with toffee and chocolate and nuts. Anyone?

i love that song

I need matzah crack recipe

hold on a sec let me ask my wife

http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2008/01/chocolatecovere/

Via google, but have never made it.

here's the one we use
http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-chocolate-caramel-matzo-brittle-recipes-from-the-kitchn-47589

Awesome, thanks!

I am seder-less this year, but I'm still gonna eat seven sheets of matzah, dammit!

happy passover, jews!

I am so going to make that matzah crack omg

Happy pesach y'all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr4LSdALxpI

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sportingscene/2014/05/americas-only-ballpark-synagogue.html

everyone agreed that a gift-shop synagogue was better than no synagogue at all.

I guess so

http://www.drf.com/news/oy-gevalt-derby-winning-trainer-nice-jewish-boy

my bro just tweeted this:
http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2014/05/29/an-open-letter-from-the-shondes/

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.

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

Caught this on a plane and it was frequently hilarious

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCNw8gNCtng

kinda take umbrage at the suggestion that 20th c humor is Jewish humor

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?

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

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

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!

^^^yes! Adat Shalom!

wooo that's awesome

IDGI, why would you convert? save yourself time and money and get a nicer desk chair.

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.

wait, you're not jewish and you married a non-jew but you're looking for a shul? and you were both on jdate?!

quincie contains multitudes

I failed at keeping kosher, if that helps.

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?

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.

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.

I'm more surprised to hear that catholic churches provide free sunday school

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.

baruch dayan emes, r' zalman schachter-shalomi passed away

i always heard that he used to study w/ shlomo carlebach when both were students of the Lubavitcher Rebbe at 770

temple we're considering joining hosted a talk from this guy, which I consider a positive sign:
http://images.cdn.bigcartel.com/bigcartel/product_images/138731086/max_h-1000+max_w-1000/JEWS!.jpg

now I gotta figure out how much $$$ we can actually afford to join oy

i always heard that he used to study w/ shlomo carlebach when both were students of the Lubavitcher Rebbe at 770

I knew he was old but I had no idea

never realized scheduling a wedding was so difficult. Shabbat + Daylight Savings Time = good luck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buQ1C5RJ2Vk#t=1655

If you've spent most of your time lately thinking about Israel/Palestine, this is a good thing to watch

happy jewish valentine's day!

great clip Hurting thx for posting