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Synagogue Bans High Holiday Auctions in Wake of Violence

Lawrence – One orthodox congregation is not taking any chances with its traditional High Holiday auction this year, they have decided to take the auction out of the sanctuary and make it social. Temple Beis Hagaiva board members unanimously agreed to scrap the auction after two members “nearly killed” each other last year when they entered a bidding war for ...

Sweet Like Honey

One thing I’ve learned since I started Kosher certifying a grocery store’s bakery section is that there are a lot different types of honey. Last week, I was a guest on the Fox2 Detroit Morning Show’s cooking segment called “Cooking School.” I wanted to display various foods related to Rosh Hashanah, so I went to Johnny Pomodoro’s Fresh Market in Farmington ...

Sustenance

So, it’s an educators’ conference. You can imagine, we are caught in our business casual pastel prints and scarves, pencil skirts and ballet flats. All but two of us are women, all educators, ages 23 to 60. This is the Jewish Women’s Archive’s summer Institute for Educators, and we’re here to learn more about the role of Jews in the ...

Surprise Accomplished

Last post I had to get all furtive about why I’ve been a slow Yenta because there was a VERY BIG SECRET at stake. You should know by now that beguilement is NOT my strong suit (unlike loquaciousness, kvetching and tailored linen in a size 6, which ARE my strong suits) and it was terribly difficult for me not to ...

Suprising… and Not So Much

After a hail of French police gunfire relieved humanity of the noxious presence of Mohamed Merah, the 23-year-old Algerian-Frenchman who murdered seven people, including three children, in cold blood and declared himself ready to enter paradise, his soul must have really been surprised. If, that is, he had a soul and wasn’t just some demon in human guise.Unsurprising for those ...

Supreme Court: “Blatant” Bias

The Regavim Association has issued a report showing that the Supreme Court gives blatant preferential treatment to left-wing associations. Regavim, The Association for the Preservation of State Lands, conducted a four-year review of lawsuits brought by various groups, and how those groups were treated in the “pre-ruling” stages, “when the legal merits of the various cases are not yet known.”Read ...

Super Cheesy

Sure, this could be a post about Anthony(’s) Weiner. I must be teetering over the edge of a hugely un-hip middle age, because all I could think about yesterday during Breitbart’s sadistic unveiling and the congressman’s teary, embarrassing press conference was “Oh, his poor mother.”Why must it be so difficult for people in committed relationships—not only high-profile politicians with ambitions—to comprehend ...

Summer Crafts For Kids: Sunburst Popsicle Stick Art!

Here’s a relatively quick craft project that could be great for a group of kids or just a few. I think these sunbursts would look fabulous covering a whole wall at a day camp, brightening up an outdoor room, or as a kindness project to decorate a retirement home or a children’s area in a local hospital. Think about it! ...

Summer Crafts For Kids: Sculpting With Paper Strips!

Here’s a nice spur of the moment craft to get your kids interested in three-dimensional thinking. I was thinking modern art sculpture, while my five year old was thinking tunnels. And actually his version was more practical as he then used it together with some Playmobile figures and cars! A whole city to use with a train set would be ...

Summer Crafting: Painted Stick Snakes

Here it is, the perfect summer craft for the snake lovers in your life! Isn’t this great? I can say that since I didn’t make it. All you need is some acrylic craft paint and a good eye for finding perfect sticks! The sticks you’ll need should just be sling-shot shaped— you can break or saw off the branches to ...

Summer Camp Online Photos: The Good, the Bad and the Oy Vey

Like many parents I was concerned that my son wasn’t getting enough sleep while he was away at sleep-away camp. As it turns out, it was my wife’s lack of sleep that posed a bigger concern. Each night beginning around 11:30 she would sit anxiously in front of the computer screen scanning each new photograph as it was uploaded from ...

Summer at the Teaneck Swim Club, the Tenafly JCC Outdoor Swimming Pool

The start of summer. With nice weather ahead we look forward to swimming outdoors every day in Tenafly or Teaneck.TSC open on weekends now and every day starting 6/21/2012.JCC OTP open on Sundays now and every day starting 6/17/2012.And here are some of the other pools that we’d like to swim in…We’ve been to some of themCool pools: 10 favorite ...