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Mountain Mama Musings

A few weeks back I was asked by the cool kids of Seersucker Live, Savannah’s no-pretension literary group, to write a little something based on the illustration at left. And read it. In front of people.The event was “An Evening of Jazz to Benefit Adult Literacy sponsored by Royce Learning Center,” and the idea was that three literary people (me ...

Moroccan Mofleta…..The First Leavened Bread After Passover

If you happen to mention mofleta to a Moroccan, the response will very likely be something like “ahhhh, mofleta, my Savta’s mofleta is the best!” Mofleta is made from dough very similar to pita dough, with just a touch more oil, and it is cooked in a frying pan like a large pancake. Good mofleta must be made from very thin dough, and is quite ...

More Flotilla Fun

I just love those hilarious frummies at BangitOut.com — in a totally platonic and appropriate way, of course. Except I can’t tell if I’m chuckling in an appropriate way or if it’s that kind of maniacal laughter that precedes a night’s stay in a padded room…Read More: @ yoyenta.comTags: flotilla fun, more flotilla funYou might also like:Stuff Chabad LikesI Was Told There’d Be ...

Monster Ketchup For The Ten Plagues

Here is it, the simplest monster party idea ever, monster ketchup, and right now it’s all about monster ketchup for the Passover Seder, you know for the plague of dam (blood)! Most of us don’t have time for more than a ten minute craft at this point, so this one’s perfect, and if you buy some new ketchup for Passover ...

Money doesn’t buy happiness and marriage doesn’t make your problems go away

My friend has a problem, he hates his job, he hates his single life and he hates New York – when I tell him to leave his job and leave New York, he says that he has a steady paycheck and can’t afford to leave. I find this all very entertaining and if you heard me yelling at him on ...

Molestation May Be kosher, but Incest is More of a Gray Area

I once mentioned that one of the reasons molestation is covered up in the frum community is because it’s really not mentioned in the Torah or halachic response. There is no halacha against touching that little boy in the mikvah, sure rape might be a little different, but nothing wrong with a little fondling right? Now there’s this pretty nasty ...

Modern Orthodox and Frummies operate on the same principles

This was sent to me by a lawyer in NY who started a correspondence with me a few weeks ago and in his initial email to me he called me a virtuoso. I’m honored and the insights he shares below are actually quite interesting – I received permission to post this.Read More: @ Frumsatire.netYou might also like: Two Lakewood boys are sitting ...

“Modern and Modest:” Interview with Nina of Alltumbledown

When not memorizing Latin declensions, Nina, a graduate student of history, authors alltumbledown: a modest attempt at style, a blog about the intersection of modesty and daily fashion. In addition to brightly colored pencil skirts and everything sequined, she is a fan of Mad Men, the quickly-disappearing Jewish Lower East Side, and the printing press. She currently calls both Philadelphia and ...

Mmmm…Matzoh Crunch Ice Cream

Oh, it’s hawwwwt out, my mishpotech, and I don’t mean like Hugh Jackman in a pair of Levi’s. Savannah in the summertime is a little like residing within a steamy bowl of soup, except there’s less carrots and no lid to escape. Lawdy, have mercy on my sweaty soul. Fortunately, there is a glorious respite from this scalding misery called ...

Mittness Protection Program Dropped in Jerusalem

WSJ reports that some reporters will be allowed at the Romney Jerusalem fundraiser. WSJ also reminds us that, “President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign was quick to note that Mr. Obama did not hold fundraisers on his visit to Israel as a candidate in 2008.”Original post:CNN Politics Political Ticker reports that Romney will bar reporters from his Jerusalem fund raiser at the ...

Mitt Romney’s Magic Mormon Underwear and Beating Willows

I know I’m not the only rabbi who watches Bill Maher’s HBO show “Real Time” religiously. I say “religiously” with tongue-in-cheek because I’ve never missed a show and the comedian has become increasingly anti-religion in recent years. Like many religious leaders I tune in to Bill Maher’s show (actually I DVR it and watch it mid-week whenever I have a ...

Mitt Romney and his Homosexualist Agenda

850 Plus Rabbis Denounce Romney as a “Dangerous Homosexualist”Urge Mormon Church to Sanction HimThe Rabbinical Alliance of America, a 70 year old organization of over 850 Orthodox Jewish Rabbis in the United States and Canada, serving approximately one half-million religious Jews, has condemned the decades long pro-homosexual record of former Governor Mitt Romney.Spokesman Rabbi Yehuda Levin declared that “While our ...