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Male and Female Deodorant: A Comparative Study

I was watching the Daily Show online over the weekend and I was fascinated with the commercials, two in particular, which streamed almost back to back. Maybe you saw these commercials too. They’re good. They’re entertaining. I liked the music. It kept me focused for the entire 30 seconds.And it made me think.Not about AXE shower products for men, or about Degree ...

Making Your Website Work for Your Synagogue or Jewish Organization

Quite often I get asked to consult synagogues on their Web presence. The first thing I do is take a look at their current Web site and try to determine in which year it was created. I can usually tell its production date within a few years based on several factors. I then explain what a Web site should do ...

Making the Four Children Speak to Us

One of goals of the Passover seder is make this ancient, traditional ritual speak to us today. On Monday night, throughout the world, Jewish people will retell the story of the Exodus with the commentary of the Haggadah.For me, the most poignant part of the seder ritual is the section describing four different individuals. These four children have been used ...

Making Sukkot and Simchat Torah Meaningful for Children

Sukkot is a colorful holiday full of meaning for children. A good way to get kids involved is to have them decorate the sukkah. Sometimes the whirlwind of activity can take on an energy of its own. Therefore, it’s important to take time to explain that the sukkah is holy, that we are beautifying it for the Shechina, and that ...

Making reservations for succos this year

Things are getting pretty interesting in this town of Shaker Flats, MN. My favorite shul, Congregation Eruv Rav, invited all shul members, and especially the children in the community, to a sukkah decorating party this Sunday, after Yom Kippur. All are welcome to bring arts and crafts supplies and make this the nicest sukkah ever. The theme this year is ...

Making it “True”

On Tuesday, Evan Fallenberg taught us how to lie. He is the author of When We Danced on Water, a novel.How much of my book is true? I could say ‘all of it,’ I could say ‘none of it,’ and both answers would be correct.In order to create real characters that you, the reader, will believe, I must make them as true ...

Makin’ Matzas

Baruch Hashem, the Brody family now has our hand-baked matzas from the Komemyut Moshav bakery in the south of Israel. They’re super expensive, but worth every cent. Besides, the Gemara tells us that Hashem grants us our Shabbat and festivals expenditures above and beyond our standard annual allotment.Read more: lazerbrody.typepad.comYou might also like:Shmura Matzas, Shmura HeartSpiritual Cause and EffectRegards From Tornado ...

Makeup makes girls look like idiots at their own weddings

Usually the girl looks pretty hot at her wedding, I’ve noticed that no matter how ugly she is in real life, on her wedding day she magically looks gorgeous – radiant may be the right word, the only problem is the makeup, especially the trend in frum circles to go for the Gothic eye shadow.Now I am a bit biased, ...

Make Your Sefira Count – Review the Six Constant Mitzvos

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Make Your Own Puff Paint!

I am in love with the idea of simple art projects that involve making your own medium and then using it to create something. Sort of like chemistry 101 meets creativity in the kitchen! Last week we made our own watercolors here, and this week we made our own puff paint! Puff paint definitely falls in the category of the ...

Make Way for “Girls”

I was really wary of watcing HBO’s new female-driven comedy, “Girls.” I’d heard a lot of not-great reviews and was afraid it would read like an emo version of “Sex and the City,” which I was never fan of to begin with. I don’t typically fall for awkward comedies a la “Arrested Development,” either, as they tend to make me, ...

Make Vegan Kosher

The other night, I went out with my roommate to a local Rastafarian vegan restaurant. We had an awesome time, partially by the fact that they give out free alcohol (you know, to get around the whole not having a liquor license thing). But mostly because the most expensive thing on the menu is $4.50.This got us thinking. Why aren’t ...