TIMELY WARNINGS!
September 29th, 2006
Sound the Klaxon horn loud and clear. Warning, Will Robinson, warning!
Here are two product alerts that you need to know:
TELL US SOMETHING WE DON’T KNOW
September 28th, 2006
From Long Island Newsday, comes this story about Kosher wine. It really doesn”t say anything that hasn’t been said in at least four hundred other newspapers, but, still, it’s always nice to read about Kosher wines.
Not your father’s kosher wine
BY PETER M. GIANOTTI
Newsday Staff Writer
September 20, 2006
Kosher wine, once a shelf of inky and sweet Concords, now is best represented by dry reds and whites from around the world.
From Australia, consider the soft, fruity 2004 Teal Lake Chardonnay, a good choice to pair with chicken and fish. It’s about $13.
Italy is the source for the tasty and uncomplicated 2002 Bartenura Pinot Grigio. About $11. The respectable Bartenura Soave and Valpolicella are about $8 each.
Some fine Bordeaux producers make kosher wine. Consider the 2001 Chateau Leoville-Poyferre, for about $75; and the 2001 Chateau Giscours, about $50. The 2000 Chateau Malmaison is about $38.
You also can rely on the wines of Abarbanel, Recanati, Hagafen, Baron Herzog, Tishbi, Yarden, Roberto Cohen, Barons Edmond et Benjamin de Rothschild and Barkan Wine Cellars. First-rate producers of kosher sparkling wine include Laurent-Perrier, Pommery and Heidsieck.
COKE TO INTRO NEW PRODUCT
September 27th, 2006
Could a new Coke drink burn calories?
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 09/22/06
Coca-Cola’s feeling the burn, and not just from the ever-hot competition posed by PepsiCo.
Coke later this year plans to introduce Enviga, a green tea drink that will claim to have calorie buring powers. Beverage Digest reported Friday that Enviga will appear first in New York and Philadelphia.
The drink, developed by Coke and partner Nestle, has been in the works since last year.
As usual, Coke won’t say much about the new product, which was discussed during a meeting with U.S. bottlers in Atlanta last week.
Coke North America spokesman Ray Crockett said there was “nothing” he could say about the latest reports on Enviga.
Enviga is among many products in the works at Coke. PepsiCo, meanwhile, is developing its own host of new drinks.
Will it be Kosher? Que Sera, sera!
IT WOULD BE FUNNY IF IT WEREN’T SO SAD
September 26th, 2006
South Florida has a paper called ENTERTAINMENT NEWS AND VIEWS. The sub heading is that they are “dedicated to the good life.” Inside this paper are all the usual ads for movies, restaurants, plays, performances, etc. But it was the cover story of the September 2006 issue (vol 26 no. 
that really caught our eye.
Oh, the unconscious irony of it all! But, dear reader, you will have to read on to see what set us off………..
The large headline reads: “Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center Welcomes Special High Holidays Guests”
Written by Dr. Amir Baron, the Exec VP of the shul, the piece is clearly a puff piece (oops, we meant to say PR piece) meant to show off what is clearly a shul with money and a sense of self importance.
We have no problem with sending puff pieces to the newspaper. Shuls do it all the time. This piece came with a photo of the rabbi holding a Torah scroll in front of the open ark and another photo of the Cantor in full cantorial mufti. Down below were photos of this year’s special guests Alon Pinkas and Dennis prager. Along side of that was a photo of the former president of the shul and his entire family (you know, the kind that people send at “that” time of year in a greeting card).
The article mentions that Bill Clinton spoke at the shul as well as seven other bold face names.
There are two kinds of shuls in this world: the haves and the have nots. This one is clearly a have.
Now there is nothing wrong about any of this except for one thing. The entertainment newspaper??? Not the religion section. Not the living section. Not the family section. Nope. They went for the entertainment section.
We wonder, did they realize the subtle under context of that placement? We know two people who actually go to that shul. They refer to it as the big show. Hmmm, maybe they were right. As we said before, if it weren’t so sad, it would be funny.
SHANA TOVA
September 22nd, 2006
As we enter into a new year, the entire staff of the Kosher Nexus Newsletter and the Kosher Nexus Daily Blog all join with me in wishing you a shana tova. Ketiva v’chatima tova to each and every one of you.
May Israel know true peace in the new year, and may we all be the recipients of God’s love and His blessings in the months ahead.
We thank you for being with us day in and day out, we look forward to continuing in the new year, please God.
Shana Tova
Rabbi Jeffrey Rappoport
Editor in Chief
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