Today is January 31, 2025 / /
Today is January 31, 2025 / /
Ok, so we are probably the only person in American who thought it was pronounced the way it is spelled. Then again, back in 1976, when we saw our first road sign for La Jolla, we thought it was pronounced the way it is spelled, too. Gosh are we dumb or what? (Hey, we took Continue Reading »
More and more, it seems as if the rules of kashruth have less and less to do with what it says in the Shulchan Aruch and more to do with some notion of how much can we assur (forbid). We wonder how come non-glatt meat is readily available in Florida, but not in NYC? It Continue Reading »
This summer, after serving the shul for 26 years, Rabbi Ephraim and Esther Zimand of Traditional Shul in St. Louis, are making aliyah. This past weekend, the shul held all manner of programs in their honor and much Torah was taught in their names. On Sunday night, we enjoyed a most sumptuous dinner at the Continue Reading »
Just in time for the sunburn season, the I’M NOT MARTHA email letter sent out this good advice for sunburn sufferers. Sunburn Treatments *Aloe Vera According to MJ Campbell, Aloe Vera is top on Hawaii’s list of treatments for Sunburns. Aloe Vera is a miracle treatment for sunburns. It is an antibacterial substance that helps Continue Reading »
We got a super note from Kosher Nexus Editor Deborah Wenger. Feast your eyes on this one: This was on TeaneckShuls: Kosher Bandana Summer Sale! PRE-TIED BANDANAS & PRE-TIED HEADBANDS- tons to choose from. Come check out the NEW PRE-TIED TICHELS in multiple tie-dyed & solid prints. ********** Deborah adds: Has the community reached the Continue Reading »
We recently read a press release from a shul that was announcing the arrival of its new rabbi, a transplant from another part of the US. Typical of such pieces, this one, too, contained lots of puffery as well as high hopes and aspirations. As we read the article, we were fairly impressed with all Continue Reading »
BUGS: If you turned off your water filter for the winter, now is the time to turn it back on (ie, NYC residents only). During the winter, there were no copepods. Now that the weather has gone warm and the water is starting to warm up, the copepods will once again be microscopically visible. So, Continue Reading »
Coffee may cut risk of gout, study finds By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – If men ever needed a reason to justify that extra cup of coffee, here it is: four or more cups of coffee a day appear to reduce the risk of gout, Canadian researchers said on Friday. Gout is a painful joint Continue Reading »
Well… I want to sign us up with the Technorati blogging community. It requires me to write a posting to that effect to prove that I am authorized to sign us up for this community. But it also asks me to provide a link to my profile on Technorati. I’m not sure exactly what that Continue Reading »
Back in the 70’s, the story was that Fresca was milchiqs. It wasn’t, but that didn’t stop a certain class of people from spreading that crazy rumor anyway. In truth, that was the first of what we now recognize as a long chain of misinformation. Here is the latest iteration of that sort of stuff. Continue Reading »
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