Image by roger_mommaerts via Flickr Pesach is just around the corner and a reader asks for suggestions on how much matzah to order. We get around 1 kg (2 lbs) per person. Organized readers, please share your experience. West Bank Mama asks for pro-Israel posts: Gil Troy has written a blog … [Read more...]
Interesting Posts #1: Support the Jewish Library in Vilnius
January 19, 2010 by
I am going to adopt the style of Life in Israel and Parshablog and number my lists of interesting posts. I'll start with number one, even though it's not the first. A Soldier's Mother with a video on Israel's unique role in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. The OU's marriage … [Read more...]
Carnivals and Links with Mynah Bird
December 23, 2009 by
This bird was identified by Hanan on Facebook as a mynah and not native to these parts. I wrote about another invader here: A Sukkot for the Birds. For more pictures go to Leora's blog. She's hosting a Fall Holidays Edition of JPix, the Jewish blog photography carnival. Fruma Sara hosted … [Read more...]
Links on Choosing Schools, Planets, Water and Carnivals
December 4, 2009 by
A guest poster at Life in Israel asks whether he should send his daughter to a charedi or a religious Zionist high school, and wonders why so many Zionist American immigrants choose charedi schools. I don't know that this is only true of Americans. Maya at How to Be Israeli cut her water bill in … [Read more...]
Carnivals, Segregated Buses, Sidewalks, and Swine Flu
October 29, 2009 by
I wrote a guest post for the Welcoming Olim blog on Writing Checks in Israel. Check out the rest of the blog for tips on health funds, ulpan, national insurance, and more. The Jerusalem Post reports on the legal battle against public buses that require women to sit in the back: The … [Read more...]
Links
October 21, 2009 by
Haveil Havalim is up at Ima on the Bima. Speaking of Ima, I won a book by accident when I commented on her post about female rabbis in literature. But she didn't give the book a very good review, so I asked her to hold on to it. I'm sure Phyllis won't mind sending it to someone else so let me know … [Read more...]
Back-to-School Links
September 1, 2009 by
Now that the crisis has been resolved and the kids are back in school, I've collected links for your reading pleasure: This Borough Park woman makes $100 to $200 for combing lice out of people's hair. Jill Miller Zimon updates on an Ohio Supreme Court Case about a woman fired for taking too … [Read more...]
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