May you have an easy fast, and may you be written in the Book of Life.

Rosh Hashana dinners were lovely, as always. I went to my dad's place on Wednesday night (tasty brisket! tasty cakes!), my mom's place last night (tasty rib roast!), and I'm going to Marc's parents' place tonight (tasty cookies!). Oh, and my entire fridge and part of my freezer is full of leftovers, and I expect them to be even more full after ( Read more... )

Happy new year to everyone who celebrates it. May you all have a happy, healthy, and sweet year.

(Paraphrased from The Black Swan)

Even if we accept that 99% of modern terrorists are Muslim, that does not mean that 99% of Muslims are terrorists.

Someone please remind the media of this fact.

Thank you,
A Jew who wonders if this whole thing has gotten out of hand

1. Global Rich List -- Enter your income and it'll tell you where you sit compared to the rest of the world. I was extraordinarily surprised that my entry-level income put me in the top 6% of the world's richest. Where do you fall?

2. How to build a pencil crossbow (pictures) -- I can just see the havoc this one's gonna cause. I wonder how many ( Read more... )

The good news is that I can go back to my usual breakfast of toast and peanut butter. Yay, end of Passover!

The bad is news it that it's going to rain all week, which means I can't do my usual walk into work. (I refuse to walk in the rain and have my feet be wet all day.) I suppose it's walking through the underground city for me.

According to last week's Montreal Gazette, quinoa is kosher for Passover. (Or, at least, many rabbis consider it so, and that's good enough for me.) So when I was trying to find some sort of a not-rice, not-pasta side for my dinner, I decided to try out quinoa ( Read more... )

So, because it's Passover, I can't have pita, roti, or tortillas, but between the two seders, I counted at least a dozen cakes and cookies, all technically kosher for Passover. There's something messed up with this holiday. That, or we've got a spirit vs. letter of the law problem going on here ( Read more... )

Today, I was at a screening of Jenin: Massacring Truth, which was hosted by the CIJR. The movie was interesting and thought-provoking (albeit with a clear bias), and afterwards the conversation among the dozen-odd attendees turned to how to show it to a wider audience, particularly a wider Jewish audience. Someone suggested hosting it in a ( Read more... )

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