An email has been going around containing a slide show about the dangers of mild explosives. The son of the producer was injured when caps exploded in his pocket.Thanks to Aidel Maidel for the technical help in embedding the document.The Jerusalem Post summarizes: [The JP, perhaps erroneously, … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2008
More on Hyper-tzniut: Shawl-Wearer Spotted in Borough Park
March 11, 2008 by
When I started this blog I never dreamed I would write so much about clothes and tzniut. But since I learned about hyper-tzniut, I've become a bit obsessed with the topic. Y-Love from Jewlicious spotted a super-modest woman in Borough Park: For the first time, I saw one of the followers of veil … [Read more...]
Our English Story Hour
March 11, 2008 by
My town doesn't attract a large number of new English-speaking olim, having been eclipsed by Raanana, distant Beit Shemesh and Modiin. But we now have a new attraction--an English story hour.Our group consists of six or seven families. Some I knew before, and the rest met through our community's … [Read more...]
Remembering Yonadav Hirshfeld z"l
March 10, 2008 by
I received the message below via Soccer Dad via his brother, who was sitting next to us at a Bar Mitzvah when the news came out about the attack at Merkaz Harav. Yonadav Hirschfeld z"l was Soccer Dad's nephew's roommate. The request comes from Yonadav's father.What Can I Do? I am certain you are … [Read more...]
Australian-Israeli protests sexist Nazi artwork
March 9, 2008 by
One of the best things about making aliyah is getting to know people from all over the world. Our English-speaking community consists of Australians, Canadians, South Africans, and Brits the English.The daughter of our Australian friends took an extended trip to visit her grandparents. While there … [Read more...]
Basic skills for children
March 5, 2008 by
Over at Conversations in Klal, ProfK writes about whether children (read girls) should be taught basic homemaking skills. In The Fine Art of Being a Balabusta Part I, she concludes that there's no point teaching girls to sew because the women she knows sew do so mainly for pleasure. Working mothers … [Read more...]
Teens, Sex and Eating Disorders: An Interview with the Therapy Doc
March 1, 2008 by
Never one to turn down free professional advice, I didn't hesitate when blogger Therapy Doc suggested an interview here on my blog. Coincidentally, while "visiting" my blog TD and her husband are in Israel visiting their son in yeshiva; see here (the end of the post) and here. Feel free to leave … [Read more...]
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