First thing one morning the office manager called Jim, an employee, into his office. “How did your grandmother’s funeral go yesterday afternoon?” he asked. “Fine, thank you” replied Jim, puzzled. “That’s great” said the manager, “just seems a pity they’ve got to do it all over again.” “What do you mean?” said Jim” “Well, I [...]
For centuries, philosophers and scholars have argued and debated over the question – must there be a Jewish version of everything? Personally, I think the debate is entirely unnecessary. If you’ve ever endured a non-Jewish deli (with rye bread that looks like Wonder Bread with rye seeds glued on), experienced an Episcopalian attempting to play Tevye [...]
Speak to the entire congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them, You shall be holy, for I, the Lord, your G-d, am holy – Leviticus 19:2 Eyjafjallajökull – the name we all recognise but cannot pronounce – the Icelandic glacier cursed by millions of irate travellers over this past week as an [...]
