The spirit of the holiday season has just swept across the French National Assembly. On December 22, the nation’s representatives — or, more accurately, the handful in attendance — passed a bill that would criminalize the denial of the Turkish massacre of the Armenians in 1915. It was as much a gift to the government…
As the countries and peoples of the Middle East seek to forge their political futures, they, or at least some of them, are searching for models of democracy that they can follow. Of course, they can look to democratic theory, but how many ordinary people will crack open John Locke, the Federalist Papers, or John…
Let’s face it: Once you get past the turkey and stuffing, this whole Thanksgiving business raises as many questions as it answers. We’ve all been hearing since we were kids that this is the great all-American holiday, the one that belongs to everyone regardless of color or creed. Its simple, universal message, we learned, is…
“Do Jews celebrate Thanksgiving?” To many American Jews, this questions seems to have an obvious answer. A holiday that involves copious amounts of food and stressful gatherings of relatives? Of course, Jews celebrate it! Yet, questions posted on the websites from Yahoo to UrbanBaby show that confusion persists over whether Jews observe the day. And…
I recently came upon a thoughtful piece from Dr. Janet Chrzan of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and Founder of the Oakmont Farmers’ Market in Havertown, PA. Chrzan wrote about an experiment she did (as a mental break from her academic writing) about the cost of food. While trolling through old…
2 eggs 1/3 cup water 1 cup matza meal or panko bread crumbs 1 ½ teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons paprika ½ cup sesame seeds 2 broiler/fryers (about 2 ½ – 3 pounds each) cut into eighths ½ cup melted margarine or olive oil preheat oven to 350 degrees Farenheit. Lightly grease large baking pan. Beat…
2 eggs 1/3 cup water 1 cup matza meal or panko bread crumbs 1 ½ teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons paprika ½ cup sesame seeds 2 broiler/fryers (about 2 ½ – 3 pounds each) cut into eighths ½ cup melted margarine or olive oil preheat oven to 350 degrees Farenheit. Lightly grease large baking pan. Beat…
You know what they say: One is an anomaly, two is a coincidence, three is a trend. What about four? That’s how many leading commentators have weighed in over the past week with astonishingly gloomy prognoses about Israel’s future. They come from both left and right. The consensus is that the Jewish state is on…
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