Anyone that has actually tried to make Matzos using the blood of little Arab children will tell you that the Matzos come out an unsightly pink and too salty for our taste.
My children grew up in a world filled with uncles, aunts, grandparents, cousins, nephews, nieces and other relations. I did not. In my entire childhood I never met a grandparent, uncle or aunt, cousin, nephew or niece. Nada. The only relatives at my birthdays or graduations were my mom, dad and brother. It wasn't until I went to Israel in 1965 at the age of 20 that I met very distant cousins.
A Muslim viewing this YouTube video of Charlie the Kosher Cocker-Spaniel might think it's an insult to Jews. That perhaps some anti-Semite put a Yarmulke on a dog to show that Jews are just like filthy dogs. But he would be wrong. Anyone looking at this video can tell it was scripted by a Jew. Who else would have this great sense of humor?
And so today in this time in history while most of world Jewry celebrates the miracle of Hanukkah and the eight days of light, I celebrate the chutzpah of spirit to fight against a superior army and win. I honor the memory of those Jews who recognized evil and refused to tolerate it or bend their knee in subjugation.
When Jews recall these events during their holy days, it is to remember that bad things happened but that we persevered and we endured. No one is urged to find a gentile and kill, enslave or convert him.
To all my Jewish Friends - Happy Passover and enjoy this flash presentation of Who Let the Jews Out?.
Just as the Christians had their 12 days of Christmas, the Jews had to have their holiday but at wholesale, not 12 days bubele, but for you, only 8 days.
Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the trailer
Not a creature was stirrin' 'cept a redneck named Taylor...
The Rabbi found that his house, which he only built three months prior, was torched and probably robbed. In the Ukraine you do not put money in a bank since one never knows when it will collapse; instead the Rabbi had put his money in a small safe in the home.
A custom among many Jews during the second day of the Rosh Hashanah holiday is to recite prayers near natural flowing waters such as a river and to symbolically get rid of their sins by throwing bits of bread into the water.
