One of the nursing homes in my hometown is currently holding an exhibition. It is an exhibition with a difference as the artists are some of the residents themselves.
Mrs B. (a former art teacher) volunteers once a week at the old people’s home. She has two groups: the people who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease and [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 29, 2008
Art and Older People
June 29, 2008
Some People Have Been Working
This week’s Haveil Havalim (the #171 edition) is up at Imabima while this month’s edition of Kosher Cooking Carnival is hosted by West Bank Mama.
June 27, 2008
Where I Have Been This Week
Everyone Needs Therapy gives sound advice to parents on how to bring about a healthy discussion about high-risk behavior with your teenagers.
At Hirhurim you will find the beginning of an ongoing series of guest posts by leaders from across the Jewish spectrum about why people become Orthodox. So far two Conservative rabbis, Rabbi David Wolpe [...]
June 25, 2008
Salmon Patties
A great and quick recipe for leftover challah, originally found in Healthy Helpings by Norene Gilletz.
The patties are tasty and moist. Apparently, they freeze well and can also be reheated if made in advance. I much prefer salmon but you can also use tuna.
Salmon Patties
(serves 2 people)
Ingredients:
leftover challah
1 can salmon (or tuna)
1 small onion
1/2 celery [...]
June 24, 2008
No Gemara but Numerous Commentators
This is my second contribution to a summer exploration of Pirkei Avot along with Leora and Frumhouse. After a short discussion on its name, I decided to deal with two of its particularities.
Pirkei Avot is a tractate of the Mishnah. The Mishnah itself falls into six orders. Each order consists of 7-12 tractates; there are [...]
June 22, 2008
Good News Too
Gilles Bernheim has just been elected chief rabbi of France. He succeeds Joseph Sitruk who held this post for 21 years.
Bernheim was born in Aix-les-Bains in 1952 where he grew up. His parents would have liked their son to be a doctor but instead he studied philosophy and became a rabbi in 1978. After his [...]
June 22, 2008
Sad News
Just when we thought that anti-Semitic attacks in France were on the wane, a seventeen year-old was severely beaten up yesterday by a group of six or seven teenagers in the 19th district of Paris.
The boy was identified by his attackers as Jewish as he was wearing a kippah. He was walking in broad daylight [...]
June 20, 2008
Friday Baking
Like most Jewish women on a Friday, I’ve been baking. I made leek foccace and carrot cake.
The recipe for the foccace is not mine but comes from The Parve Baker.
As for the carrot cake, I posted the recipe on Wednesday.
Update: the foccace, piping hot from the oven, a few minutes before candle lighting.
June 19, 2008
End of Year Quiz
It is always dificult to get students to work when the school year is virtually over. So last night I divised a quiz to keep my freshmen busy this morning.
END OF YEAR QUIZ
Politics:
- Who is the British Prime Minister?
- Who are the two candidates for the American elections?
- What party do they belong to respectively?
Geography:
- [...]
June 18, 2008
Carrot Cake
I found this recipe more than ten years ago in a cookbook on Moroccan Jewish Food.
Gâteau aux carottes (serves 6 people))
Ingredients:
3 eggs
2 cups of flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup oil
2 cups shredded carrots
2 slices of pineapple (crushed)
100 g of sultanas
100 g of walnuts (crushed)
1 pkt baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
vanilla essence
Beat the eggs. Add sugar, oil and [...]
