They may be Facebook or msn Messenger addicts but when it comes to using the Internet for school youngsters are not so efficient.
Since September our school is supposed to have entered the Information Age. In short, we put the students’ grades online either after each test or once a term, some teachers (not me) make [...]
Mary has a new meme: Window Views. Check her blog for windows from all over the world.
In French Sephardi synagogues there is no tradition of praying for the state of Israel even though most people have relatives there. In French Ashkenazi shuls however – whether they are Orthodox, Masorti or Reform – a prayer which is included in the siddurim is said each Shabbat for the welfare of the State [...]
I took these photos this afternoon in Hyères (South of France).
On Tuesdays, just post any photo you like (it must be one of your own) that contains the color RED and then link to this blog.
I was served this dish on Friday night, it is light and tasty and doesn’t take long to make.
1 zucchini per serving
olive oil
balsamic vinegar
thyme, basil or rosemary
salt
Wash and peel the zucchini lenghtwise. In a small bowl, mix 3 tbsps olive oil, 1 tbsp vinegar, salt to taste and the herb of your choice. Brush the [...]
These photos were taken last Wednesday in Montagny-lès-Buxy, a small village in Burgundy that is famous for its Chardonnay.
For more flowers from around the globe, Today’s Flowers is hosted by Luiz Santilli Jr. and managed by Santilli and Denise bc.
What do you do on wet days when you are on vacation? We like to visit museums. So as today is very rainy, we went to Toulon this afternoon to visit the Museum of Asian Arts (Musée des arts asiatiques).
Located in a house with garden which once belonged to the son and later the grandson [...]
Demographer Professor Sergio Della Pergola reckons that were it not for the Holocaust, there would be as many as 32 million Jews worldwide, instead of the current 13 million.
In an article soon to be published for a Yad Vashem periodical, he writes: “This was the destruction of a generation, and what we are lacking now [...]
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Photo memes:
- Latest Flowers for Today’s Flowers
- Red Hungarian Building for Ruby Tuesday
- Sepia Neptune for Sepia Scenes
Weekly Recipe: Vegetable Lasagna
Recipe Feedback
Books in Nazi-Occupied France
Yom HaShoah
Who Is A Jew?
Elsewhere in the JBlogosphere
The Kosher Cooking Carnival is up at Mom in Israel
Shimshonit reminds us that the Shoah-Israel connection is a myth
Leora has drawn up [...]
This short post arose after a conversation I had last night with the mother of one of my friends.
My friend who was brought up in a French secular family married in Antwerp a year ago and has been living on the fringe of the Hassidim community since then. My friend’s mother was sharing news about [...]
