Congratulations to Batya who managed the astonishing record of three Jewish carnivals within one month: Havel Havelim, JPIX and KCC (the Kosher Cooking Carnival).
The latest edition of KCC was thus aptly named the Grand Slam Edition.
Entries from September 2009
September 29, 2009
Reading List and New Year Challenge
I have just received The new issue of Conversations, the journal of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals. This issue deals with Orthodoxy: Family and Gender Issues. I had not realized the journal had been released so it was a nice surprise to find it when I came back from work today.
A few days [...]
September 27, 2009
Haveil Havalim: Pre-Yom Kippur Edition
This week’s edition of Haveil Havalim is featured at What War Zone???, Benji Lovitt’s blog.
May you all have an easy and meaningful fast!
September 25, 2009
Pre-Yom Kippur Weekly Review
On My Blog
Photo memes:
- Swedish Island for Today’s Flowers
- Textile Factory for Ruby Tuesday
- Shul Windows: Stockholm for Window Views
Taking Over
Rabbi Lau in French Secular School
Weekly Recipe: Pumpkin Soup
Elsewhere in the JBlogosphere
Eureka!! We just got our water bill, Baila and her family have reduced their water bill
A never ending source of amusement, Mrs. S. attends [...]
September 24, 2009
Pumpkin Soup
Since I have too little time to go home for lunch on Fridays I have decided to bring food and eat at school. I also found last week that a soup in a thermos bottleis quite nice. I just need to make soup for Thursday’s dinner and re-heat it the next morning.
Yesterday my mother gave [...]
September 23, 2009
Shul Windows: Stockholm
Window Views: windows from all over the world can be found on Mary’s blog.
September 22, 2009
Rabbi Lau in French Secular School
Of course, Rabbi Lau wasn’t physically present in my classroom this morning but the words he spoke in the video we watched seem to have made quite an impact on my students.
Thanks to Jew Wishes, who provided the link in a blog post, I read a wonderful and poignant article about Rabbi Lau and the [...]
September 22, 2009
Taking Over
I have mentioned on one or two occasions that I have two new classes this year. I teach them Business English and prepare them for a two-part exam: a written paper and an oral.
For the written part of the exam the candidates get an article they have never seen before and which is related to [...]
September 21, 2009
Textile Factory
Rydal is a Swedish village where there used to be a spinning mill. The factory is now closed but it hosts a textile museum.
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.
September 20, 2009
Swedish Island
These photos were taken last Sunday on the island of Käringön.
For more flowers from around the globe, visit Today’s Flowers.
