Monthly Archives: June 2010

Le Quaron: Apricot Cake

Le Quaron: Serves 4-6 people – 1/2 cup flour – 1 packet baking powder – 3 eggs – 1/2 sugar – 1/3 cup oil – 1 glass of milk – 8-10 apricots – 1 packet vanilla sugar – butter (optional) … Continue reading

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No Longer in Use

This building used to be a vinegar factory. 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. This lovely badge was created by … Continue reading

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Women at Work

Leora, at Here in HP, and Toby, at The Time of the Signs, have been working hard for our pleasure. Lots of thanks to the two of you. JPIX Spring 2010 features great photos from the JBlogosphere Haveil Havalim – … Continue reading

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Weekly Interview: William Kolbrener

Open Minded Torah is a blog I particularly enjoy. I suppose that its attempt “to deal with some of those problems and contradictions” involved in being an observant scholar of Milton is something that particularly appeals to me. Thank you … Continue reading

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More Roses

Last week I featured a bush of white roses outside my kitchen, on the left when you step into the yard. This week’s bush is on the right. For more shots Straight Out of the Camera: For more Summer Stock:

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Weekly Review with Israeli Flag

On My Blog Photo Memes: – Outside my Kitchen for SOOC – Trying to Reach Lost Teacher for Ruby Tuesday Weekly Interview: Robin Sanary-sur-Mer: Land for Refugees Post for Women Organ Donation Elsewhere in the JBlogosphere Leora interviews Batya about … Continue reading

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Organ Donation

When a non-Jewish friend told me she carried a donor card a few years ago, I decided to investigate and see what Judaism had to say on the subject. Nowadays most Orthodox rabbis are in favor of organ donation while … Continue reading

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Post for Women

… their husbands, boyfriends and partners too. – Don’t think that because you are feeling ok nothing is happening to your body. – Do whatever tests your national health service or health insurance allows you to do. – Ask your … Continue reading

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Sanary-sur-Mer: Land for Refugees

With the rise of Nazism in the early 1930s, a great number of German and Austrian writers and intellectuals left their countries especially after the Nazi book burning campaign. A lot of them settled in Sanary-sur- Mer, at one point … Continue reading

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Trying to Reach Lost Teacher

While hiking on an island near Gothemburg last september we lost (momentarily) one of our colleagues. You can see his wife trying to reach him with her cell phone while our Swedish collegues are doing their best to explain where … Continue reading

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