Eat, Pray, Kvetch
Emily in Kosher Paris! Do girls want short fat dolls? And you know what's missing from your life? Another book club!
Did you miss us? We missed you! And by “we” I mean Yael, and by “you” I mean only our non-Jewish listeners, who I love more.
We had plenty to catch up on this week, including:
Chaya Leah’s review of Italy and France
The hazards of Kosher fine-dining in Europe
Yael is traumatized by classic Europe
Americans love standing in line
The Jewish ethics of having an affair
You don’t *have* to love thy neighbor in America
A solemn yet insightful conversation about Israel
Is hatred of the religious people in Israel out of control?
Save us, Eurovision!
Barbie’s Kosher Dreamhouse (check out this cool image I found here)
Archie comics were more damaging than Barbie
Congratulations, Rabbi Shmuly!
Oh look, another sad Jewish holiday
Yael suprises Chaya Leah by announcing a new project - The AAJ Book Club! There is no deadline and definitely no meetings (unless you guys want to do that), go ahead) Our book is “Arc of a Covenant” by Walter Russel Mead.
Shownotes:
Jewish students giving it to Titus
Liel Leibovitz on Commentary - do you agree or nah?
Let’s end on a love note, here are the pro and anti-reform protesters shaking hands as each heads to their own event:
recently finished reading walter mead’s arc of a covenant. highly recommended! amongst other things illogical policy by governments (mostly US but also Britain in the 30s/40s) towards israel. and introduces the “Vulcanists” (no, not star trek)
Hahaha. Russians are better at getting out of lines than Israelis. When I was a teenager, we came back to NY from Tel Aviv and this woman tried to cut in line in front of us, and my mom, raised. In Israel, stopped her and the woman acted like she spoke Russian only. So my mom spoke to her in Russian
She ended up cutting on line right behind us, in front of a group of Birthright kids. She brought along her 3 kids and husband. It was impressive.
When my mom took us to Rome, she did manage to cut in line to get into the Colosseum. It was both embarrassing and a relief, as the line was hours long