Where What When - Baltimore's Jewish Magazine
March II 2008 Issue Table of Contents Way back when, mishloach manos didn’t have themes. Mostly, they consisted of little gift bags containing a bottle of grape juice and a full pineappleI believe that it is my duty, on behalf of humor writers everywhere, to talk about themed mishloach manos ............Read More Shemita, the Heter Mechira and Otzar Ha’aretz New-Old Approaches to ShemitaOnce in seven years, the Jews living in Eretz Yisrael ask themselves, as the Torah said we would, What shall we eat in the seventh year? ............Read More King Achashveirosh was a guy who liked to party. Queen Vashti. Although she ate healthfully and always watched her weight, she had major stress issues.Mordechai, a relative of Esther, was a very balanced individual. He worked on his physical, emotional, and spiritual health daily. ............Read More Children under ages four and five have a hard time separating reality from fantasy.Generally speaking, there are four reasons why small children don’t tell the truth. ............Read More Everyone has childhood memories that survive the test of time, with the lessons they teachChildhood memories play an important role. That is an important lesson to us, as parents. Perhaps we should be more conscious of our actions and words in order to ensure that our children’s memories are truly inspirational and stand the test of time. ............Read More An American Bachur in Queen Victoria’s (Dating) Court As is true for present-day seminary girls, marriage was the ultimate goal of every young Victorian woman, becoming a priority by age 18.1883 edition of The Universal Self-Instructor and Manual of General Reference ............Read More Important note: Assessment notices are very significant! .You have only 45 days to fight your assessmentYou cannot receive the rebate if you do not file a return. Therefore, you should file, even if you do not earn enough to file, or if you are a senior citizen whose only income is from Social Security. Some of these people have not filed in years but should file this year. ............Read More By Eli Pollock As she held her stance with dignity, I thought, aren’t Orthodox women supposed to be oppressed?Thus were our boundaries delineated during introductory remarks at Hebrew University’s One Year Program, 20 years ago ............Read More May Baltimore always remain the loving, warm accepting community it is today On Friday afternoon, Dany asked me if we would have cholent. He was so thrilled that we had cholent every week.On Monday night, Dany took a class at Etz Chaim. When my husband went to pick him up, he was bubbling with excitement. ............Read More By Tanya Klein Copyright © Where What When |
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