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Getting Real…

“Real isn’t how you are made,” said the Skin Horse.   “It’s a thing that happens to you.   When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.   It doesn’t happen all at once. You become.   It takes a long time.

Generally, [...]

Happy Chanukah!

The Hebrew word chanukah means “dedication” and marks an eight day winter celebration (from Kislev 25 – Tevet 3) that commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple after a small group of Jewish believers defeated the forces of assimilation at work in their world. As such, Chanukah represents the victory of faith over the [...]

Delicious Chanukah Ham?

(Breitbart) New York store red faced over ‘Hanukkah hams’

A posh food store in New York’s Greenwich Village has found itself red faced after offering hams for sale with the slogan “Delicious for Hanukkah,” the current Jewish religious holiday.

The non-kosher labelling was spotted at the weekend by Manhattan novelist Nancy Kay Shapiro, 46, [...]