Spiegel Reports: Jewish American Families Reclaim German Roots An increased number of American children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors have applied in recent years for the German citizenship stripped from their family members by the Nazis. Many are interested in settling elsewhere in the E[...]
Archive for March 25th, 2013
March 25th, 2013 - 12:47 pm § in Misc.
Blomgren, Battery Boss, Blames Boeing’s Battery Bummer on Bad Brains at Boeing
Washington, Jan. 25 : George Blomgren, a battery expert for Eveready, a batteries and flashlights company, for 40 years, has said he would never fly in a Dreamliner because of the high level of risk in it. Blomgren said that lithium ion batteries are bundled together for the 787, which increases the[...]
March 25th, 2013 - 12:01 pm § in Misc.
Time to make the matzoh!
Why on this night t we only neat freshly baked matzoh? Brooklyn, NY – It is common, particularly amongst the Chassidim, to use Matzos that were baked on Erev Pesach after Midday. The Tur (458) quotes earlier Gaonim as saying that one only fulfills his obligation of Matzoh with Matzoh that was [...]
March 25th, 2013 - 8:08 am § in Misc.
Passover Without Coke
New York – Coca-Cola: No ‘Kosher For Passover’ Coke In Calif. New York – Coca-Cola may be missing from Passover feasts for the second year in a row in California. The Coca-Cola Co. said Thursday it once again… Read More »[...]