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me-ander: Not The Maternity Clothes of My Generation The New York Times has a fashion article about maternity clothes. J. Emilio Flores for The New York Times Pregnancy is very "in" in Hollywood. Those glamorous ladies sure flaunt it. As soon as I let my parents know that I was pregnant the first time, my...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 8:30pm -07:00T (205 words)
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me-ander: Yum! There's Nothing Like Machaneh Yehuda, Jerusalem's Open Market This is the season when the discount supermarkets just can't compete with prices and quality.We can change the world!...
Dateline: 2013-05-21 7:45pm -07:00T (19 words)
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me-ander: The New Eli - Shiloh Bicycle Path When I was a teenager and younger I loved to ride my bicycle. It's one of those things I haven't done for decades, but it's also one of the few things still popular, at least in this part of the world, Israel. One of my sons finds cycling to be the most...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 11:45pm -07:00T (270 words)
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me-ander: Having Fun With Vegetables Some people find my recipes "difficult" because I am so unspecific about quantities etc. But the truth is that I cook according to what ever is in the "pantry" and whomever will be expected to eat. A favorite in my house (and my usual gift when we're ea...
Dateline: 2013-05-19 8:45pm -07:00T (147 words)
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me-ander: Flowers to Fit A few months ago a friend brought me a present, gorgeous vase as a "house/hostess gift." Handmade ceramics, low, but very heavy. It sat empty on my livingroom window sill. Then a few days ago I was given a humongous bunch of flowers, much to much, too ...
Dateline: 2013-05-18 6:45pm -07:00T (103 words)
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me-ander: An Advantage From the Vantage of the Women's Gallery Honestly, I don't mind sitting far from the action in shul, the synagogue. I have a great seat in the Ezrat Nashim, Women's Section of our local synagogue. I'm not looking for honors or responsibilities that the men get. I don't need it. My life is fu...
Dateline: 2013-05-18 12:45pm -07:00T (427 words)
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me-ander: And Now for Maxwell House in My French Press When I was in the states a few months ago, I stayed with a friend whose kitchen hasn't been kosher for decades, so she got me a supply of pots and a French press for my morning coffee making. Since then, I drink French Press coffee on most weekdays. I a...
Dateline: 2013-05-16 9:30pm -07:00T (199 words)
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me-ander: Being Prepared I've found that the key to functioning is being prepared. And being prepared means making sure I'll have the food I need. So I prepare my food at home.Here's my breakfast for my weekly study day in Matan.It's a quick vegetable omelet, which I make the nig...
Dateline: 2013-05-15 8:30pm -07:00T (135 words)
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me-ander: Keep Trying Something New When Cooking As you must know by now, unless you're new to this blog, I cook and eat a lot of vegetables. My cooking has and still evolves, changes. Here's a new version of my baked vegetables.From bottom up, you have sweet potatoes, pumpkin, eggplant with garlic in...
Dateline: 2013-05-15 11:45am -07:00T (122 words)
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me-ander: Cheesecake Recipe, I Made a Deal! Tonight is the Shavuot holiday when many Jews eat dairy foods. For some people having cheesecake and blintzes is a requirement like the matzah and four cups of wine at the Passover Seder. just an illustration, creditA neighbor had been tempting me about ...
Dateline: 2013-05-13 10:30pm -07:00T (356 words)
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me-ander: About the Kotel, WOW, W4W and Common Sense Maybe I should be posting this on Shiloh Musings, but... I'm not. In some ways I agree with the title of Heshy's post, My problem with Women of the Wall is that I agree with both sides. But on the whole I think that it's a lot of nerve for any group to...
Dateline: 2013-05-12 9:00pm -07:00T (369 words)
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me-ander: The "Apple of My Eye" I inspected my apple tree on Friday, and this is all I found.Not much of a crop, but at least one more than last year. Hmmm... what can I do?We can change the world!...
Dateline: 2013-05-11 7:45pm -07:00T (34 words)
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me-ander: Kosher Cooking Carnival, Sivan 5773 Welcome to the Rosh Chodesh Sivan, 5773, edition of the Kosher Cooking Carnival aka KCC. The Kosher Cooking Carnival is a monthly blog carnival that can include any sort of blog post about kosher food, kosher cooking, traditions, halachot-laws a...
Dateline: 2013-05-11 2:00pm -07:00T (603 words)
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me-ander: The Now and the Soon, G-d Willing Illustrated by these two pictures. Chodesh Tov and Shabbat ShalomWe can change the world!...
Dateline: 2013-05-09 9:45pm -07:00T (13 words)
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me-ander: A Very Justifiable Complaint At least the guy answering the Jerusalem Municipality hotline didn't laugh at me when I called in about 7:07am yesterday morning. I have no doubt that my call is on his list of funniest calls ever. Imagine how I must have sounded to him. A lady's voice...
Dateline: 2013-05-08 9:30pm -07:00T (198 words)
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