Thursday September 6, 2023

 

 Shirley has forwarded me links so it should be easier for readers to see the sites and clips to which we were guided.

The word of the day was "ingenuous".

Word of the Day  https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day

There was a reference in the word of the day to "sealioning".

Sealioning:  https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/sealioning-internet-trolling

Yiddish Vinkl (corner) - we watched a video in Yiddish about making east European aspic, known in Yiddish as "p'tcha, gala, or cholodets, depending on where you com from.

Irene & Ruth Make P’tcha:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuyooYziisM

I undertook to find a vegetarian version... 

Gwen shared with us information about ancient Roman swords found recently in the Judean desert

near the Dead Sea.

Roman Swords:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja1q0HP8Rms

Our member, Sheryl Shapiro, is taking part in the Bayview Art Tour.

Bayview Art Tour:  https://www.bayviewarttour.art/

Shirley found the following site which we briefly visited and is sure to provide hours of interest web surfing.

Centre for Jewish History:  https://www.cjh.org/

Mention was made of the book "The Women of  Rothschild by Natalie Livingstone.  No one present had read it yet and whoever does first will be asked to provide a book review.

Shirley shared the below video of Shira Kabren's "Choose Love" from New York's Central Synagogue. 

Choose Love :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na454f1yAs4

We also discussed the grass roots organization, Leket Israel, which is an Israeli food bank.

Lekert Israel:  https://www.leket.org/en/about-leket/

And our weekly Torah parsha dessert:

Nitzavim- Vayelech Dessert:  https://www.leket.org/en/nitzavim-vayelech-recipes-beetroot-orange-marinated-gravadlax-chocolate-avocado-mousse/

 

We briefly discussed the difference between the various types of sugar (brown, refined, demerara).

And we closed with another version of Achat Sha'alti, the prayer from Psalms recited during the month of Elul.  The below version is an Israeli folk dance set to another version of Achat Sha'alti.

NAchat Sha’alti Dance : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLTBE5pSQSA