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"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in message
...
BAR wrote:
Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
John wrote:
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:21:23 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

John wrote:
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:34:41 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III,
Esq."
wrote:

John wrote:
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:09:38 -0500, Boater
wrote:

John wrote:
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:01:43 -0500, Boater
wrote:

John wrote:
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:17:56 -0500, Boater
wrote:

John wrote:

Your agreement is acceptable on a one-to-one basis. To go
beyond the two of us, your compadres would have to agree.
Bull****. Learn to disregard the personal insults directed
towards you.
Have you seen me respond to any of the Salty or that other
guy's attacks?
No, not lately. You decide to ignore them. It can be done.
Hell, I've gone
for a couple weeks without responding to any of your ****,
even though
you've directed a couple dozen posts a day towards me.
I'll ignore the attacks by Donnie and those other friends
of yours. Easy as
pie.
--
We say, "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"

John
As I stated, I will enter into and honor a one-to-one
agreement with you. If others decide to join in, I will
extend them the same courtesy.

Quid pro quo. It's the *Christian* thing to do, don't you
agree?
I think you're lacking in the will power department. You
whine about folks
attacking you, but you won't stop. I'll be glad to do the
Christian, and
Jewish, thing. I'll stop *all* personal insults if you'll do
the same.

Do you find it too hard to ignore the attacks of others? Can
you not
participate in *any* discussion without resorting to
name-calling?
--
We say, "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"

John
Actually, most of jackals are permanent members of my bozo
bin, and will never be allowed out. The permanent members
include but are not limited to Loogy, DK, FloridaJim, et
cetera. But that's not the point.

I'm not lacking in will power on this issue, I'm simply
unwilling to extend "good will" to those unwilling to do the
same.
Having all those folks filtered should make it easy.

No one is suggesting you 'extend good will' to anyone. I'm
suggesting you
stop extending *bad* will to *anyone*. Do you see the
difference?

Look at your statement above:

"Most of the jackals are permanent members..."

If you had omitted the word 'jackals', you would have gotten
the same
message across, but without the personal insult.

It's not that difficult.
--
We say, "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"

John
I call 'em as I see 'em. If they are in the bozo bin, they are
there because about all they do here is toss insults. Jackals.
You totally disregarded the point of my response. Do you ever
consider that
the insults may be fewer if you controlled your behavior? I'm
not saying
they'd stop, but those that are hurled simply in retaliation
would diminish
greatly.

--
We say, "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"

John
We say "Chanukah Sameach" to each other, and Merry Christmas to
goys who celebrate Christmas.

I guess to some we should just say, I hope you got some nice
presents for Dec. 25th.
No, it would be, "Hope you get some nice presents for Winter
Solstice."
--
I think you should only say that if they celebrate on the Winter
Solstice, in 2008 that would be Dec. 21st, on the 22nd in 2009 and
the 23rd in 2010, when it would go back to Dec. 21. So, those who
open presents on Dec. 25 and are not Christians are really just
celebrating Dec. 25th. I think Festivus and Winter Solstice makes
a lot more sense than just opening presents because the Christians
are celebrating the birth of Christ.

Imagine what would happen if all the Chinese celebrated Christmas
on Dec.25?

Where would all the Jews go to eat on Dec. 25th. We would have to
eat at home, and that is against our religion. ;)


Now that's something I didn't know.
--
We say, "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"

John

Sure, just go by any Chinese restaurant on Dec.25th and you will find
all the restaurant full of Jews. It is a tradition that goes back
almost 6000 yrs. ;)

http://dragon.soc.qc.cuny.edu/Staff/...20Chinese.html



If you are seeing Jews in "any Chinese restaurant," they certainly are
not observant Jews. Observant Jews eat in Kosher restaurants, and
while there any Kosher Chinese restaurants, very few of them are.

PS - There are more sects and diverse opinion among those who consider
themselves Jewish than there are among Christians.
Yet, all of them consider themselves observant Jews. Are you now going
to tell Jews that the only ones who can be considered "Observant Jews"
are those who observe all 613 mitzvot? If so, you would not find one
Jew in the entire world.

I do find it funny that you, who said you are not Jewish, know more
about the Chosen People than most Jews. There is an old joke that if
you locked a 100 rabbis in a room and they would not be let out until
they had written a book on what it means to be Jewish, they could not
agree on the first sentence.


I grew up in a city that at the time had a very high percentage of Jews,
and am more than a little familiar with Jewish observances, customs,
traditions, et cetera. The observant Jews were the Orthodox and
Conservative "sect" Jews, the ones who went to synagogues on Friday
nights and Saturdays, who kept Kosher, and whose children went to Hebrew
school several times a week, among other things.

I'm not discussing "cultural" Jews.

Of course, I know nothing about Atlanta Jews.


Are you Jewish Harry? Yes or no?

No he isn't. He just wants to define what it means to be an Observant
Jew.

In America only about 15% of those who consider themselves active
practicing Jews (those who regularly go to shul, temple or synagogue)
keep Kosher year round. A much larger percent will keep kosher for the
high holy days, (Chanukah is not a high holiday), but Harry's knowledge of
Judaism is a vast as all of his other knowledge.

It is one of the benefits of getting a excellent liberal arts education
from Univ. of Kansas.


Reminds me of a Russian Jew I worked with in the 1980's. Asked if he kept
Kosher while in Russia. He said they ate what ever they could get. Was
better to be fed than starve to death.

Blagojevich just wanted a job with a labor union...
 

"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in message
...
Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
John wrote:
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:21:23 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

John wrote:
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:34:41 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III,
Esq."
wrote:

John wrote:
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:09:38 -0500, Boater
wrote:

John wrote:
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:01:43 -0500, Boater
wrote:

John wrote:
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:17:56 -0500, Boater
wrote:

John wrote:

Your agreement is acceptable on a one-to-one basis. To go
beyond the two of us, your compadres would have to agree.
Bull****. Learn to disregard the personal insults directed
towards you.
Have you seen me respond to any of the Salty or that other
guy's attacks?
No, not lately. You decide to ignore them. It can be done.
Hell, I've gone
for a couple weeks without responding to any of your ****,
even though
you've directed a couple dozen posts a day towards me.
I'll ignore the attacks by Donnie and those other friends
of yours. Easy as
pie.
--
We say, "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"

John
As I stated, I will enter into and honor a one-to-one
agreement with you. If others decide to join in, I will
extend them the same courtesy.

Quid pro quo. It's the *Christian* thing to do, don't you
agree?
I think you're lacking in the will power department. You
whine about folks
attacking you, but you won't stop. I'll be glad to do the
Christian, and
Jewish, thing. I'll stop *all* personal insults if you'll do
the same.

Do you find it too hard to ignore the attacks of others? Can
you not
participate in *any* discussion without resorting to
name-calling?
--
We say, "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"

John
Actually, most of jackals are permanent members of my bozo
bin, and will never be allowed out. The permanent members
include but are not limited to Loogy, DK, FloridaJim, et
cetera. But that's not the point.

I'm not lacking in will power on this issue, I'm simply
unwilling to extend "good will" to those unwilling to do the
same.
Having all those folks filtered should make it easy.

No one is suggesting you 'extend good will' to anyone. I'm
suggesting you
stop extending *bad* will to *anyone*. Do you see the
difference?

Look at your statement above:

"Most of the jackals are permanent members..."

If you had omitted the word 'jackals', you would have gotten
the same
message across, but without the personal insult.

It's not that difficult.
--
We say, "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"

John
I call 'em as I see 'em. If they are in the bozo bin, they are
there because about all they do here is toss insults. Jackals.
You totally disregarded the point of my response. Do you ever
consider that
the insults may be fewer if you controlled your behavior? I'm not
saying
they'd stop, but those that are hurled simply in retaliation
would diminish
greatly.

--
We say, "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"

John
We say "Chanukah Sameach" to each other, and Merry Christmas to
goys who celebrate Christmas.

I guess to some we should just say, I hope you got some nice
presents for Dec. 25th.
No, it would be, "Hope you get some nice presents for Winter
Solstice."
--
I think you should only say that if they celebrate on the Winter
Solstice, in 2008 that would be Dec. 21st, on the 22nd in 2009 and
the 23rd in 2010, when it would go back to Dec. 21. So, those who
open presents on Dec. 25 and are not Christians are really just
celebrating Dec. 25th. I think Festivus and Winter Solstice makes a
lot more sense than just opening presents because the Christians are
celebrating the birth of Christ.

Imagine what would happen if all the Chinese celebrated Christmas on
Dec.25?

Where would all the Jews go to eat on Dec. 25th. We would have to
eat at home, and that is against our religion. ;)


Now that's something I didn't know.
--
We say, "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"

John

Sure, just go by any Chinese restaurant on Dec.25th and you will find
all the restaurant full of Jews. It is a tradition that goes back
almost 6000 yrs. ;)

http://dragon.soc.qc.cuny.edu/Staff/...20Chinese.html



If you are seeing Jews in "any Chinese restaurant," they certainly are
not observant Jews. Observant Jews eat in Kosher restaurants, and while
there any Kosher Chinese restaurants, very few of them are.

PS - There are more sects and diverse opinion among those who consider
themselves Jewish than there are among Christians.
Yet, all of them consider themselves observant Jews. Are you now going
to tell Jews that the only ones who can be considered "Observant Jews"
are those who observe all 613 mitzvot? If so, you would not find one
Jew in the entire world.

I do find it funny that you, who said you are not Jewish, know more
about the Chosen People than most Jews. There is an old joke that if
you locked a 100 rabbis in a room and they would not be let out until
they had written a book on what it means to be Jewish, they could not
agree on the first sentence.


I grew up in a city that at the time had a very high percentage of Jews,
and am more than a little familiar with Jewish observances, customs,
traditions, et cetera. The observant Jews were the Orthodox and
Conservative "sect" Jews, the ones who went to synagogues on Friday
nights and Saturdays, who kept Kosher, and whose children went to Hebrew
school several times a week, among other things.

I'm not discussing "cultural" Jews.

Of course, I know nothing about Atlanta Jews.


Well, you may want to go to the "Orthodox", "Conservative", "Progressive"
and "Reform" synagogues in NYC, and tell those who celebrate Shabbat on
every Friday and Saturday, who send their children to Hebrew school, that
if they do not follow all Kosher Laws 365 days a year, that they are no
longer Observant Jews. I am sure they would enjoy your lecture.

My sister in law is Jewish. Not a good practicing Jew, but she still
considers herself Jewish. I guess she does not know what she is really
according to Harry.

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"John" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:14:27 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in message
om...


We say "Chanukah Sameach" to each other, and Merry Christmas to goys who
celebrate Christmas.

I guess to some we should just say, I hope you got some nice presents
for
Dec. 25th.


My younger son married a Jewish girl. What a blast we all have at this
time
of year celebrating both Christmas and Chanukah.

Both her family and ours celebrate both our traditional Christmas
activities
as well as their traditional Jewish traditions and celebrations. It has
made the holiday season much more interesting, educational, enjoyable and
just plain fun.

And the food is awesome.

Eisboch


That is cool!
--

Salmonbait

Good thing the Jewish relatives are good cooks. My Sister in law is Jewish,
and about the only thing she makes is salad. And how great is a green
salad? Even with lots of stuff in it.

Blagojevich just wanted a job with a labor union...
 

Calif Bill wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in message
...
BAR wrote:
Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
John wrote:
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:21:23 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

John wrote:
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:34:41 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III,
Esq."
wrote:

John wrote:
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:09:38 -0500, Boater
wrote:

John wrote:
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:01:43 -0500, Boater
wrote:

John wrote:
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:17:56 -0500, Boater
wrote:

John wrote:

Your agreement is acceptable on a one-to-one basis. To go
beyond the two of us, your compadres would have to agree.
Bull****. Learn to disregard the personal insults directed
towards you.
Have you seen me respond to any of the Salty or that other
guy's attacks?
No, not lately. You decide to ignore them. It can be done.
Hell, I've gone
for a couple weeks without responding to any of your ****,
even though
you've directed a couple dozen posts a day towards me.
I'll ignore the attacks by Donnie and those other friends
of yours. Easy as
pie.
--
We say, "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"

John
As I stated, I will enter into and honor a one-to-one
agreement with you. If others decide to join in, I will
extend them the same courtesy.

Quid pro quo. It's the *Christian* thing to do, don't you
agree?
I think you're lacking in the will power department. You
whine about folks
attacking you, but you won't stop. I'll be glad to do the
Christian, and
Jewish, thing. I'll stop *all* personal insults if you'll do
the same.

Do you find it too hard to ignore the attacks of others? Can
you not
participate in *any* discussion without resorting to
name-calling?
--
We say, "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"

John
Actually, most of jackals are permanent members of my bozo
bin, and will never be allowed out. The permanent members
include but are not limited to Loogy, DK, FloridaJim, et
cetera. But that's not the point.

I'm not lacking in will power on this issue, I'm simply
unwilling to extend "good will" to those unwilling to do the
same.
Having all those folks filtered should make it easy.

No one is suggesting you 'extend good will' to anyone. I'm
suggesting you
stop extending *bad* will to *anyone*. Do you see the
difference?

Look at your statement above:

"Most of the jackals are permanent members..."

If you had omitted the word 'jackals', you would have gotten
the same
message across, but without the personal insult.

It's not that difficult.
--
We say, "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"

John
I call 'em as I see 'em. If they are in the bozo bin, they are
there because about all they do here is toss insults. Jackals.
You totally disregarded the point of my response. Do you ever
consider that
the insults may be fewer if you controlled your behavior? I'm
not saying
they'd stop, but those that are hurled simply in retaliation
would diminish
greatly.

--
We say, "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"

John
We say "Chanukah Sameach" to each other, and Merry Christmas to
goys who celebrate Christmas.

I guess to some we should just say, I hope you got some nice
presents for Dec. 25th.
No, it would be, "Hope you get some nice presents for Winter
Solstice."
--
I think you should only say that if they celebrate on the Winter
Solstice, in 2008 that would be Dec. 21st, on the 22nd in 2009 and
the 23rd in 2010, when it would go back to Dec. 21. So, those who
open presents on Dec. 25 and are not Christians are really just
celebrating Dec. 25th. I think Festivus and Winter Solstice makes
a lot more sense than just opening presents because the Christians
are celebrating the birth of Christ.

Imagine what would happen if all the Chinese celebrated Christmas
on Dec.25?

Where would all the Jews go to eat on Dec. 25th. We would have to
eat at home, and that is against our religion. ;)


Now that's something I didn't know.
--
We say, "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"

John
Sure, just go by any Chinese restaurant on Dec.25th and you will find
all the restaurant full of Jews. It is a tradition that goes back
almost 6000 yrs. ;)

http://dragon.soc.qc.cuny.edu/Staff/...20Chinese.html


If you are seeing Jews in "any Chinese restaurant," they certainly are
not observant Jews. Observant Jews eat in Kosher restaurants, and
while there any Kosher Chinese restaurants, very few of them are.
PS - There are more sects and diverse opinion among those who consider
themselves Jewish than there are among Christians.
Yet, all of them consider themselves observant Jews. Are you now going
to tell Jews that the only ones who can be considered "Observant Jews"
are those who observe all 613 mitzvot? If so, you would not find one
Jew in the entire world.

I do find it funny that you, who said you are not Jewish, know more
about the Chosen People than most Jews. There is an old joke that if
you locked a 100 rabbis in a room and they would not be let out until
they had written a book on what it means to be Jewish, they could not
agree on the first sentence.

I grew up in a city that at the time had a very high percentage of Jews,
and am more than a little familiar with Jewish observances, customs,
traditions, et cetera. The observant Jews were the Orthodox and
Conservative "sect" Jews, the ones who went to synagogues on Friday
nights and Saturdays, who kept Kosher, and whose children went to Hebrew
school several times a week, among other things.

I'm not discussing "cultural" Jews.

Of course, I know nothing about Atlanta Jews.

Are you Jewish Harry? Yes or no?
No he isn't. He just wants to define what it means to be an Observant
Jew.

In America only about 15% of those who consider themselves active
practicing Jews (those who regularly go to shul, temple or synagogue)
keep Kosher year round. A much larger percent will keep kosher for the
high holy days, (Chanukah is not a high holiday), but Harry's knowledge of
Judaism is a vast as all of his other knowledge.

It is one of the benefits of getting a excellent liberal arts education
from Univ. of Kansas.


Reminds me of a Russian Jew I worked with in the 1980's. Asked if he kept
Kosher while in Russia. He said they ate what ever they could get. Was
better to be fed than starve to death.



Jews are a very pragmatic people or they would never have survived ;)

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On Dec 19, 8:10*am, Boater wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Dec 19, 7:32 am, Boater wrote:
John wrote:

If you're solicited by a whore...
John
This from a John who was solicited and accepted by the U.S. Army to go
to Vietnam and kill women and children?

Harry, that statement is unbelievable.

Here's a hint, Tim. Herring spends most of his day here trying to insult
me, directly or (his specialty) indirectly. I'm merely returning the
favor. I haven't noticed *you* going after Herring or any of his pack of
juvenile jackals for insulting me.

I have no idea what Herring did in Vietnam. He could have been handing
out soap, for all I care.

Harry, I suppose that when I see a statement like the one you made, I
become rather dissapointed. if you and John want to sling salvo's back
and forth I suppose that's your prerogative. I don't' get involved
with playing tag. But the reason for my comment is I do know a little
about the military, and I don't believe anyone was sent to SE Asia for
the sole purpose of killing women and children. Of course there will
always be the self appointed glory seekers like Calley, but they are
so few far and in between, and are such a low number that they are
practically unrecognizable by the vast arm of the military branches,
and I would think he'd have much more honor than that. I don't know
what the total sum of O-5 Herrings involvement was in SE Asia, but I'm
fairly sure that involving the death[s] of innocent women and children
wasn't a consideration nor an option of his deployment.

I have a brother-in-law and two cousins that served in SE Asia. My
bro-in-law is a ward of the VA and has been for several years now. I
also have a distant cousin(2nd, once removed) who's name is on "The
Wall", and I'm not saying that to mean really anything extra, but I
have a sentiment for those who have served in times past, present and
future.

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On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:52:40 -0800, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"John" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:14:27 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in message
news:zLadnYu2JqupRtbUnZ2dnUVZ_sbinZ2d@giganews. com...


We say "Chanukah Sameach" to each other, and Merry Christmas to goys who
celebrate Christmas.

I guess to some we should just say, I hope you got some nice presents
for
Dec. 25th.


My younger son married a Jewish girl. What a blast we all have at this
time
of year celebrating both Christmas and Chanukah.

Both her family and ours celebrate both our traditional Christmas
activities
as well as their traditional Jewish traditions and celebrations. It has
made the holiday season much more interesting, educational, enjoyable and
just plain fun.

And the food is awesome.

Eisboch


That is cool!
--

Salmonbait

Good thing the Jewish relatives are good cooks. My Sister in law is Jewish,
and about the only thing she makes is salad. And how great is a green
salad? Even with lots of stuff in it.


If a person made a great green salad, with eggs, bacon, blue cheese,
radishes, green onions, garlic, croutons, more blue cheese, and some good
olives and then took out the lettuce, it'd be OK.
--

Salmonbait

Blagojevich just wanted a job with a labor union...
 

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
m...

On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:14:27 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


My younger son married a Jewish girl. What a blast we all have at this
time
of year celebrating both Christmas and Chanukah.

Both her family and ours celebrate both our traditional Christmas
activities
as well as their traditional Jewish traditions and celebrations. It has
made the holiday season much more interesting, educational, enjoyable and
just plain fun.

And the food is awesome.

Eisboch



Good thing the Jewish relatives are good cooks. My Sister in law is
Jewish, and about the only thing she makes is salad. And how great is a
green salad? Even with lots of stuff in it.

My daughter-in-law's father is the cook in her family and he prepares all
the traditional Jewish feasts during holidays. My first experience dining
at their house was surprising because a lot of the traditional foods,
particularly fish, reminded me of the Smorgasbord feasts my Scandinavian
grandmother used to put together when I was a kid.

Eisboch

Blagojevich just wanted a job with a labor union...
 

On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:54:29 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

Jews are a very pragmatic people or they would never have survived ;)

Check your email.

Don't gag.
--

Salmonbait

Blagojevich just wanted a job with a labor union...
 

On Dec 19, 10:45*am, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:
John wrote:
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:17:56 -0500, Boater wrote:

John wrote:

Your agreement is acceptable on a one-to-one basis. To go beyond the two
of us, your compadres would have to agree.
Bull****. Learn to disregard the personal insults directed towards you.
Have you seen me respond to any of the Salty or that other guy's attacks?
No, not lately. You decide to ignore them. It can be done. Hell, I've gone
for a couple weeks without responding to any of your ****, even though
you've directed a couple dozen posts a day towards me.

I'll ignore the attacks by Donnie and those other friends of yours. Easy as
pie.
--
We say, "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"

John

As I stated, I will enter into and honor a one-to-one agreement with
you. If others decide to join in, I will extend them the same courtesy..

Quid pro quo. It's the *Christian* thing to do, don't you agree?

I think you're lacking in the will power department. You whine about folks
attacking you, but you won't stop. I'll be glad to do the Christian, and
Jewish, thing. I'll stop *all* personal insults if you'll do the same.

Do you find it too hard to ignore the attacks of others? Can you not
participate in *any* discussion without resorting to name-calling?
--
We say, "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"

John

Did I hear JEWISH? *Chag Sameach

"Gut Yontiv " to you too!

Blagojevich just wanted a job with a labor union...
 

Eisboch wrote:
"Calif Bill" wrote in message
m...
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:14:27 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

My younger son married a Jewish girl. What a blast we all have at this
time
of year celebrating both Christmas and Chanukah.

Both her family and ours celebrate both our traditional Christmas
activities
as well as their traditional Jewish traditions and celebrations. It has
made the holiday season much more interesting, educational, enjoyable and
just plain fun.

And the food is awesome.

Eisboch



Good thing the Jewish relatives are good cooks. My Sister in law is
Jewish, and about the only thing she makes is salad. And how great is a
green salad? Even with lots of stuff in it.

My daughter-in-law's father is the cook in her family and he prepares all
the traditional Jewish feasts during holidays. My first experience dining
at their house was surprising because a lot of the traditional foods,
particularly fish, reminded me of the Smorgasbord feasts my Scandinavian
grandmother used to put together when I was a kid.

Eisboch


In Jewish culture fish symbolizes abundance and fertility, so it is
served in numerous different ways at all holiday dinners. Since the
Jews were dispersed throughout Europe, you will find their traditional
Jewish recipes are often borrowed from the region in which they lived.

Some of my favorite holiday "comfort" foods are praakes, Knishes, Kugel
and of course includes fresh baked Challah. Challah symbolizes the
circle of life with is ingrained in Jews from a very early age.