חג מולד שמח, חברי ריקושי
Judith Levy ·
Dec 24, 2010 at 8:07am
Or, in English...Merry Christmas, Ricochet members!
It's been a privilege and a pleasure to make your acquaintance this year and to share with you the view from Israel. It's wonderful to be in the company of such thoughtful, discriminating and entertaining people, and I look forward most eagerly to a new year full of more excellent conversation. I wish all of you a wonderful Christmas and a healthy and happy 2011.
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May '10
Re: חג מולד שמח, חברי ריקושי
Thank you! A happy, safe, and healthy new year to you. My mother and I are pondering a visit to your country in 2011!
Sep '10
Re: חג מולד שמח, חברי ריקושי
Thank you Judith. My New Year's wish is that you post much more often in 2011. You owe it to what remains of western civilization!
Jun '10
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Thank you for your contribution this year, Judith. I look forward to reading more from you even though I must confess that the old ennui often sets in when topics related to the Middle East are raised. I would only add that I am an enthusiastic supporter of Israel, its the other guys that give me the pip! Here's hoping that all goes swimmingly for you in the new year, which actually started in Tishrei, I believe. Better late than never, I suppose.
As a side note, I would add that my dear sister sent me, as she does every year, a Christmas care package from Winnipeg, which you may or may not know has a large Jewish community. The contents included corned beef, rye bread, pickled herring, and salami, all bought from the the Jewish deli that fed me when I was growing up to become the jerk I am today. My friend Mrs. Drache used to say "We Jews don't have missionaries, so we have to convert through the stomach." I gotta tell ya, the Jews had me after my first corned beef sandwich bought at Oscars Deli in the Peg.
Edited on Dec 24, 2010 at 10:24amJun '10
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One more Oscar's Deli story if you'll allow. At the outset you should know that Oscar's was your basic arborite jungle and there wasn't a chair or table in the joint that matched and that wasn't accented in the finest kitchen chrome the steel industry could produce. It was in a word, heaven, with meat and kosher pickles. I'm certain the term "It's to die for" originated at Oscar's after three or four customers plotzed on their their first rapturous bite into one of those dills. Anyway, to get back to my story, I go in and order my sandwich, pickle, and a coke. The sandwich and pickle are delivered by Mrs. Oscar, but there's no coke. So, being the fool I was back then I ask about the coke to which Mrs. Oscar replies, "Do I look like a waitress? Get it yourself." I learned that day that sandwiches were delivered, but for Coca-coke she didn't schlep.
Edited on Dec 24, 2010 at 10:29amDec '10
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Merry Christmas to all of the Ricochet contributors from a newbie member (as in finally signed up yesterday!). Ricochet has become one of the regular stops on my daily browse.
Jun '10
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OK one last Jewish, but decidedly not kosher, eats story. Two old pals, Eddy and Walter owned and operated the best spare-ribs joint in the universe.
One evening Eddy and I are sitting around, it's a slow night I'm drinking a beer and Eddy's keeping me company. I ask, "How'd a nice Jewish boy like you start selling pork to goyem."
Eddy, who wasn't very talkative, liked me and after some thought told me that it was the depression. Me and Walter had to make some money so we started a poker joint and took a cut of the table action. We also made a little book. It was good, kept the wolf from the door. One night, maybe it was a Tuesday, the cops hit us. No big deal, an occupational hazard. So the next night we opened up business as usual. We'd been hit once so we figured the cops wouldn't come back. Well they hit us again that very night. So, there's me and Walter sittin' in the slam and he turns to me and says, "Maybe we should start with the soup and sandwiches."
Edited on Dec 24, 2010 at 10:34amMay '10
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Thank you Judith, and all the best to you and your family.
My daughter's debate team is preparing for the Model UN at Yale in January. The topic: Palestine, from the 1947 perspective, how to keep them from all killing each other. Her country: USSR. I am learning a lot! And keep thinking of you.
Jun '10
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All good wishes to you and your family. Your posts allow me to say "I have a friend in Israel who thinks ...."
Edited on Dec 24, 2010 at 10:43amJun '10
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Thanks, Judith. May God bless Israel and America, democracies, allies, and the greatest hopes for Judeo-Christian civilization. No country is perfect, but I'll stack up Israel and the USA against any others.
Edited on Dec 24, 2010 at 10:45amNov '10
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tabula rasa: Thanks, Judith. May God bless Israel and America, democracies, allies, and the greatest hopes for Judeo-Christian civilization. No country is perfect, but I'll stack up Israel and the USA against any others. · Dec 24 at 10:44am
Edited on Dec 24 at 10:45 am
Ditto.
Sep '10
Re: חג מולד שמח, חברי ריקושי
Thanks for the good wishes, Judith. I guess I can forgive you for killing Jesus if you can forgive me for the next 2000 years. Just kidding. The best liberty I ever had was Haifa, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem circa 1983. I didn't really want to leave, but y'all made me.
Jun '10
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Judith, I would love to see you write a post in the coming year along the lines of "An American Moves to Isreal", to describe what you anticipate (experienced) the culture shock to be. I have never been to Israel. My conception is sort of New York City with smaller buildings, palm trees, and lots of sand. That might not be entirely accurate?
May '10
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While we're being multilingual
メリークリスマス
from Japan.
May '10
Re: חג מולד שמח, חברי ריקושי
Hey Judith -
Are you sure that you don't need another "yud" at the end of the nice rendering of the name of this site in your headline? As is, it looks to me like a nice Hungarian last name (smile)...
Am coming over for a long-overdue visit in January. Can't wait!..
Of course, in the country of my geographical origins the main "civilian" holiday of the year was the one that's coming in 4 days. So, even though the sheen of those celebrations has faded in my memory, happy ליל סילבסתר and the rest of the year to you and yours!