I'm a Manischewitz Man

As a longtime blogger, I receive many offers of free samples, books and other stuff which I usually decline.

However, when Courtney Manders from the Bender Hammerling Group contacted me regarding a review of Manischewitz products, I could not resist. A box of free samples and coupons arrived promptly and Da Jew dug in.


Da Wife and I loved the new "Guiltless Gourmet Crunches-Roasted Cashews". They tasted great and I would have eaten them all year round, no small feat for Pesach food.

Then I cracked open the Cookies and Cream Macaroons. Word....Great tasting and best of all, my daughter liked them too!

We are going to save the rest of the samples for Pesach as Gluten Free Pasta and the Velvet Chocolate Cake would be a welcome respite.

Manischewitz is the royalty of American Kosher food. When I think of Manischewitz, I think of their Gefilte, Grape Juice and Macaroons.

What do you like about Manischewitz?

Sonograms are the new Frum Porn!

This is so messed up!

I'll paste the post here as the lakewood scoop page loads really slow.

Schools Ask Parents To Dispose Of Magazine Featuring Inappropriate Content This Week

Jan 13 2012 11:43 am

PHOTO: Schools are asking parents to dispose of a magazine they feel is inappropriate for children to be reading this week. The Magazine, Jewish World of Wonders, ‘Exploring the universe through insights of Torah’ features this week pictures of sonograms and more, which schools feel should not be available to children.
At least one school today sent out an automated message asking parents to immediately discard the material.
The magazine is usually delivered with other Frum circulars. TLS-CCP/NB-RH/SH26

http://www.thelakewoodscoop.com/news/2012/01/schools-ask-parents-to-dispose-of-magazine-featuring-inappropriate-content-this-week.html


Someone, PLEASE, explain to me what exactly is wrong with a frickin sonogram?????

VaYigash Yehudah

As is my custom in the last 4 years, I'll be read Revii and HaMishi in this week's Parasha at my shul. Its my bar-mitzvah parasha.....I find it so appropriate on a personal level- this parasha is about confronting and overcoming challenges in life, something I've had my fair share of.

VaYigash Yehudah. Take a stand. Been there, done that and it does pay off.

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Its been a while since I posted. Things have changed for me, mainly that my growing family and work
demand more of my atention.

Still read the various blogging stalwarts still posting such as Frum Satire, DovBear, Jameel,LifeInIsrael and others.

Anyways, its my 30th birthday Sat night.

Its kinda scary turning that number, leaving behind the roaring twenties. Feels like yesterday I was whooping it up at my 21st bash with my best friends Topp Dogg and KB.

Its all good though. Loving wife, great kids, great friends, good job. Baruch HaShem.

Thanks for listening!

Wanted: Small Fridge

Anyone have a small fridge, 33" tall or so for sale or free? I'll pick it up anywhere in Brooklyn or NYC.

R.I.P. Spirit

Snoopy has the scoopy. Spirit, intrepid rover on Mars,  has officially kicked the bucket.

This, along with the news that NASA is wrapping up their space shuttle program, saddens me immensely.

It looks likely that private industry will now be responsible for further flights into space. Its not as if NASA did a good job till now but still.

I'm a huge fan of science fiction and the way things are going, looks like Ben Bova had the right idea. He posited that the major advaces into space will be from private industry. The problem with that is it becomes a 100% profit driven venture and safety can take a backseat at times.

I dont know about you but I sometimes wish I can hop on a shuttle and leave this crowded (6,775,235,700 people plus ) planet behind.

If I had $200,000 lying around, I would put a deposit on the Virgin shuttle and reserve a seat into outer space.

Until then...my local library, a solid scifi book and a comfy sofa will have to suffice.

Flatbush Takeout Closes!

Flatbush Takeout on Coney Island Ave has closed!

Such terrible news. It will sorely be missed.

Many solid pieces of kugel have been enjoyed there. I will also miss Nicky, the none-Jew worker, who spoke better Yiddish than many of us and knew all the important Yortzeits. We always had a good shmooze.

I have no firm details why it closed. Oy.

Pomegranate got nothing on these guys.

New Blog!

I'll get right to it.

I've started blogging again!

Click  here to see the new izzle. And comment.