Exhibit Two Gets Aished! (Exhibit Two at Aish HaTorah in Jerusalem earlier this month) A bit of explanation is in order. Aish = Aish HaTorah. [1] Aish HaTorah is an apolitical network of Jewish educational centers in 35 branches on five continents. [2] Aish is all about Jewish education and kiruv… drawing Jews closer to [...]
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Exhibit Two Gets Aished!
Posted in Children, Community, Culture, Faith, Family, Inspiration, Israel, Jews/Judaism, Kids, Kosher, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Parenting, People, Religion, Spirituality, Thoughts, tagged Children, Community, Culture, Faith, Family, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Kids, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, parenting, Religion, Spirituality, Thoughts on May 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Returning April 16th!
Posted in Cooking, Culture, Entertainment, Fashion, Food, Inspiration, Israel, Japan - Japanese, Jews/Judaism, Kosher, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, People, Recipes, Research, Science, Space, Style, Thoughts, Vampyres, Zombies, Zoology, tagged cooking, Culture, Fashion, Food, Israel, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Life, Modern Culture, Opinion, Research, Style, Thoughts, Vampires, Vampyres, zombies on April 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Kosher Samurai continues to be away for Passover. Look for this award-anticipating blog to return this coming Monday April 16th!
R’ Michael Skobac’s Healthy Challah for Dummies!
Posted in Cooking, Culture, Faith, Food, Friends, Health, Inspiration, Israel, Jews/Judaism, Kosher, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, My Life, People, Recipes, Reviews, Style, Thoughts, Toronto, tagged cooking, Culture, Faith, Food, Friends, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, kosher, Life, Lifestyle, Recipes, Style, Thoughts, Toronto on March 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of spending Shabbes with my rebbe and mentor, R’ Michael Skobac [1] and his charming wife, Chashi. R’ Skobac is Master Po to my Grasshopper. (R’ Skobac and I SO don’t look like this!) Shabbes dinner featured a spelt/camut challah that was out of this world! He was kind [...]
Pizza Cones!
Posted in Cooking, Culture, Fashion, Food, Fun, Health, Kosher, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Opinion, People, Recipes, Reviews, Style, Thoughts, tagged cooking, Cuisine, Culture, Fashion, Food, Fun, Health, kosher, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Opinion, People, Recipes, Reviews, Thoughts on March 23, 2012 | 1 Comment »
When I first saw a photo of this little treat the other day, I said, “WOW!” A pizza cone. What a stroke of genius! Pizza dough, formed into the shape of a cone and filled with pizza toppings! This is the best thing since the calzone… basically a pizza turnover! While not nearly in the [...]
Quick & Easy Purim Hamantashen
Posted in Community, Cooking, Culture, Faith, Food, Fun, History, Holidays, Inspiration, Israel, Jews/Judaism, Kids, Kosher, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, People, Recipes, Religion, Spirituality, Style, tagged Children, Community, cooking, Culture, Faith, Food, Fun, History, Holidays, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Kids, kosher, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, People, Recipes, Religion, Spirituality, Style on March 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This Wednesday night, March 7, marks the beginning of the Jewish festival of Purim, commemorating the events of the biblical Book of Esther in ancient Persia (now Iran). The wicked Persian premier, Haman, plotted to wipe out all the Jews (sound familiar?) but was ultimately thwarted. Purim falls into the “they tried to kill us, [...]
Partners in Torah
Posted in Community, Culture, Education, Faith, Fun, History, Inspiration, Israel, Jews/Judaism, Kosher, Law, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Opinion, People, Personal, Personal Observations, Relationships, Religion, Reviews, Spirituality, Style, Thoughts, Toronto, tagged Community, Culture, Education, Faith, Inspiration, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, People, Religion, Reviews, Spirituality, Thoughts on February 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago, I signed up with a program called Partners in Torah. It is run by that fabulous adult Jewish education organization, Aish HaTorah. [1] The premise is quite simple. People who, for various reasons, cannot get together with a study partner to learn Torah, Jewish history, Hebrew, Talmud, Halacha (Jewish law), and [...]
An Open Letter to Rabbi S. Boteach
Posted in Culture, Education, Faith, Inspiration, Israel, Kosher, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Opinion, Personal Observations, Religion, Spirituality, Thoughts, tagged Christian, Christianity, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Religion, Spirituality on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Reblogged from 1000 Verses: An Open Letter to Rabbi S. Boteach Dear Rabbi Boteach. You seem to be surprised by the firestorm that erupted around your new book Kosher Jesus”. Your book was not even released and it was already banned. You have found yourself attacked from all quarters and you have valiantly wielded your [...]
Green Beans with Olive Oil and Garlic
Posted in Cooking, Culture, Family, Food, Friends, Fun, Kosher, Life, Lifestyle, Musings, My Life, Recipes, Reviews, Style, Thoughts, tagged cooking, Culture, Food, Friends, Fun, Health, kosher, Life, Lifestyle, Musings, Recipes, Style, Thoughts on February 1, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Sometimes, the simple things are the best. (The name says it all!) Try this simple, quick and easy vegetable side dish. Take green beans (a bit less than 2 lbs), snip off the ends and boil. When cooked, remove from water and let cool a bit. Pour a bit of extra virgin olive oil on [...]
Thai-Style Curry Chicken and Potatoes
Posted in Cooking, Culture, Entertainment, Food, Friends, Fun, Kosher, Life, Lifestyle, Musings, My Life, Recipes, Style, Thoughts, tagged cooking, Cuisine, Culture, Entertainment, Food, kosher, Life, Lifestyle, Recipes, Style, Thai on January 20, 2012 | 1 Comment »
This great dish is one of my favourites. It can be easily tweaked, depending on one’s tastes and preferences (see notes below). It is largely based on Martin Yan’s ‘Chicken and Potato Yellow Curry’ recipe in his Quick & Easy cookbook. N.B.: The recipe as set down below is the original treyf (not kosher) version. [...]
Shabbes in Niagara!
Posted in Community, Culture, Education, Faith, Family, Friends, Inspiration, Israel, Jews/Judaism, Kosher, Life, Lifestyle, Musings, My Life, Opinion, Personal Observations, Philosophy, Religion, Thoughts, tagged Culture, Faith, Inspiration, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Life, Lifestyle, Religion, Thoughts on January 16, 2012 | 2 Comments »
My beloved S.G. and I had the opportunity to spend Shabbes at the brand new (as of Rosh HaShana) Chabad House in St. Catharines. Formerly, Chabad was centred out of Niagara Falls, but the new location is much better on a lot of levels (bigger, closer to Brock University, closer to a larger Jewish population, [...]

