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August 20 [Chabad.org] Kashruth Update - Wed, Aug/20/08
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Contact: Stephen Steiner
August 5, 2008
Director of Public Relations
212.613.8318; steiners@ou.org
For immediate release
OU KOSHER RELEASES TWO NEW DVD’S
ON THE KASHRUT OF MEAT AND BIRDS
As part of its ever-expanding initiatives in kashrut education, OU Kosher has released two DVD’s -- on meat and birds -- explaining the intricacies of what makes these products kosher. They follow two highly popular DVD presentations, “Kosher Kidz,” which conveys the basics of kosher certification to a youthful audience; and “The Kosher Fish Primer,” which explains the basics of identifying kosher fish and purchasing it.
Kosher Meat: Unexplored Frontiers with Rabbi Yisroel Belsky
You want to really understand meat preparation -- the Torah way. What is it that goes into making a kosher steak or lamb chop? But you don’t know who can teach you. You’d probably need a team of three: A rabbi with mastery of the relevant laws; a scientist with a breadth of anatomical knowledge; and a veteran shochet (ritual slaughterer) who can share his expertise.
Guess again! In Kosher Meat: Unexplored Frontiers with Rabbi Yisroel Belsky, a one-of-a-kind video presentation, Rabbi Belsky, the world-renowned scholar who serves as Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath in New York and as a Senior Halachic Consultant for OU Kashrut, explores the lesser-known -- and lesser-seen -- aspects of meat preparation. A master halachist, anatomist, and shochet, Rabbi Belsky addresses such questions as: How is a kosher animal identified? What does it mean to “chew the cud”? How does a shochet prepare for shechitah? What do the Matnos Kehuna (the portions given to the Kohen) look like? What’s checked after shechitah? Join him and understand meat preparation like you never imagined you could.
Kosher Birds: Who Are They? (You’ll Have a Ball with these Fowls!) with Rabbi Chaim Loike
Kosher fish have fins and scales. Kosher mammals have cloven hooves and ruminate. And kosher birds have…what exactly? In “Kosher Birds: Who Are They?” a unique video seminar, Rabbi Chaim Loike, an OU Kosher rabbinic coordinator possessing special expertise in birds, explains how we determine that a bird is kosher. Using live birds -- squawks and all! -- Rabbi Loike addresses such questions as: What are the physical traits of kosher birds? How does Judaism define a predatory bird? What role does communal tradition play here? Let Rabbi Loike be your guide, and understand kashrut in a whole new way.
Kosher Meat and Kosher Birds comprise the two most recent examples of OU Kosher’s expanded educational outreach. These educational programs include the nationally-renowned and ever-popular “OU Kosher Coming” initiative, which sends OU’s expert rabbis to schools, synagogues and college campuses to share their knowledge of halacha and technology; the ever-growing Kosher Tidbits series of short seminars on innumerable aspects of kashrut and certification, available at ouradio.org. , as well as the popular OU Kosher webcasts the most recent one held on May 29th featuring OU Senior Halachic Consultants Rabbis Yisroel Belsky and Rabbi Hershel Schachter in a question and answer webcast session about the Kosher Kitchen. Thousands of listeners tuned in to that most informative presentation.
The Kosher Kidz and Kosher Fish Primer videos have already achieved great popularity. “There has been an astounding response to these presentations,” declared Rabbi Eliyahu Safran, Senior Rabbinic Coordinator and Vice President of Marketing and Communications at OU Kosher. “We have received requests from day schools, summer camps, yeshivas, kollelim, federations, Jewish community centers, synagogues, youth groups, college campus groups, and classroom teachers -- from all denominations from throughout the country and worldwide, including Israel, England, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Mexico. We are obviously meeting a very real need for teachers and schools everywhere throughout the Jewish educational network. Some days as many as 50 requests arrive. The appreciation expressed is overwhelming."
For further information on bringing OU Kosher to your school or community, or to receive the DVD’s, contact Rabbi Eliyahu Safran at safrane@ou.org. There is no charge for the DVDs other than $10 for postage.
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by Marnie Winston-Macauley
| Outrageous, odd and fascinating Jewish facts including… craters on the moon named after rabbis. |
Outrageous, odd and fascinating Jewish facts including… craters on the moon named after rabbis.
AND SPEAKING OF FISH ...
Lox, whitefish, and gefilte aren't the only major Yiddish fish. The animated hit, "Finding Nemo," is swimming in Jewish waters! Jewish actor, Brad Garrett, is the voice of Bloat (who else?), while Albert Brooks plays the nervous (what else?) Marlin, who overcomes his fears (of course) to find his captured son Nemo. The title role belonged to then nine-year-old Alexander Gould. The Jewish California native is a second generation show biz vet as his mom was a child actress. Both Alexander and his two sisters have followed suit. The young man told the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent that he "guessed Nemo was Jewish."Oh ... and he doesn't eat fish! Can you blame him?
JEWS OUT OF THIS WORLD! ...
Rabbis, rabbis, everywhere -- yes even on the moon. Or at least there are Jewish craters on the moon named for rabbis. One, "Rabbi Levi," was no doubt dubbed so to honor the 14th century Rabbi Levi ben Gershom known for his important contributions in mathematics, astronomy, and navigation. But crater-Levi is not a lone Moon Jew! Another crater was also named for a Jewish sage, 12th century Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra. The Spanish scholar was known for his astrological explanations for Scriptural passages. Now, all we need do is figure out how to fix a mezuzah to the entrance of these craters. Hmmm. Better call my friend Hadassah who works at NASA.
A JEW, WHO NU? ...
Who among us hasn't known, heard of, or read about someone raised gentile, later learning they were actually "one of the tribe"? Most famous, perhaps, is former Secretary of State Madeline Albright who was said to have learned she was Jewish in 1997. As a writer, I've researched many such "revelations" -- from Conversos who were often told the truth on their bubbes' deathbed, to an entire village with oddly unquestioned Jewish traditions (Venhaver, Portugal). So imagine my surprise when John Stossel, anchor of ABC's "20/20," specials, and author of books exposing myths and lies, told me a life story which just may have contributed to his passion for the truth. Stossel didn't know he was Jewish until he was a teen! Raised in the Congregational Church, he said, "One day I made a remark about a Jewish boy picking his nose - and my brother said 'what the heck do you thing you are?'" Although his mother claimed she told him of their heritage, he doesn't recall hearing this information. He embraced Judaism at about age 30. His wife is Jewish, and his brother-in-law is a Jewish activist. The Stossel family even observes the Sabbath! Whew! Another "myth" uncovered. Hey John, got a job for me over at 20/20? John??
RELATIVITY THEORIES? ...
Most of us know (and tell our children) that Albert Einstein was no prize in school and was backward in speech and in math. Naturally, Albert, born in Ulm Donnau, Germany in 1879, worried his parents, Hermann and Pauline. The Einstein family pow-wowed and pondered the reason. And so, the interest in Albert's head began - first to explain his deficiencies, then later, to explain his genius. Little Al's grandmother thought her grandson's head was much too fat, while Mama Pauline, worried that her child's head was lopsided. "Alright, OK, so he'll take violin lessons," must have run through her head when she insisted her child, the nebekhl, study the instrument. When Einstein died, his brain was removed without permission and in contravention of Jewish law by Dr. Thomas Harvey in 1955. Einstein, one of the greatest minds of the 20th century and creator of the Theory of Relativity, was found to have a brain that looked much like any other -- gray, crinkly, and, if anything, a trifle smaller than average.
IS THIS A JOB FOR A JEWISH GIRL? ...
With the Olympics in full swing, I'm reminded of a conversation I had with Melanie Strug, mother of gold medalist, Kerri Strug. In 1996, the tiny 17-year-old Jewish athlete became a hero. At the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the only way the United States' Women's Gymnastics team could win their first-ever gold medal, depended upon Kerri's final vault. In her first vault, she fell, tearing ligaments, and spraining her left ankle. Barely able to walk, Kerri readied ... then nailed an almost perfect landing, and the gold for the Team. For most moms, this would be enough, no? But to Jewish mom Melanie, "School was most important. I thought you can't make a career out of gymnastics." And she made sure her daughter was prepared. "When she moved away from home [Arizona] to study gymnastics in Houston (with famed coach Bela Karoly],at age 13, we were devastated. Before we made the decision to let her go, we went to Houston to check this out." Mrs. Strug wasn't thrilled. "A lot of the kids let school slide. School was always number one with us. Gymnastics was not going to be her future." Mom's planning paid off. In addition to Olympic Gold, Kerri holds a B.A. in Communications and a Masters Degree from Stanford. When I spoke with Kerri, she was with the Justice department's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The lesson? Gold may tarnish, but learning lasts a lifetime. Now, that's what I call a "Golden Rule!"
Marnie Winston-Macauley is the author of "Yiddishe Mamas: The Truth About the Jewish Mother" and "A Little Joy, A Little Oy," the book and 2009 calendar which you can order on Amazon or pick up at your local bookstore.
Author Biography:
Marnie is author of the advice column, "Ask Sadie." She has written over 20 books and calendars, including, "Yiddishe Mamas: The Truth About the Jewish Mother" and "A Little Joy, A Little Oy." She wrote for "As the World Turns," (Emmy and Writers Guild nomination). She starred in her own radio show and a Discovery pilot. Marnie is in "Who's Who in America," 2007.
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B”sd A Voice from Hebron by Gary M. Cooperberg Time is Running Out — August 19, 2008In less than two weeks the month of Elul begins. Every morning, at the end of our prayers, we sound the Shofar to remind ourselves that the Day of Judgment is nearly upon us. It is time for introspection in order to prepare ourselves for the Days of Awe that are coming very soon. It would seem that the times in which we are living require that we redouble our efforts to please our Creator. Our world has never been in greater peril than it is today. Our leaders here in Israel are turning loose murderers by the hundreds and we are no closer to seeing Gilad Shalit released. Shimon Peres has no trouble pardoning Arab murderers, yet he refuses to pardon Jewish prisoners who had the audacity to shoot back when attacked by Arab terrorists. Prime Minister Olmert has a new Friday afternoon tradition of being questioned by the police, even as he is busily making plans to give away more of the Jewish homeland to terrorists. Even if we get new elections, there is no one to vote for. All the candidates are cut from the same cloth. Not one recognizes the sanctity of the state. It is from such leaders that terror is born. And while Jews in the United States may smugly point to the above facts, among many others, as good reason not to leave America and come home to Israel, in a very short time they will realize the mistake they are making. I am convinced that after the upcoming elections in the USA, that country will become an Obamanation. I do not believe in American democracy. I believe that Obama has been chosen already, in spite of the alleged elections. His handlers have already formulated a plan to change the USA to meet their needs. As has always been the case in the past, it will be the Jew who is first to be sacrificed. All the ills of the world will be blamed upon us and the day will come when Jews living in the USA will be lucky if they can leave alive, never mind with their possessions. As we listen to the warning cries of the Shofar during the month of Elul, let us understand that, just as Abraham could not understand why G-d required him to sacrifice his only son, we too cannot understand why He would command us to leave the good life in the USA to live in an Israel with self-destructive leaders. It is not for us to understand why. It is just for us to know that this is His Will for His People. Stop reading the newspapers and go back to the Bible. The entire world is depending upon us to simply be good Jews and come home. I am considering another whirlwind visit to the states in the beginning of November. Depending upon how many invitations I get I will decide. If you would like me to visit in your area please let me know by email, gary@projectshofar.org. Project Shofar is dedicated to spreading these truths wherever it is possible to do so. It is sounding the alarm, to Jew and Gentile alike,to open our eyes to the G-dly process that is presently underway, and work to support it. We dare not stand idly on the sidelines. If you would like to support the concepts espoused by the Voice from Hebron, and the physical work of Project Shofar, click the "Make A Donation" below to donate now by credit card. |
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