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At 5/7/08 07:29 PM, DarkSoldier wrote:

At 5/7/08 05:53 PM, jew193 wrote: mmmm. i was born on yom kippur.

I was born in the month of rosh hashanah

but isn't rosh hashanah just the first day of the year? so you were born in the first month of the jewish calender?

At 5/7/08 09:04 PM, jew193 wrote:

At 5/7/08 07:29 PM, DarkSoldier wrote:

At 5/7/08 05:53 PM, jew193 wrote: mmmm. i was born on yom kippur.

I was born in the month of rosh hashanah

but isn't rosh hashanah just the first day of the year?

Yes it is.

so you were born in the first month of the jewish calender?

I was born on September 1st.

cool. i was born 17 days after you on a possibly different year. scratch that, obviously different.

HAPPY YOM HAATZMAUT!!!!!

At 5/8/08 08:04 PM, therealsylvos wrote: HAPPY YOM HAATZMAUT!!!!!

which holiday is that? i don't know all the little holidays

At 5/8/08 09:30 PM, jew193 wrote:

At 5/8/08 08:04 PM, therealsylvos wrote: HAPPY YOM HAATZMAUT!!!!!

which holiday is that? i don't know all the little holidays

Israeli independence day

At 5/9/08 01:08 AM, therealsylvos wrote: Israeli independence day

Yeah...big thrill, small flags hanging from rotten cars, people torching meat to a level beyond which it is charcoal and fireworks where no one can see them unless they actually come. Whoopie.

At 5/9/08 01:08 AM, therealsylvos wrote:

At 5/8/08 09:30 PM, jew193 wrote:

At 5/8/08 08:04 PM, therealsylvos wrote: HAPPY YOM HAATZMAUT!!!!!

which holiday is that? i don't know all the little holidays

Israeli independence day

A lot of people here in Canada had Israeli Flags everywhere!

so is yom haaztmaut today or something? im like one of those secular jews who pretty much just goes to the high holiday services and celebrates hannukah and passover and stuff. so i don't know/care much about the little holidays

At 5/9/08 07:54 PM, jew193 wrote: so is yom haaztmaut today or something?

It was yesterday,

At 5/9/08 08:36 PM, DarkSoldier wrote:

At 5/9/08 07:54 PM, jew193 wrote: so is yom haaztmaut today or something?

It was yesterday,

wow, am i uninformed. or apathetic of most things not pertaining to me. something in that general area. anywho, whats new and jewish going on. anybody got a bar/bat/bnai mitzvah they have to go to? want to talk about theirs? i personally had a bnai mitzvah, had to have it with my twin sister.

At 5/9/08 07:54 PM, jew193 wrote: so is yom haaztmaut today or something? im like one of those secular jews who pretty much just goes to the high holiday services and celebrates hannukah and passover and stuff. so i don't know/care much about the little holidays

Well its not a religious holiday, but a secular one.
The equivelent of July 4th here.
Its just that, even though most of us jews don't live in Israel, we feel we should celebrate its formation anyway.

Just found out that my girlfriends' great-gran survived the holocaust.

At 5/10/08 11:55 PM, ZeroAsALimit wrote: Just found out that my girlfriends' great-gran survived the holocaust.

Is your girlfriend Jewish, had family that was, or just had political activists in her history?

At 5/11/08 10:39 AM, gumOnShoe wrote:

At 5/10/08 11:55 PM, ZeroAsALimit wrote: Just found out that my girlfriends' great-gran survived the holocaust.

Is your girlfriend Jewish, had family that was, or just had political activists in her history?

Yes, her great grandmother was Jewish. After the holocaust, she decided that she would want to move to Scotland and there, she fell in love with my girlfriends' great grandad.

I really didn't know what to say when she told me that, all I could say is "That's a heck of a silver lining".

Hey, I'm joining the club, alright?

I'm a Jew, I however, don't really believe in the religion but can still answer questions regarding Judaism, God and Life, so yeah :D

I already had by Bar Mitzvah so I can answer those questions too. Anyway, can I have my Jaffle now? (Jewish Waffle :D)

At 5/10/08 11:55 PM, ZeroAsALimit wrote: Just found out that my girlfriends' great-gran survived the holocaust.

That's really good to hear!

so.... anybody doing anything jewish this summer? i think my friend is going to israel for the second time. anyone ever been there?

At 5/13/08 12:12 AM, jew193 wrote: so.... anybody doing anything jewish this summer? i think my friend is going to israel for the second time. anyone ever been there?

Yeah I had my Bar-Mitzvah there. It was great, I visited the Wall and everything. I was a bit nervous but overall it's a decent country, nice beaches, and warm climate. Although my only complaint is the drivers there are crazy. The rules of the road are so much different than Canada and drivers behave a lot differently, my dad almost got into a car crash 8 times, I was counting, no lie.

At 5/13/08 03:49 PM, Mepsi wrote:

At 5/13/08 12:12 AM, jew193 wrote: so.... anybody doing anything jewish this summer? i think my friend is going to israel for the second time. anyone ever been there?

Yeah I had my Bar-Mitzvah there. It was great, I visited the Wall and everything. I was a bit nervous but overall it's a decent country, nice beaches, and warm climate. Although my only complaint is the drivers there are crazy. The rules of the road are so much different than Canada and drivers behave a lot differently, my dad almost got into a car crash 8 times, I was counting, no lie.

yea, iv heard that china is the same way with taxis and stuff too. my friends mom went there, and the taxi driver was driving on the wrong side of the road for a while.

Its not just taxi's.
Its well known that Israeli's are psycho drivers.
Plus their road system is terrible, and really makes matters a hell of a lot worse.

At 5/18/08 11:19 AM, therealsylvos wrote: Its not just taxi's.
Its well known that Israeli's are psycho drivers.
Plus their road system is terrible, and really makes matters a hell of a lot worse.

yea, i really know almost nothing about taxis in the US, let alone in israel, so... but how is the road system fucked up? do they drive on the wrong side of the road or something? (obscure reference)

Example: In america traffic lights go:

1) Red (stop)
2) green (go)
3) Yellow (slow down)
4) Red (stop) [repeat]

In israel they are slightly different

1) Red (stop)
2) Yellow (rev you engine and get ready to go way to fast)
3) Green (hit the gas pedal and GO GO GO)
4) Yellow ( slow down )
5) Red (stop) [repeat]

gf, just got back a month ago and told me all about it. Its like nascar.

but people do that here, they just watch the lights going perpendicular to them to see when they turn orange/yellow and rev their engines and get ready to go

At 5/22/08 09:50 AM, jew193 wrote: but people do that here, they just watch the lights going perpendicular to them to see when they turn orange/yellow and rev their engines and get ready to go

yeah, they do, but not to this extent from what I was told. I thought I might have been one of the few people to actually look at the other lights. At least I'm not crazy... or too crazy.

At 5/13/08 12:12 AM, jew193 wrote: so.... anybody doing anything jewish this summer?

probably ask my mom to make me shnitzels(only know hebrew spelling). Also watch
You Don't Mess With The Zohan

At 5/29/08 11:05 PM, Creek wrote:

At 5/13/08 12:12 AM, jew193 wrote: so.... anybody doing anything jewish this summer?

probably ask my mom to make me shnitzels(only know hebrew spelling). Also watch
You Don't Mess With The Zohan

that movie does look quite funny. gonna see it with either my jewish friends or mexican friends. either way, it'll be funnier for us than those gentiles who see it

There was the Jerusalem walk here in Montreal 2 days ago.

Unfortunately i was at the Synagogue though but my sister went to it.

At 6/3/08 10:49 PM, DarkSoldier wrote: There was the Jerusalem walk here in Montreal 2

so how it'sJerusalem walk?

btw i join

At 6/3/08 10:49 PM, DarkSoldier wrote: There was the Jerusalem walk here in Montreal 2 days ago.

Unfortunately i was at the Synagogue though but my sister went to it.

So what exactly would one do in a Jerusalem walk? Is it just supporting Israel, or what?