BREAKING NEWS
NEW KOSHER RESTAURANT TO OPEN IN BROOKLINE
Several sources have confirmed a rumor that a new glatt kosher restaurant will be opening in Brookline, MA, after Passover this year. The new restaurant, as yet unnamed, will feature a unique combination of Israeli and Chinese foods in a comfortable counter-service setting.
UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP, “JEWISH ADVOCATE” TO CHANGE NAME
Boston’s largest Jewish newspaper, having last year changed hands to a British media conglomerate, will also soon be changing its name. The Jewish Advocate has been under increasing pressure to embrace religious pluralism, and starting with its advertising and content, has already tried to pass as less overtly “semitic.” To complete the process, the Advocate’s Board of Directors next week will vote to change the publication’s name to the Jewish-Sponsored, Nonsectarian Advocate. A source close to the newspaper’s editor stated, “To compete in today’s media industry, we have to appeal to a wider audience. The non-Jewish population in Massachusetts is simply a much larger market.” A representative of Boston’s Jewish Community Relations Council hailed the move, saying that “eliminating religious doctrine in a public resource like the Advocate affirms the JCRC’s fundamental principle to promote a democratic, pluralistic, and just society.”
SUPERMARKET SHELVES EMPTY OF PASSOVER PRODUCTS DUE TO JEWISH LEAP YEAR
Supermarket shelves across the United States will be bereft of kosher-for-Passover products this year following this Sunday’s Easter holiday, leaving the Jewish calendar’s peculiar “leap month” of Adar-II to blame. A memo circulated by Albertson’s, Inc. to each of its supermarkets (Acme, Shaw’s, and Albertson’s) stated explicitly to stock all Passover foodstuffs only until March 27. An executive of Ahold USA, parent company of Stop & Shop Supermarkets, stated, “Every year, the Jewish holiday of Passover coincides with the Christian holiday of Easter. We expected this year would be the same.” Jewish community leaders have expressed outrage at the move. One area man bemoaned, “When Sidney Rabb was in charge [of Stop & Shop], something like this never would have happened!” Small kosher markets nationwide are quietly raising prices for the post-Purim rush.
You know, I had heard about this. However, I heard that it wasn’t because of Adar Sheni, it was because the pope was ill, and since he dons the white kippa, the supermarkets thought he could benefit from some K-Passover Matza Ball soup. The shipment was shipped and delivered when they were able to confirm that in fact the pope does hold by gebruchs.
Re new Restaurant,,,
Ummm Israeli and Chinese>>??? IS that some sort of Purim Joke??? do we really need more???????????????? of that??
hah! perhaps this posting would have been better understood on 4/1. ^_^
Friday was Purim, after all.
I think is it a complete disgrace for the JEWISH ADVOCATE to change its name; it was founded and should maintain its stated purpose of being a paper for the Jewish community of Boston and its other areas. It other purpose was to
represent and to defend the Jewish community not to cater to the whims and fancies of other parts of the community. No one feels that therte is a great need to change the PILOT