Comments on: Jewish Food Day in the Papers

By: Elise Jacobs

Elise Jacobs — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 23:22:39 +0000

To give her the benefit of the doubt, she could have meant fundamentalism as in “returning to the fundamentals”. Which is what it really should mean. And would be accurate…

By: elf

elf — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:14:32 +0000

Thanks for the link, Rachel. Interesting that the article doesn’t even mention Rosh HaShanah.

Joan Nathan is certainly selling American Jewry short if she thinks the return to kashrut is all about fundamentalism.

By: Chaim

Chaim — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 16:25:54 +0000

Rachel - that is is an interesting article. One line (by Joan Nathan) that I did not understand was - “There’s a lot more fundamentalism in America today, and the Jewish people who are fundamentalists are coming back to keeping kosher,” she said.

By: rachel

rachel — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:34:10 +0000

add today’s chicago tribune to your list, there is an article on keeping kosher.