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THE SPICE BOX Only in America Item: There are three Jewish families among the 3500 people of Iiynden, Washington. So it's not the Jewish vote that accounts for the fact that the Iiynden Christian...
...plain advertisements work better than submissions underlined and circled with magic markers...
...a horse by any other name would still be a fehrd ("horse," for those of you not from the proper set...
...The champion of the Philistines, Goliath, appeared...
...He had a helmet of brass and was clad in a coat of mail...
...To The Editor, New England Journal of Medicine For some time we have puzzled and anguished about one aspect of a particular story in the Scriptures...
...David went on to become a great king of Israel, owing in large part to Smiley's insight into what lay behind Goliath's armor—a classic example of multiple endocrine neoplasia Type 1. Smiley's people had put it together this way: Goliath had acromegaly, and the pituitary tumor was probably so large that it proReader Dorothy Singer noticed this most, um, interesting street sign in Orange, Connecticut...
...Not to worry, Rabbi...
...In Yiddish, you might try Gevikelte Kroit for the cabbage part-but we're not sure they're stuffed...
...We have only one opportunity," he declared...
...Item: The Yorkridge-Calvert Savings Bank of Baltimore wants your account...
...He had extensive osteitis fibrosa with a brown tumor on his forehead, through which the stone pierced his brain...
...On the Lower East Side, there's a sign advertising a neighborhood restaurant with a rather jarring name-"Pig...
...Smiley studied Goliath's profile carefully...
...And David took a stone, slung it, and smote the Philistine...
...The letter offers, among other things, a vanity plate for Mr...
...That's better than Great Neck's Pennysaver store, whose Passover cum Easter ad shows an Easter bunny eating matzah...
...Thanks, Lucille Posner...
...Considering its location across the street from Moishe's Kosher Bakery and such, the 10-foot-long orange pig seems misplaced...
...Israel Congregation, in Manchester Center, Vermont, is attached to the rear of the Miles Lumber Company...
...No, we don't know what they're called in Hebrew...
...Want a real guilt non-trip...
...Even though the bakery is under rabbinical supervision year-round, the entire restaurant is never under rabbinical supervision...
...King Saul was distraught because his policy of deterrence was in shreds...
...Smiley hurried back to Elah and was immediately given an audience with Saul...
...They all became ill...
...Ah, swiftly flow the years...
...There's exile, and there's golus An OpEd piece in the NY Times, sent to us by Nancy Slnkoff, observed that when former president Jimmy Carter visited Argentina last fall, he was greeted by, among others, "Jacobo Timerman, who has"-so the author puts it-"returned from exile.'' Well, maybe...
...Minimum deposit, $2500...
...The consensus was gloomy: The Israelites' chances were zero...
...submitted this address label and letter, which exhibit a drop of computer confusion...
...Russ Pederman, proprietor of Russ & Daughters, specialists in salmon and herring, is fighting back...
...Oh well, they tried...
...Meyer Silverberg of Minneapolis sent us this one...
...But what kind of a name is Bold Vantage for a horse from a stable so called...
...To lose weight in Israel, stand on your head Rabbi Harold Kushner, of Watick, MA, forwards to us a selection from The Official Pritikin Guide to Restaurant Eating...
...Federman's plan is to paint a huge white fish on his building-with an apple in its mouth...
...Thanks, Beth matter...
...David Rabin, MD Pauline L. Rabin, MD (with apologies to John le Carre) Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Nashville, TN (From the October 20, 1983, HE Journal of Medicine, sent to The Spice Box by Marjorie Reiter of Boston...
...How did David slay Goliath...
...better a brief spiritual service than none, w always say...
...Be sure to include your name, address and telephone number...
...And thanks to Ralph Schwartz of Pikesville for the tip...
...The choice was obvious, as Michelangelo's statue will attest: David, son of Jesse...
...Not a toaster oven, not a VCR, but a real premium: a handblown glass mezuzah...
...If it's Chanu-kah, it must be kosher...
...That's a lot of horseradish, in our view...
...Oh, about $30...
...On the eve of the Sabbath we joined our Jewish brothers at the Wailing Wall...
...Depending on length, we'll pay from $5 to $50 for material that is accepted...
...Kosher, perhaps, for Passover We admire the Lincoln Deli's candor: Below their special Passover menu, they inform us that "these items are made with Passover ingredients, but are not strictly kosher for Passover and are not under rabbinical supervision...
...As the ship heads out to sea, the announcement continues, "a brief spiritual service will be conducted...
...Item: The First Baptist Church of West Hollywood (PL) wishes a happy new year to one and all, and we mean all: "Sunday School for all ages...
...A recent ad in the Jerusalem Post informs us that Cabbage Patch kids, Coleco's famous dolls, have "made aliya...
...we have a motto for the synagogue: The Lord saw what He had made, and it was wood...
...Choose a youth swift and skilled with a sling...
...Thanks to Joel Bens tain-chairman at the time of OSU Hillel's Religious Committee—for sending this one...
...Help keep your Spice Box clean A note to Spice Box contributors: We welcome your submissions to The Spice Box, but please, send us unmarked illustrative material...
...Ritualarium's car, undoubtedly a mikveh-mobile...
...I will need some time," he said softly...
...Thanks...
...It seems two Jerusalem women were talking about a recent purchase: "It cost me about 20 pounds in London...
...Thanks to D: Melvin Botvin of Claremont...
...Linda Levine sent the info to her rabbi, who sent it on to The Spice Box...
...The announcement describes the play as "the popular story of 19th century Russian Jews struggling to maintain their tradition...
...So they offer you a premium...
...Ideas with currency N. Ableman writes from the Holy Land of a brief item that appeared in the Jerusalem Post...
...Connie, what do we have on giants in Canaan...
...Cantor Nancy Hausman of Coral Springs spotted it...
...In despair, someone suggested calling in George Smiley from Intelligence...
...The story is, of course, familiar to everybody, but certain new "facts" have come to light...
...His height was 6 cubits and a span...
...Item: Temple Baht Yan Singles Seafaring Men (yep, that's what it says) announced recently that would host a "Shabbat at Sea" aboard the TIKI...
...Jeff Marder, of Los Angeles, sends us a clipping from the LA Times that describes a recent pilgrim's visit to Jerusalem...
...Which is better, in turn, than the Hillel Foundation of Ohio State, whose misprint one year (we assume) resulted in an announcement that "Hillel can provide you with two beautiful Seders, kosher meals throughout the holiday, and a service to sell you chametz...
...Is this equine kosher...
...And serve the hot dog menu on December 18...
...If only our mikveh could drive Judy Reishteln of Wilkes-Barre, PA (made famous by the Flood—remember...
...Roast suckling whitefLsh...
...He may have been hypoglycemic on the morning of the contest, but it was hyperparathyroidism that killed him...
...He was armed with j avelin and spear...
...Well, little matter...
...The armies of the Philistines and the Israelites were gathered in the vale of Elah...
...We reserve the right to edit all submissions...
...Or Kvell, who raced at Meadowlands in 1983 (so reports reader Carol Bernstein...
...They're available in Israel...
...So it's not the Jewish vote that accounts for the fact that the Iiynden Christian High School chose to present Fiddler on the Roof as its annual school play...
...The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell to the earth...
...He called in his chief of staff, his national security advisor, and other experts...
...Some went blind, others bled or slipped into coma, and they all developed soft bones-soft as butter, Georgie...
...duced homonymous hemianopia (eyewitnesses said Goliath had to look about to find David...
...Something j ogged his memory...
...Please serve the December 18 Burrito menu (which does not contain pork) on December 19...
...The Philistines had challenged the Israelites to let the war be decided by the outcome of a contest between the two warriors, one from each side...
...How much is that in Israeli money...
...Please use your cover letter, or an extra copy of the submission, to point out the Spice Boxable portion...
...Shirley Laike, of Wayne, NJ, shared this with us...
...The Chassidic Jews especially make a vivid spectacle, with their pigtails, black gowns and broad fur-trimmed Slavic hats...
...Adults, Jewish, Spanish, Silent, Married Couples, Young Marrieds, Singles, Jolly 60s, Handicapped, College and Career, Teens, Children and Nursery...
...SinoGhassidism...
...The author plainly needs new spectacles...
...Submissions cannot be acknowledged or returned...
...And when you turn it right side up, you find the spelling's wrong as well...
...Anchors oyvey, folks...
...Well," she said, "there was the story that Joshua brought back, about families of giants...
...But dont let me catch you praying...
...Since the current menu lists a hot dog containing pork, we are going to switch two menus...
...Original newspaper clippings work better than copies...
...Richard Moline, of Chicago, tells us of his inlaws, the Crounses of Omaha, who this summer discovered that Bold Vantage, entered in the ninth race at the local track, is owned by AH-Royce—Ga-Vor-Feneh-Gelt Stable...
...But check the Cabbage Patch kids for another view...
...Use no armor," said Smiley, "but come in from the side so he won't see you, and hit him in the forehead...
...You can bet on it...
...Item: The Tucson Unified School District recently sent a memo to all its employees, alerting them to a change in the school menu for Chanu-kah...
...It's not what Ben-Gurion had in mind, hut...
...Thanks to Rabbi Leonard Thai for the information...
...What happened to them...
...He also had a pancreatic tumor, but it was uncertain whether it secreted gastrin or insulin...
...The folks from AH-Royce-Ga-Vor-Peneh-Gelt ought to buy Shanekite, who, Rabbi Erwin Herman writes, took the Morvich Handicap at Santa Anita in 1982...
...Invitation Readers are invited-and encouraged-to submit material for The Spice Box...
...Which explains the "no self-service" sign, sent to us by Rabbi A. Alper of Spring House, Pennsylvania, who observes that the location of the synagogue may mean the congregants are board with services, and that they should be on guard against splinter groups...
...He left and went to find Connie, the human computer, armed with her favorite bottle...
...Please send us ideas, notes, curiosities-ajaything you'd like to share with our subscribers...
Vol. 10 • April 1985 • No. 4
