Comments on: Some help from my readers http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/13/1894 Cutting straight to the point Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Anne http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/13/1894/comment-page-1#comment-18726 Anne Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:53:41 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/13/1894#comment-18726 ...really good food. Yum! :) …really good food. Yum! :)

]]> By: Barbara http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/13/1894/comment-page-1#comment-18669 Barbara Sun, 13 Aug 2006 21:40:58 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/13/1894#comment-18669 Please include Golda Meir - Meryl or other clever minds can figure out some rhymes! Please include Golda Meir – Meryl or other clever minds can figure out some rhymes!

]]> By: Rahel http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/13/1894/comment-page-1#comment-18668 Rahel Sun, 13 Aug 2006 19:01:00 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/13/1894#comment-18668 Oh, yeah, and all those Nobel Prizes, too! Oh, yeah, and all those Nobel Prizes, too!

]]> By: A Steve http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/13/1894/comment-page-1#comment-18667 A Steve Sun, 13 Aug 2006 18:13:59 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/13/1894#comment-18667 Sorry, I don't know the song, but here's some stuff for "We didn't start the fire" that might inspire you a little. (I think the different things my wife and I came up with say a lot about how we think.) From Me: Nehemiah, Babylon Second Temple, first one's gone Maccabees beat Antioch and kept the lights on Hellenistic culture came And philosophers got game Philo Sirach Qoheleth and Proverbs all rocked From Meredith: Borsht belt, gefilte fishes, all sweet Jewish dishes. Challah bread, macaroons, a matzoh ball on every spoon Mel Brooks, television, Elie Wiesel's great nonfiction. Adam Sandler, Streisand, Fran Drescher in Nanny-land We're not all conspiring! We're just really clever and manage dough much better! We're not all conspiring! Though we didn't fight it we don't wanna "bite it". Sorry, I don’t know the song, but here’s some stuff for “We didn’t start the fire” that might inspire you a little. (I think the different things my wife and I came up with say a lot about how we think.)

From Me:
Nehemiah, Babylon
Second Temple, first one’s gone
Maccabees beat Antioch and kept the lights on
Hellenistic culture came
And philosophers got game
Philo Sirach Qoheleth and Proverbs all rocked

From Meredith:
Borsht belt, gefilte fishes, all sweet Jewish dishes.
Challah bread, macaroons, a matzoh ball on every spoon

Mel Brooks, television, Elie Wiesel’s great nonfiction.
Adam Sandler, Streisand, Fran Drescher in Nanny-land

We’re not all conspiring!
We’re just really clever and manage dough much better!
We’re not all conspiring!
Though we didn’t fight it we don’t wanna “bite it”.

]]> By: Eric J http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/13/1894/comment-page-1#comment-18665 Eric J Sun, 13 Aug 2006 17:48:18 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/13/1894#comment-18665 Sammy Davis Jr. converting. Sammy Davis Jr. converting.

]]> By: Rahel http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/13/1894/comment-page-1#comment-18664 Rahel Sun, 13 Aug 2006 17:43:39 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/13/1894#comment-18664 Oh, OK. Giving of the Torah; building of the Tabernacle; entry into the Land; Deborah's victory song; building of the Temple; Sheba visits Solomon; return from Babylon; the Jewish legal code; Judah Halevy's poetry; Gracia Mendes becomes the richest woman in Europe; start of Hassidic movement; resurrection of Hebrew language; Hovevei Zion movement; Theodor Herzl, return to Zion, unification of Jerusalem; Entebbe; the camera pill, instant messaging invented by a couple of Israeli kids. How's that for starters? Oh, OK. Giving of the Torah; building of the Tabernacle; entry into the Land; Deborah’s victory song; building of the Temple; Sheba visits Solomon; return from Babylon; the Jewish legal code; Judah Halevy’s poetry; Gracia Mendes becomes the richest woman in Europe; start of Hassidic movement; resurrection of Hebrew language; Hovevei Zion movement; Theodor Herzl, return to Zion, unification of Jerusalem; Entebbe; the camera pill, instant messaging invented by a couple of Israeli kids.

How’s that for starters?

]]> By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/13/1894/comment-page-1#comment-18662 Meryl Yourish Sun, 13 Aug 2006 16:48:04 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/13/1894#comment-18662 Um... we can also have GOOD events from Jewish history. I don't want to make the song too depressing. Um… we can also have GOOD events from Jewish history. I don’t want to make the song too depressing.

]]> By: Rahel http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/13/1894/comment-page-1#comment-18661 Rahel Sun, 13 Aug 2006 16:45:54 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/13/1894#comment-18661 Escape from Haran; famine in Canaan; slavery in Egypt; crossing the Red Sea; wandering in the desert; attacked by Amalek; attacked by Ammon and Moab; exile in Babylon; oppression by Rome; destruction of the Temple; exile by Rome; the massacre at Blois; the massacre at Worms; the massacre at York; the Almohades; the Spanish Inquisition; the Chmelnitzky uprising; oppression by the Czars; the Pales of Settlement; the Cantonists; Soviet repression; Ottoman oppression; the Hebron massacre; the British White Paper; Nazi mass murder; attacks by Arab countries; hijacking of airplanes; separation of Jewish passengers; media mendacity; rockets on Kiryat Shemona; rockets on Sderot; rockets on Haifa, rockets on Safed, rockets on Karmiel, rockets on Ashkelon ... Whew. We survived all that and more! Escape from Haran; famine in Canaan; slavery in Egypt; crossing the Red Sea; wandering in the desert; attacked by Amalek; attacked by Ammon and Moab; exile in Babylon; oppression by Rome; destruction of the Temple; exile by Rome; the massacre at Blois; the massacre at Worms; the massacre at York; the Almohades; the Spanish Inquisition; the Chmelnitzky uprising; oppression by the Czars; the Pales of Settlement; the Cantonists; Soviet repression; Ottoman oppression; the Hebron massacre; the British White Paper; Nazi mass murder; attacks by Arab countries; hijacking of airplanes; separation of Jewish passengers; media mendacity; rockets on Kiryat Shemona; rockets on Sderot; rockets on Haifa, rockets on Safed, rockets on Karmiel, rockets on Ashkelon …

Whew. We survived all that and more!

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