BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

It has been a true pleasure & learning experience meeting other Jewish bloggers (and friends) these last 6 years. I have learned a great deal from you on my Journey. May you, your family and those you care about be well & prosper. Now let's go kick some blog butt. - Barbara

Was the dinner good? Mine sure was. Yum! Despite my strict diet I still found some things to enjoy and of course my children made me laugh a lot. But I gotta hand it to Dubya... trying so very hard to go out on a good note, but his White House just couldn't make it. They had to do one incredibly stupid thing for the holidays. Thanks Chimpy... for the laughs. The last 8 years have been horrible and the next 4 ain't looking too great either. But I guess pardoning all the drug-related criminals should have been expected. (I lived through the 70s too, dude) Laura, put down the Celexa. The nightmare's almost over. "Slipped through the cracks?" or is George back on the pipe? Oh well, next year I'll have to go by a burka to attend, right? Just incredible. BWWWAAAHHHHHH HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA By LUKAS I. ALPERT Merry Hanukkah from the White House! The president and the first lady invited leaders of America's Jewish community for a Hanukkah reception at the...

Menorah Lit at Polish Parliament This was a long time coming. As a great-granddaughter of Polish Immigrants who ran from religious persecution - this is wonderful event. A light of hope in some dim times for the Jewish people. Może Bóg Przynoszą Pokój do *Jews* Polski The Jewish community in Poland made history last week when Vice President Jaroslaw Kalinowski hosted a Chanukah menorah lighting in the Sejm, the Polish parliament. Poland has had a mixed history in its relationship with the Jews who settled there since the Dark Ages. Kalinowski lit the shamash candle last Monday night accompanied by Rabbi Shalom Stambler, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Poland who organized the event, Chabad.org reported via Catholic World News Friday. "It is highly symbolic for Jews and non-Jews alike that the Chanukah candles could be illuminated from the very halls from which Polish laws are made," said Stambler. Jewish leaders noted that of late Poland has had a...