Posts Tagged ‘ matchmaker ’

Jewniverse

Jewniverse
Jewish culture and history are full of fascinating, obscure, and amazing treasures. Some of them have been buried for thousands of years. Others are popping up in Broadway musicals, musty bookstores, and around the Internet as YouTube sensations. Jewniverse discovers them and sends you the scoop.

The Kugel That Was Really a Rebbe

September 21, 2012
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Having problems in your marriage? Blame the potato kugel! It may seem farfetched, but in Michael Wex’s short story “The Kugel Story,” Mrs. Yoshke Furmanovsky cries bitter tears because her husband no longer desires her. Mr. Furmanovsky explains that once he’s eaten his wife’s delicious potato kugel on Friday night, he’s so…

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Splitting the Sea

October 27, 2010
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Splitting the sea

Think your job is hard? Try being a matchmaker. The ancient rabbis understood just how…

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