Ask A Jew?

[rjamz]

Jul 19, 2013 14:23:05 GMT -5 Dorothy Zbornak said:

Jul 19, 2013 14:20:59 GMT -5 rjamz said:

If it's an accident, it's an accident. No harm.

What if it's on purpose? (huh)

You burn in HELL!

Nah, we don't have hell. If it's on a purpose, that's a choice you make for yourself. If you feel badly about it, you can repent. If you don't, well, we don't believe in hell.

[Dorothy Zbornak]

Jul 19, 2013 14:26:55 GMT -5 rjamz said:

Jul 19, 2013 14:23:05 GMT -5 Dorothy Zbornak said:

What if it's on purpose? (huh)

You burn in HELL!

Nah, we don't have hell. If it's on a purpose, that's a choice you make for yourself. If you feel badly about it, you can repent. If you don't, well, we don't believe in hell.

No hell?!?

But what does your religion use to scare the shit out of people and make them behave?

[rjamz]

Jul 19, 2013 14:29:20 GMT -5 Dorothy Zbornak said:

Jul 19, 2013 14:26:55 GMT -5 rjamz said:

You burn in HELL!

Nah, we don't have hell. If it's on a purpose, that's a choice you make for yourself. If you feel badly about it, you can repent. If you don't, well, we don't believe in hell.

No hell?!?

But what does your religion use to scare the shit out of people and make them behave?

Stern looks?

[Dorothy Zbornak]

Jul 19, 2013 14:36:21 GMT -5 rjamz said:

Jul 19, 2013 14:29:20 GMT -5 Dorothy Zbornak said:

No hell?!?

But what does your religion use to scare the shit out of people and make them behave?

Stern looks?

Really? I am fascinated. Religion without fire and brimstone? Hmmmm. Sounds kinda nice.

[rjamz]

Jul 19, 2013 14:39:20 GMT -5 Dorothy Zbornak said:

Jul 19, 2013 14:36:21 GMT -5 rjamz said:

Stern looks?

Really? I am fascinated. Religion without fire and brimstone? Hmmmm. Sounds kinda nice.

Oh and a healthy dose of Jewish guilt

[Dorothy Zbornak]

Jul 19, 2013 14:44:06 GMT -5 rjamz said:

Jul 19, 2013 14:39:20 GMT -5 Dorothy Zbornak said:

Really? I am fascinated. Religion without fire and brimstone? Hmmmm. Sounds kinda nice.

Oh and a healthy dose of Jewish guilt

Oy veh, right. The guilt!

[muppetinma]

Jul 19, 2013 14:44:06 GMT -5 rjamz said:

Jul 19, 2013 14:39:20 GMT -5 Dorothy Zbornak said:

Really? I am fascinated. Religion without fire and brimstone? Hmmmm. Sounds kinda nice.

Oh and a healthy dose of Jewish guilt

That was going to be my answer.  The knowledge of disappointing your Jewish mother.  And the nagging.  

[The Foozzler]

Jul 19, 2013 15:50:56 GMT -5 muppetinma said:

Jul 19, 2013 14:44:06 GMT -5 rjamz said:

Oh and a healthy dose of Jewish guilt

That was going to be my answer.  The knowledge of disappointing your Jewish mother.  And the nagging.  

The look of disapproval from my grandmother was far worse than whatever hell you all believe in. Jewish mother guilt is no joke.

and kosher marshmallows are pretty good. They make toasted coconut ones.

[Dorothy Zbornak]

So, what's this holiday where you sit in huts in September? rjamz

[rjamz]

Jul 23, 2013 15:13:35 GMT -5 Dorothy Zbornak said:

So, what's this holiday where you sit in huts in September? rjamz

Succot! To remember the time the Jews spent in the desert

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[The Foozzler]

Jul 23, 2013 16:05:27 GMT -5 rjamz said:

Jul 23, 2013 15:13:35 GMT -5 Dorothy Zbornak said:

So, what's this holiday where you sit in huts in September? rjamz

Succot! To remember the time the Jews spent in the desert

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So how does sukkot work for people in apartments? Do you just use the one at your temple? I've always wondered how that works for people without space for their own.

[rjamz]

Jul 23, 2013 17:57:01 GMT -5 The Foozzler said:

Jul 23, 2013 16:05:27 GMT -5 rjamz said:

Succot! To remember the time the Jews spent in the desert

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So how does sukkot work for people in apartments? Do you just use the one at your temple? I've always wondered how that works for people without space for their own.

Our building shares a courtyard/alley with the building next door and we build a shared sukkah there. The people who don't have that use the one at synagogue. 

[rjamz]

Jul 23, 2013 22:00:57 GMT -5 @pcloadletter said:

rjamz I know you did a lot of work to your apartment. Do you own it? Would it be easy to sell since it is set up as kosher already?

Yup, we own it. It will definitely be easier to sell to Jews since it's already kosher and has 2 dishwashers. I don't think it would be harder to see to non Jews. They can just take out one of the dishwashers

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[shevacc]

I have a question! Does fish count as meat? Catholics can't eat meat on Fridays during Lent, but they can eat fish. Specifically, can you mix fish with dairy products? Or would that still be non-kosher? rjamz

[rjamz]

Aug 5, 2013 19:03:42 GMT -5 shevacc said:

I have a question! Does fish count as meat? Catholics can't eat meat on Fridays during Lent, but they can eat fish. Specifically, can you mix fish with dairy products? Or would that still be non-kosher? rjamz

Nope, fish isn't meat. It's considered pareve - it's neutral, neither meat nor dairy, so you can mix it with dairy products.

There's actually a custom not to eat fish and meat on the same plate or with the same fork, but I think that has something to do with safety and fish bones or something

[shevacc]

Aug 5, 2013 19:37:15 GMT -5 rjamz said:

Aug 5, 2013 19:03:42 GMT -5 shevacc said:

I have a question! Does fish count as meat? Catholics can't eat meat on Fridays during Lent, but they can eat fish. Specifically, can you mix fish with dairy products? Or would that still be non-kosher? rjamz

Nope, fish isn't meat. It's considered pareve - it's neutral, neither meat nor dairy, so you can mix it with dairy products.

There's actually a custom not to eat fish and meat on the same plate or with the same fork, but I think that has something to do with safety and fish bones or something

Thanks! That makes sense. So I'm guessing that's why you have fish but not meat during the week? The custom thing is interesting too -- I wouldn't think it would come up often (except for surf and turf?).

[thedahliharpa]

Why are private Jewish schools SO much more expensive than private Catholic schools??
We likely will have to put H in private K and I'm researching ALL options. Turns out the Catholic schools are SO inexpensive. Much less than what we pay for her preschool. I have to consider it.

[rjamz]

Oct 22, 2013 11:46:31 GMT -5 thedahliharpa said:

Why are private Jewish schools SO much more expensive than private Catholic schools??
We likely will have to put H in private K and I'm researching ALL options. Turns out the Catholic schools are SO inexpensive. Much less than what we pay for her preschool. I have to consider it.

My guess is because of the dual curriculum. They need more teachers bc they need ones who speak Hebrew and are qualified to teach the Jewish subjects.

[thedahliharpa]

Oct 22, 2013 11:50:26 GMT -5 rjamz said:

Oct 22, 2013 11:46:31 GMT -5 thedahliharpa said:

Why are private Jewish schools SO much more expensive than private Catholic schools??
We likely will have to put H in private K and I'm researching ALL options. Turns out the Catholic schools are SO inexpensive. Much less than what we pay for her preschool. I have to consider it.

My guess is because of the dual curriculum. They need more teachers bc they need ones who speak Hebrew and are qualified to teach the Jewish subjects.

Hmmm good point. The websites were all about the dual curriculum.

[imimahoney]

Oct 22, 2013 11:46:31 GMT -5 thedahliharpa said:

Why are private Jewish schools SO much more expensive than private Catholic schools??
We likely will have to put H in private K and I'm researching ALL options. Turns out the Catholic schools are SO inexpensive. Much less than what we pay for her preschool. I have to consider it.

Unlike Catholicism, Judaism does not have a pope like or even Vatican like figure. The Vatican provides significant funding to parishes across the country. In Judaism isn't almost all self funded.

That is the primary reason why the costs are so different. Jewish private schools, for the most part, don't pay any better than other religious private schools (except the really good ones) so I doubt the cost of teachers increases it that much.

[thedahliharpa]

Oct 22, 2013 17:44:11 GMT -5 imimahoney said:

Oct 22, 2013 11:46:31 GMT -5 thedahliharpa said:

Why are private Jewish schools SO much more expensive than private Catholic schools??
We likely will have to put H in private K and I'm researching ALL options. Turns out the Catholic schools are SO inexpensive. Much less than what we pay for her preschool. I have to consider it.

Unlike Catholicism, Judaism does not have a pope like or even Vatican like figure. The Vatican provides significant funding to parishes across the country. In Judaism isn't almost all self funded.

That is the primary reason why the costs are so different. Jewish private schools, for the most part, don't pay any better than other religious private schools (except the really good ones) so I doubt the cost of teachers increases it that much.

Central funding or lack of makes a lot of sense!

[imimahoney]

Oct 22, 2013 18:43:18 GMT -5 thedahliharpa said:

Oct 22, 2013 17:44:11 GMT -5 imimahoney said:

Unlike Catholicism, Judaism does not have a pope like or even Vatican like figure. The Vatican provides significant funding to parishes across the country. In Judaism isn't almost all self funded.

That is the primary reason why the costs are so different. Jewish private schools, for the most part, don't pay any better than other religious private schools (except the really good ones) so I doubt the cost of teachers increases it that much.

Central funding or lack of makes a lot of sense!

It sucks because they are SO expensive, bahh! Also, it's the main reason why you have to pay a shit ton belong to a synagogue. And with that, one of the mains reasons as to why synagogue membership is at such a low in this country. 

[rjamz]

Oct 22, 2013 17:44:11 GMT -5 imimahoney said:

Oct 22, 2013 11:46:31 GMT -5 thedahliharpa said:

Why are private Jewish schools SO much more expensive than private Catholic schools??
We likely will have to put H in private K and I'm researching ALL options. Turns out the Catholic schools are SO inexpensive. Much less than what we pay for her preschool. I have to consider it.

Unlike Catholicism, Judaism does not have a pope like or even Vatican like figure. The Vatican provides significant funding to parishes across the country. In Judaism isn't almost all self funded.

That is the primary reason why the costs are so different. Jewish private schools, for the most part, don't pay any better than other religious private schools (except the really good ones) so I doubt the cost of teachers increases it that much.

I would think the cost increases just bc they need more teachers to cover more subjects. I had 1 teacher for secular and 1 for religious studies until middle school, when I had a different teacher for different subjects, including various Judaic studies.

The central funding thing also makes sense

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[thedahliharpa]

Tonight DH noticed that our ziplock bags say "Kosher approved". @rjsmz, @thefoozzler, @imaimahoney what does this mean?
Are they free from some kind of contamination or strong enough that you could lay a bag full of cheese on top of a bag of meat without breaking the rules? I must know. Thank goodness this thread is still in the important info! :-)

[imimahoney]

Feb 27, 2014 23:50:31 GMT -5 thedahliharpa said:

Tonight DH noticed that our ziplock bags say "Kosher approved". @rjsmz, @thefoozzler, @imaimahoney what does this mean?
Are they free from some kind of contamination or strong enough that you could lay a bag full of cheese on top of a bag of meat without breaking the rules? I must know. Thank goodness this thread is still in the important info! :-)

I would assume that

1. They were made in a kosher facility; or
2. Like you said, they are thick enough to ensure that food would not get contaminated.   

[rjamz]

Feb 27, 2014 23:50:31 GMT -5 thedahliharpa said:

Tonight DH noticed that our ziplock bags say "Kosher approved". @rjsmz, @thefoozzler, @imaimahoney what does this mean?
Are they free from some kind of contamination or strong enough that you could lay a bag full of cheese on top of a bag of meat without breaking the rules? I must know. Thank goodness this thread is still in the important info! :-)

lol I've never heard of that!

[The Foozzler]

Oooh! I know this one!

So the actual packaging of kosher products has never really been an issue before. But now people are saying that when food is either very acidic or heated in plastic, some of the plastic can contaminate the food. And some of those contaminations are not kosher. So your bags that you bought will not affect the kosherness of the food inside.

Though aside from one ultra orthodox friend, I've never heard of anyone else who seemed even mildly concerned about this issue.