Sunday Café – 4/9/2016 – European Jewish Culture Day

Thanks PG for today’s Café. I didn’t even know about this day! *smacks self on head*
Actually in my very own province:

“Ezekiel Hart (May 15, 1767 – September 16, 1843) was an entrepreneur and politician in British North America. He is often said to be the first Jew to be elected to public office in the British Empire.

He was elected three times by the voters of Trois-Rivières to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. Some members consistently prevented him from taking his seat by observing that as a Jew, he could not take the oath of office, which included the phrase “on the true faith of a Christian”.” (Wikipedia)
There is a Hart Street in Trois-Rivières.

And nowadays there are more Jewish members in gov’t and I believe that the oath does not refer to any specific religion and one can swear on the book rep one’s beliefs. Oh and one promises to serve the Queen or something like that.

I can actually read some Aramaic as some of our prayers are in this ancient language.

Now for Dorry, every day IS Shabbat. For me, NOT. 🙂 Esp today as Mr. A/C is due to come in pm and replace thingy in closet. My bdrm now resembles the stockroom at a “posh” store hehehe. Stuff neatly stashed everywhere! 😉

And in my own n’hood:
“The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of Montreal … is the oldest Jewish congregation in Canada. The Congregation … was formally established in 1768.”

Hi Buttons! There’s also a synagogue in Cork City that’s now a historical spot. If I could access the cybermobile I’d pay a visit and then spend loads of time visiting you and the furries. 🙂
Actually main char Leopold Bloom in Joyce’s “Ulysses” is Jewish. And I do know someone who’s family is part of that Dublin Jewish community. She’s a librarian and we had a good chat a while back about Celtic culture.

Thankfully didn’t step in it. Had to ignore it for a bit until my tummy decided to settle down. I can handle yakkage for the most part, (cat only – human yakkage is a whole ‘nuther story!) but someone ate a LOT of crunchies after their wet food brekkie.

I think they purposefully leave the yakkage where our feet will find it so we will clean it up ….. (for them)
My shofar looks very much like the one at the top of the page, it’s beautiful! I love it!
….. the sock/sandals attire is frighteningly ridiculous ….. but it compliments their bright red sunburns, cause they don’t learn about/apply sunscreen until it’s too late …. or they ‘believe’ waterproof means you don’t have to re-apply ….. *sighs and shakes head* …..

Hi guys….just popping in to say hi. Made it back from lake and game and had a fun time. Great to see that you guys are having a good weekend too.

Primo Levi’s ancestors spoke “Ebraico piemontese”, though I don’t believe that was the term he used for the local Jewish language with its French, Italian, Hebrew, Ladino and other influences. He also mentioned the very colourful Giudaico romanesco in his book “La Tregua” (the truce) in which he narrates his roundabout journey back home, via Eastern Europe including Russia, as one of his companions is a Roman Jewish lad who worked in a street market and thus had a very different cultural background from Levi.

Many languages and “Jewish dialects” thereof have been written in Hebrew script, and in the Renaissance there were many women among the authors.

Here is a lovely site from the Europeana collection: http://www.judaica-europeana.eu/

Last night hubby grilled a humongous steak. He also bought a 10lb. bag of potatoes instead of the usual 5lb. I wanted potatoes to make potato salad later in the week when it gets hot, but since I had so many and we were having steak, I made smashed potatoes, yum! We had corn on the cob which was the best we’ve had all summer.
Tonight I diced up some of the leftover steak as well as some peppers and tomatoes and made fajitas. Added cheese of course. I’ve finally figured out how to make them without having to flip them (they always fall apart!) – I grill both sides of both top and bottom tortillas in the fry pan before loading up one and covering it with the other. End result is a crispy fajita with warm yummy insides. Of course, you can put just about anything in – if hubby hadn’t grilled the steak I was going to do veggie and cheese fajitas.
Tomorrow I’ll slice up the remainder of the steak and pan fry it and serve with the rest of the smashed potatoes and the remaining 2 ear of corn that we have.
Watermelon is super sweet right now, so I’ll probably get some for later in the week to go with potato salad.