Jewish writers, meet here, sit a little, fress.

[NoJo]

Not sure that I agree with the cultural desert theory. in 1492 Ferdinand and Isabela evicted about 250,000 Jews from Spain. Virtually all of them settled in Islamic countries around the Mediterranean which were far more tolerant than the Christian nations. One would expect Landino to have had an impact in North Africa ,Egypt,
Southern Italy the Levant,Turkey,and possibly on Arabic.

In addition at the time the Islamic world was the centre of culture. European nations were only beginning the renaissance at this point.

True. I should have said "cultural mountainside", where it was hard to integrate. The impact of the Jews culturally on Islam was minimal, even less than it was in Europe. The opposite was true, of course, the Jews absorbed a lot of Islamic culture.

In Europe and North Africa, Jews were tolerated as long as they kept to themsleves. In New York, they didn't need to keep to themselves, because because the first time in history, the locals didn't really gave a shit about your religion one way or the other.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Apparently, Ladino didn't become a distinct language until after 1492. Before then, it was basically Castillian Spanish as spoken by Jews, more a dialiect than a language.

After the expulsion, the Ladino-speakers were cut off from developments in Castilian Spanish, so the language developed along its own lines.

Here:

"Ladino, otherwise known as Judeo-Spanish, is the spoken and written Hispanic language of Jews of Spanish origin. Ladino did not become a specifically Jewish language until after the expulsion from Spain in 1492 - it was merely the language of their province. It is also known as Judezmo, Dzhudezmo, or Spaniolit.

When the Jews were expelled from Spain and Portugal they were cut off from the further development of the language, but they continued to speak it in the communities and countries to which they emigrated. Ladino therefore reflects the grammar and vocabulary of 14th and 15th century Spanish. The further away from Spain the emigrants went, the more cut off they were from developments in the language, and the more Ladino began to diverge from mainstream Castilian Spanish."

http://www.sephardicstudies.org/quickladino.html

 

[Dar~]

I love pork chops, don't you.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

I love pork chops, don't you.

With a big glass of milk.

When Bac-O-Bits came on the market, there was quite a to-do about whether they could be eaten by those who keep kosher or not, because they're not made of pork, but of soy protein.

The final decision (I believe. I'm not certain about this), was they're not, because even though they're not pork, they're an imitation of pork, so eating them violates the spirit of the law.

 

[CharleyH]

Vy not come in, we got kugels, liver, all sorts goodies here.

Of course, if you want something a bissel stronger... we also got a couple beers in the icebox dat the builder left.

Nu, let's hear your bubbemeinses. And no kvetching.

OH! THANK YOU. Thats what it was about the not so nice Jewish boy from Jeruselum I had a dated. He thought the delicacy of liver and tongue would get him laid!

 

[Dar~]

OH! THANK YOU. Thats what it was about the not so nice Jewish boy from Jeruselum I had a dated. He thought the delicacy of liver and tongue would get him laid!

Would my tongue get me laid?? I promise not to use it sparingly.

 

[CharleyH]

Would my tongue get me laid?? I promise not to use it sparingly.

Never served with liver. lol - now King Crab, well we can talk

 

[shereads]

With a big glass of milk.

When Bac-O-Bits came on the market, there was quite a to-do about whether they could be eaten by those who keep kosher or not, because they're not made of pork, but of soy protein.

The final decision (I believe. I'm not certain about this), was they're not, because even though they're not pork, they're an imitation of pork, so eating them violates the spirit of the law.

What if they had been marketed under another name, like "Smoky Salt Things." I remember they had the texture of wood shavings.

 

[Dar~]

Never served with liver. lol - now King Crab, well we can talk

See, I was just thinking about kissing and licking and making a meal of you myself. I am in absolute lust with you, have been for awhile.

 

[shereads]

With a big glass of milk.

Who else has this dream? You're an event planner coordinating dinner for a last-ditch attempt at a peace treaty on the eve of a global nuclear exchange. The delegates are from Islamic, Hindu and Buddhist states, Israel, the Vatican, and a powerful Russian pig-farming conglomerate. Dinner has been paid for by a lactose-intolerant Montana cattle rancher.

I always wake up just as the fish course is about to be served, when one of the Jains whispers to the Pope, "Thank God it's Friday."

Multicultural catering challenge:

http://www.speaking.com/articles_html/HilkaKlinkenberg_826.html

 

[ishtat]

http://www.sephardicstudies.org/quickladino.html

Thanks Dr M.

 

[NoJo]

Penicillin is known in medical circles as Gentile Chicken Soup.

 

[Samandiriel]

Got latkes?

 

[shereads]

Penicillin is known in medical circles as Gentile Chicken Soup.

I don't get the joke.

~ Dyslexic Gentile

 

[shereads]

Happy Rosh Hashana

Why is there no Rosh Hashana story contest? Isn't that the holiday that celebrates the flogging of Miriam after Pharoah accused her of touching herself?

 

[shereads]

What? No one's going to light the Rosh Hashana tree? Don't we get presents or something?

 

[minsue]

Don't we get presents or something?

Looking for a flogging, sweets?

 

[Samandiriel]

Looking for a flogging, sweets?

No. Penicillin.

 

[CharleyH]

No. Penicillin.

Opium might be better in your case. Oh jesus christ, girl! (oops) thats especially not in the ...

 

[Samandiriel]

Opium might be better in your case.

The only hash I've smoked lately was corned beef when it caught fire on the stove.

 

[CharleyH]

The only hash I've smoked lately was corned beef when it caught fire on the stove.

was it kosher?

 

[Samandiriel]

was it kosher?

Oy! that you should ask such a question, minx.

 

[CharleyH]

Oy! that you should ask such a question, minx.

lol


I apparently just can't laugh so ... lol, harder.

 

[Samandiriel]

lol


I apparently just can't laugh so ... lol, harder.

So, things good in your world? Do you pine for me? Say yes to both.

 

[CharleyH]

So, things good in your world? Do you pine for me? Say yes to both.

yes and yes