Jewishness

May 9: The Day we Pwned the Germans

May 8, 2009

World War II is kind of a Big Deal for Russians. As much as the Americans helped, we like to say that “Russia threw bodies at Hitler,” and that’s how we won.  By just burying him in bodies.   Also, we probably started making German soldiers drink moonshine vodka (that would be vodka made out of cleaning alcohols.)  That would be the other point of victory. We celebrate it on May 9, which is Victory Day and a HUGE deal in ...

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Believni: Friday Morning Fun

February 20, 2009

Oh how I wish I could get my hands on one of these babies for my apartment. Unfortunately, it looks like it will not be meant to be.

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Shlom bayit (שלום בית)- Maintaining sanity and comparative advantage in the household

February 18, 2009

Mr. B and I will have been married for almost five months, so I think at this point, it might be a good time to discuss shlom bayit, or the concept of maintaining peace in the household that is so integral to Jewish marriage, both from a perspective of LOVE and from a perspective of being an econ NERD. Here we are, all smug and Jewish and almost married. Mr. B and I do not have any semblance of a ...

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