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Why one of my missions is to make products in Yiddish.Whenever I make or sell a product with Yiddish on it, I think of my father Karl Oser (Tenenberg).He came from a small town in Poland called Bendin, south of Krakow. I understand that half the town was Jewish. Naturally they spoke Yiddish, after the horrors of the death camps and the war, my parents migrated to Sydney Australia. I spoke Yiddish with my Father and Hungarian to my mother. My mother was of Sepharidc extraction and she spoke …

“The Transformation of the Hebrew Language from a religious language of the past into a dual language of secular Zionist daily life and religious messianic revival of the biblical past”.Prof. Rachel Elior  A Lecture that was given at an Academic Conference at the University of Vienna in honour of Israel's 70th Anniversary.*IntroductionThe Jewish Library in the Holy Language.When the Renowned Jewish-Russian-British philosopher and historian of ideas, Sir Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997), had b …

My husband David Lachlan Shaw Z'L had decided to learn Hebrew (while he had many talents language learning was not one of the them) His teacher invited the class and partners to watch a tape of the Independence Day celebrations. I recall being so moved while watching a small TV set, as I recall a black and white version, very old fashion set,  that I decided there and then we must come on Aliya. And so we did, just a few weeks later. The small screen transported me to another worl …

Home Cooking – a BIG positive at the moment, (and always).Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all--Harriet Van It’s hard to think of many positive things during Corona, but one is definitely that more people are cooking their own mealsOver 50% of people say they cook more than they did before the virus. Cooking programs are burgeoning, cook book sales are going through the roof. Young people are asking parents about recipes. Hopefully we are eating less f …

Jewish Mothers in the House!There's a big controversy on when life begins. In Jewish tradition the baby is not considered viable until after it graduates from medical school or has a successful start up!Wonder Woman and Family SuperheroCall it Jewish guilt, or chutzpah, but we all know who the real hero is here - the beloved Jewish Mother. We're far too familiar with this stereotype, most likely from our own homes! It's the harsh, adamant, controlling mother who even when she's not physica …