Islamozombies on parade. Show the world that you can do a great deal simply by marching through the streets, firing AKs into the air and chanting for the death of the Great and Lesser Satan!

A young Palestinian boy looks on...

learning by example. These people are raising the living dead.

He appears to be seeing into his future, and not liking what he sees.

OT -- Israel, Mulling Unilateral Steps, Sets Egypt Talks

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel and Egypt hold unusual high-level talks on Wednesday amid signs that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon might take unilateral steps to break a Middle East stalemate with the Palestinians.

Both Egypt, the key Arab intermediary in the conflict, and the United States, main sponsor of a "road map" peace plan, were likely to take issue with Israeli unilateralism as it could strip away territory Palestinians seek for an independent state.

Wow. This could be huge. Or nothing at all. Hard to say.

#4 Let's Roll

Al-Reuters. 'nuff said.

What a damming picture! A headless terrorist is leading a visibly unhappy boy, and a huge finger pointing right at ya. Are they trying to intimidate us, or can it be that the photographer who took it and submitted for publication has second thoughts about terror?

#6 veebee

It was probably taken by the kid's mother.

Maybe Richard Gere took this shot. In between smooching Peter Jennings' ex-girlfriend, that is.

Charles edited this caption. It actually said:

A young Palestinian boy looks on as members of The Al-Aqsa brigade, an armed group linked to Yasser Arafat 's Fatah movement, march through the streets with toy rocket propelled grenade launchers, during an anti-Geneva Accord demonstration in the Dear AL Balah refugee camp in Gaza, December 9, 2003.

Remember they only carry toy weapons, the Jews are just playing dead.

OT: O'Reilly reporting Col. West (scared an Iraqi suspect to get info to save his troops) won't face judicial punishment, but non-judicial evaluation by his commander. There may be some punishment attached, but it won't be criminal charges, and he'll probably get to retire. Whoohoo!

Why doesn't the IDF just march on in during one of these "demonstrations" and blow these freaks to kingdom come?

They forgot to mention that those are TOY guns and TOY RPG's.

Aren't these delightfull fellows usually reffered to as "Militants" and "Resistance Fighters" by al Reuters?

#10 Model4

OT: O'Reilly reporting Col. West (scared an Iraqi suspect to get info to save his troops) won't face judicial punishment, but non-judicial evaluation by his commander. There may be some punishment attached, but it won't be criminal charges, and he'll probably get to retire. Whoohoo!

Just what I thought would happen.

#10 Model4
Non-judicial punishment for a man in his position is mandatory retirement. He could fight it and stay, but he will never command again, let alone in the combat role he has shown the skills for. I salute him, but his career is over.

There is some sort of red paint on the poll in the middle of the picture. Adds a nice touch...

#14 reaganite

Are you sure the Clinton years are over?

#10 Model4

That's great news.

Not exactly as pc as some would like, to be sure - which is progress in and of itself.

Finger on trigger = no-no!
We need to send them brochures on gun safety...or better yet, take away the guns.

#18 Josh,

We need to send them brochures on gun safety...or better yet, take away the guns.

No. We need to give them more guns and show them how much we trust them.

/Yossi Beilin - social engineer

#16 Mr Pol
A light Colonel never survives an Article-15.

I'm a "trusted agent" for the IG inspection we're going through this week. The terrorists are "white supremacists", not the true enemy, PC is still way too prevalent in the the US military.

#14 reaganite

this is OT but you work with the USSS quite a bit, correct? When did they start using the FN p-90? Not a big deal, I was just suprised to see them using it.

#14 reaganite: Yeah, I understand it's serious, as were the charges, and that the military was stupid enough to allow a public stink about them. But the way it was reported before, it sounded like homey was possibly going to jail, and definitely not going to be allowed to retire period. No bennies for him and the family after all his service.

Sucks to be West. And the military can't win here by punishing him as previously planned or by letting him off the hook. But seems like a big improvement to me for all parties.

#20 reaganite

I'm a "trusted agent" for the IG inspection we're going through this week. The terrorists are "white supremacists", not the true enemy, PC is still way too prevalent in the the US military.

So the Clinton years are not over yet. Bad news.

I am just suprised that the kid isn't looking at someone holding a 'toy gun.' As it is so common in the are.

@14 reaganite

Col.West can get into my fox hole anytime! The man is a soldier and a patriot in the best sense of the word. I hope his troops all stay in touch with him and thank him on the anniversary of the day he saved their lives.

The arab boy pictured is one sad sack. Has anyone noticed that in none of the pictures are the boys acting like normal children, no smiling or laughing? And of course there are never any girls present.

#25 quark2

I don't know if you had seen my other post for you. Not the one that I thanked you, but the one I was referring to in that post.

Here it is.

I don’t know if this is the correct thread to post these comments on, but I’ll risk it on this thread and do it anyhow. I grew up in Elizabeth, NJ. During the late ‘40’s and through the 50’s I lived in the Elmora neighborhood. By the name you’d think it was a Latino area. But no, the locals called Elmora Ave. “New Jerusalem Ave.” because of the great influence of Jewish people. And this post is dedicated to those Jewish people that made up my neighborhood and my childhood.

This is for you, Abigail and Naomi. Thank you and your grandfather, who frightened me with his great white beard, yarmulke and huge girth for letting me sit in your parlor to watch the 12” black and white TV cartoons every afternoon for 15 minutes. We didn’t have a TV until 1956, but you included me in, and I loved it.

Thanks to you, Norm Gerson, who owned the butcher shop/grocery store. You clued my parents in to the rooms above your store that were for rent, and we moved in. You carried my mother on the grocery bill, and even treated me to slices of corned-beef and cheese when I went to pick up her order.

This is also for Gertrude Young, a German ex-pat lady who ran the bakery next to the movie theatre. I worked there for two years and still have a taste for her Hammentashen, Rugullah and Challah (spelling ???). She knew her customers, and treated them well. I have yet to taste a bagel like those she imported from Brooklyn!

I remember Goodman’s deli. I have never eaten a better sandwich; you could hardly get your mouth around it. And Stu Goodman would always let you pull a kosher pickle out of the barrel, if you insisted. He complained, but always got over it and forgot to charge.

And my friend Susan, who at 13 years old invited me to the YMHA for a “social” and a sleepover later at her house. I got my first kiss from David, a gorgeous Jewish boy, that night, and I’ll never forget it. The next morning her mother soaked Matzos and mixed them with eggs to make a great breakfast for us. She hung a name on that dish, but I just don’t remember. Anyone know?

And then my mother. As a small child, I was not allowed to touch some of my parents’ things. Off-limits were some books that today would be called “coffee-table” books. They were “Best Photographs of 194…whatever”. I recall being disobedient and looking through those books. They were filled with black-and-white photos of the horrors of the Holocaust and W.W.II. The pictures of the Jewish people in the European ghettos and the concentration camps really disturbed me. My mother realized that something was troubling me, and it didn’t take much on her part to get my confession. She understood that I was worried about my Jewish friends, and concerned that maybe the “bad people” would come and take my friends away. She never reprimanded me for my offense, but instead just reassured me that the war was over and that those things weren’t ever going to happen again. My mother passed away this past year. We never spoke about that time again. I wish that she was still here to reassure me, however, today I have no illusions. That which I thought could not happen again seems to be possible today. And like then, I don’t understand it. But I do know, that over my dead body, will I allow anyone to harm anyone just because of a group they belong to.

Sorry to use up so much of your bandwidth, Charles. But I thought I’d confirm my support for you and so many of your posters, who may not know that there are those of us out here that might seem silent, but can be counted upon to do the right thing, when and if necessary, for the Jewish people who we learned to love so many years ago.

#21 Right Wing Conspirator
I don't know when they started, but I was surprised to see them at the White House when I did my tour there earlier this year. BTW, they have to qualify with both hands. Don't f*ck with the USSS!

#22 Model4

Sucks to be West. And the military can't win here by punishing him as previously planned or by letting him off the hook.

I never doubted it would turn out this way. He deserves better.

#27 Grandma

Great post. Thanks.

#23 Mr Pol

So the Clinton years are not over yet. Bad news.

I asked the IG General why the "terrorists" are white. He gave me the "look". BTW, this was about 30 seconds after I scared the shit out of him with the training aid bomb.

@23 Mr Pol

Until we can run the Clintons out of the politicking business I'm afraid we'll just PC ourselves to death.
Until we get some people elected into office that have the balls to speak the truth this crap will continue.

Col. Wests actions should have never been reported, and he should have never been brought up on charges.
He was dealing with a terrorist not a soldier, anything he deemed necessary to save his men should be accepted as in the line of duty. This is a shitty shame.
For our service men and for our country. The next time the troops may not be as blessed by having so stalwart a leader.

Grandma (#27)

Your post made me cry. I think you're talking about Matzo Brei?

Gee, that kid looks so sad - perhaps Santa will send him a "toy gun" for Christmas. Wait a minute - he probably hates Christians, so maybe we send him the "toy gun" for Chanukah? Oh, I forgot, he's old enough to read so the Islamonazis have already taught him to hate Jews too. Guess in a year or so, he'll be holding a real gun and ready to kill all of us.

What a sad commentary on the Palestinians and those Euroweanies who fund them.

#28 reaganite

Don't f*ck with the USSS!

Exactly. Especially when you can't even see them on the grounds.

@26 Right Wing Conspirator

#35 quark2

But what about the evil clowns that roam around the grounds of your farm late at night when you are 'safe' in your bed.

**don't look under the bed **

Sorry for joking like that, just couldn't resist it.
PS - like the scare quotes around safe. ;-)

*LOL

I have this dog...who is part wolf...that takes care
of all the evil clowns...his name is 'koh Yoh Tey'...so all the dust bunnies hiding under the bed ...begone! *lol

I asked the IG General why the "terrorists" are white.

Good on you! Maybe ask how high up on the national threat scale white supremacist groups are. Or "Aren't the Mecha/Atzlan/La Raza folks a more likely threat?"

Sorry, but I hate PC. And even more than that, I hate the blatant racism of "only white people do bad things" that PC has brought us. "White man, white van" ring any bells from not so long ago? Anything that divides us by race, no matter what that race is, only fuels a cycle of resentment.

Who wants a PC military in the first place? It's as if we spent the Cold War developing training and tactics for fighting against the Aussies.

/rant

Excellent article on the necessity of the Israli barrier by the Editor in Chief of U.S. News & World Report. Makes a no-bones argument in favor of the fence, and against the insanity of the renewed "peace proposal", not to mention eviscerating Arafat.

As a matter of fact, U.S. news has a rather lengthy article on the origins of terrorism, and lays the blame unequivocally at the feet of the Saudis.

#36 quark2

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all the dust bunnies hiding under the bed

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I am so happy that those freaks are penned into the shithole called the Gaza Strip. Complete that fence on the West Bank already!

zulubaby, #33:

That's the name! More than 45 years I'm trying to remember the name of that dish! Thanks.

My post came from my heart and my memory and from strength. Like my Jewish friends would say, "you think I got to live this long because I got no chutzvah?" Pardon any spelling errors.

Grandma

(#27) grandma

You just made me sooo hungry!

Thanks for the post.

#27 Grandma

Thank you for your post. I would like to share with you, that when I was a young teen in the 80's, I worked for a small Jewish bakery in the mid-west. The two brothers a worked for were Jewish Germans who escaped Germany in 38'. I won't pass on their statements as a matter of respect, but their stories of their youth is something I can never forget.

I pray for Israel and America.

#11 Francis

Why doesn't the IDF just march on in during one of these "demonstrations" and blow these freaks to kingdom come?

I ahve been saying that for quite some time now. Nothing like a visit from Mr. Apache or Mr. F16 to keep the virgins in Paradise busy. The only reaason I think that they do not do it is because of all the informants of theirs who attend these parades.

#37 Model4
He got it, I saw it in his eyes. It was above his pay grade.

#27 Grandma

God Bless you, sweetheart.

You are a National Treasure.

Grandma,

My mother moved to the Elmora section about 8 or 9 years ago. It's still Jewish, and you should taste the kosher Chinese restaurant down there now!

She moved out shortly after my grandfather died (that's part of the reason she moved there, as he's Orthodox and it's still very religious around there), but I spent a few years learning my way around Elmora Avenue.

Your story was wonderful. Thank you.

Its amazing to me that after pictures like this people still say, "Oh, but the Palestinians are victims of Israeli aggression!"

Oh, and Dr. Welty, the dean of CSUF, still has not written back about my nasty-gram. I don't think he will, it isn't as if I'm a CONTRIBUTING alumnus.

Grandma (#41)

My pleasure.

Like my Jewish friends would say, "you think I got to live this long because I got no chutzvah?"

Do you mean chutzpeh? :-)

Grandma: Thanks for the lovely post. I have similiar cherished memories of Jewish friends and I remember the cold shock of seeing concentration camp photos for the first time and realizing what supposedly civilized people were capable of doing to other human beings. Sometimes, it's popped into my head in the midst of sharing troubles or a good laugh with a Jewish friend. I suddenly think, "And Hitler would have killed this mensch, this good, kind, fun person." And then I think that there are people out there who still want to, and I feel that cold shock all over again.

#27, #41 Grandma

God bless you!

Chutzpah is yiddish for "guts" as in "Wow, she sure has a lot of guts!"

Grandma, thank you so much for that post--it really touched me. It is a great comfort to know there are people like you out there, when we hear about so much hate. I appreciate the company of my LGF family, but sometimes the constant stream of misery and horror is a bit much to take. It's good to hear stories like yours.

[zulubaby has already told you the name of the delicious dish you sampled (although my dad pronounced it "matzo braw" and my kids call it "fried matzo"). ]

#48 militarybrat72hourpaperworkdelay--does that mean hubby won't be home until Thursday?!!! Shit! Does the 72 hours get tacked on to the end of his leave, at least?

38 lone voice abu mullah medulla

I read the Zuckerman article - superb!! I am so angry that the Israelis did not build it years ago. The Shin Bet fellow who said that the fence (what is already in place) has already paid for itself in lives saved is spot-on. Curses on anyone is opposed to the sensible and rational idea of a security barrier between Israel and the Freaks. Without a security barrier there is no way in hell that Israel could have stopped all the splodeydopes that they have the past two months. Already we see by the interrogations of captured Freaks how the security fence is forcing them to seek entry spots into Israel where there is not yet a fence.

#36 quark2

Thats what you need to get rid of 'em. (seriously, do you have a coyote-or koh Yoh Teh ;-) maybe a stupid question, but my teacher told me the only stupid questions are the ones not asked. Then why do all the kids laugh at me ??

#48 militarybrat

Sorry to hear that. But, as they say, waiting makes the heart grow fonder.

I know, I know. It was the best I could come up with.

Since Grandma opened the genie's bottle with her AWESOME stroll down memory lane, I have to ask,

Is it "kippah" (short i sound) or "keepah" (long e sound) or am I completely out of the deli on this one?

cba and RWC: hopefully the 72 hour delay will have him home at the same time, he just won't have "down time" in Qatar first. He kind of needed it, though... I'm not making my priceline reservations yet, though.

#55 militarybrat72hourpaperworkdelay,

"keepah" (long e sound)

grandma, not only did you bring a tear to my eye but you refreshed some of my fond memories of growing up in the Mission District of San Francisco in the 40's.
God bless you for your humanity.

Grandma,

Thanks for a very touching post.

I had Jewish friends too. A boy I went to school with was the son of the Israeli Ambasador in the country I was living in at the time.

Mr Z. always made us welcome in his house, some of the boys from my school were Syrian and Egyptian. Mr Z. made them welcome in his house too and treated them like his own family. We were never allowed to leave Mr Z's house hungry. Mr Z was a true gentleman.

Probably why I'm so rabidly pro-Jewish and pro-Israeli in my adulthood. (and Pro-American too.)

Grandma

People like you make this country so wondeful.

I have been waiting for a photo like this for a long time..I just don't know how to go about my point. First I believe in "Gun Control" i.e. hit what you are aiming at. Second, be sure you are using the tool correctly - if you cannot use it correctly, my dad always said that you shouldn't be allowed to even hold it. This joker is not holding this "tool" anywhere near correctly. You NEVER, NEVER just carry the gun with your finger on the trigger. He is just asking for an accident. I have seen so many pix of these jokers with no gun safety concepts whatsoever. SHEESH!! Who the hell is giving these guys the guns in the first place? You can bet your ass that the Israelis sure have been trained in the use of guns..and I bet you will never see a photo of any Israeli soldier holding his gun with his finger on the trigger...Unless it is aimed at some ___ with the intent to fire his weapon.

Sorry for my ramble...but I HATE to see threse yahoos with no discipline holding guns, or for that matter any responsibility.

Thank you foir letting me get that off my chest.

Good news - U.S. Bars Iraq War Opponents From Bidding

Thanks for the support of my comments. I rarely post unless I think I have something useful to say. It is encouraging to know that my comments are well received. There is too much hate in this world, and I strive to find that which is positive. Now, it is time to feed the cat and drive through the snow to buy a bottle of White Infidel wine and a pack of smokes to feed all my horrible habits. Love to you all.

#27 Grandma:

I'm not Jewish, but posts like yours confirm my belief that your religion and culture are a blessing to America and the world.

Thank you for sharing your memories (and for the apparent time and care you spent in writing your post).

D. Edgren

@54 Right Wing Conspirator

Koh Yoh Tey is his name. It is Navajo, and means 'he who has no tail'. That is another long story! He was named by a good friend who took him from my farm as a pup until he started med school a couple of years ago. So, Koh came home to me. His mother was half wolf, and we discovered her in the national forest as an orphaned pup.
He is very efficient in killing oppossums too. :)

#60 Artista_SLO

Ah... Balestinian "security forces" have been trained by the US. So many terrorists have died that the US is training a new batch, by the way.

#63 quark2

LOL. I guess sometimes some posts mean exactly what they say. I just thought you were trying to be clever. If you have the chance you should post some pics on webshots.com It's free and pretty easy to use. Of course, I think most have seen my dog on here so I will refrain from posting her again. Oh, who am I kidding.

Follow up to #63-

Grandma- after reading your post yet again (it's great descriptive writing on its own), I realized you might not be Jewish, but instead a person much the same as myself, whose life has been touched by knowing individual people who are Jewish and by the abberant treatment the Jews as a people have received from some

#60 Artista_SLO,

I think the same thing whenever I see video of a bunch of them firing their guns into the air in celebration. As if the bullets arent going to come down somewhere.

@65 Mr Pol

My my, but your aim has been exceedingly accurate today.
I agree the most 'holy' possessions of the arabs in Saudi are the oil fields, we should corrupt them by taking them from the [bigoted word]s. To hell with mecca and medina...'sides once upon a time medina was jewish...lest anyone forget. :)

Oops, hit post again instead of preview...was looking for html tag for strikethrough.

scum historically. Anyway, to those of the Jewish faith, thanks again. And to Grandma, bless you...bless you.

D. Edgren

@66 Right Wing Conspirator

I'll be driving everyone off soon. I am getting a digital camera for christmas...you'll get to see more pics of my animals. Koh is white, so he's quite outstanding to look at. I have pics of him as a pup, but as a mature dog he's very hansome.
Now I'm going to look at your pic of your dog, again. *lol

And that's 'aberrant' (Please, Charles, add a spellchecker for us idoits iditos idiost oh, Hell, dopes) scum. Sorry for the 'in haste' typo.

D. Edgren

Grandma's story brought back memories, and prompted some tears.

Let me share a story.

My father was born before 1900 in South Africa; his father was an expatriate German. I hate to admit it, but my father held antisemitic views much of his life. He came to this country, studied dentistry, and established a practice in Florida in the '30s. After the war, a young doctor fresh out of the Navy opened an office next to his. I don't know what their relationship was like, but in 1947 my father's health failed and he had to give up his practice. Although we had no health insurance, Dr. Marcus continued to treat him until his death over ten years later, making many house calls. For a doctor he had a terrible memory. He forgot to send a single bill. That kind omission enabled my mother, on a teacher's salary, to send me to MIT where I graduated with a degree in chemical engineering. He died before I could thank him.

How could I honor such a man? I downloaded a copy of the Kaddish, and one afternoon I stood before a stone marked NATHAN MARCUS, MD, and read the ancient words. Then I placed a pebble on the stone and left.

Yes, I know that it takes a minyan to say Kaddish properly, but I'm sure that G-d will cut this Methodist boy some slack.

@73 Ernie G.

G-d always reveals Himself in mysterious ways.
I guess now you understand even with a degree from MTI there is one who is of a higher mind. It shows in the lesson you've shared with us. Thanx. :)

#73 Ernie G--well, that's my second bout of waterworks this evening!

Hugs.

#41 Grandma

Beautiful post, Grandma...but now I've got a craving for matzoh brei...although I'd settle for a nice bubbela with some grape jam on it.

#71 quark2

Well, join the club in driving everyone off. I usually just take one of our cameras from work to take the pictures I have. Heaven forbid when I actually break down and buy my own. I'm lucky that there are a lot of animal lovers (at least I tell them they are :-) ) at my work who get my weekly emails updates.

@77 Right Wing Conspirator

Well I'll join that gang of animal lovers. Let's see, I have what...7 dogs, mumble mumble cats, 2 chickens and 22 horses [not including the ones coming next spring!] That camera will get a great workout!

What kind of dog do you have?

Dear Grandma,

thanks for the story of Old Man Gerson, even if he was a schmuck...

yes, we shared a few times in old Elmora...

Remember Harry Pfuffuffnik...(sp)

and remember... I worked at the Majestik Bakery downtown run by the Russian Jews...for a dollar an hour after school back in 1966? ...but they made the best challah and Russian rye bread and bagels...

And remember my friend Linda Feldstein, whose parents were in the Camps, and if they found out that our grandfather was German, I would never have been allowed to play with her?

And how I used to beg Mom to let me go to Hebrew School because all my friends at Shelley Avenue School went??

Thanks for the reminders, Grandma.

Shalom,

Julia

Lone Voice # 38

I love this quote from the U.S. News article

Imagine Sean Penn, Jane Fonda, Ramsey Clark, Ralph Nader, and George McGovern negotiating American policy in Iraq.

Maybe one reason there are always kids at those demonstrations is, they keep the Israelis from taking action, i.e. the kids are being used as hostages.

To Grandma,

Many thanks for the post. I too have fond memories of growing up with Jews in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago during the 1950s and 1960s. Anyone who was there at the tiem will remember the blintzes Ashkenaz deli on Morse Avenue, or Roberts Restaurant at the corner of Devon and Western, where a corned beef sandwich and matzo-ball soup was a feast?

I can only echo Grandma's sentiments: many, many of us in this country say "Never again!", and mean it.

grandma...
what a post... Im a childrens book illustrator, and Id love to take some of these INCREDIBLE memories you have ,and work on a childrens book together with you... this is the kind of things our children should read read and enjoy... whatt do you say?
Ive put my yahoo e- mail here.

#27 Grandma

Great post, grandma!

#73 Ernie G

That's really beautiful! It really touches the heart to think you found out about the Kaddish and did it for that man.

It's a what Jews call a 'Mitzvah', a good deed. The good thing about Mitzvahs, is than when you do one, you not only get all the good vibes that goes along with it, but the mitzvah radiates out through the world and other people are touched by its goodness. Just like me now!

Oh and don't worry about a minion, it only takes one good person to do a mitzvah, not ten! Hashem knows that you did a good thing and its doesn't matter what religion you are, He won't forget it!

JW AND ERNIE, 73
awww...
Ernie, your story was beautiful, and JW, so was your response.
sigh
best thoughts for both of you, and grandma ,and all of my freinds here on lgf who always touch my heart,.. from lizzy, working on a lovely sunny afternoon in Jerusalem.

I guess it's just me, and my always-in-the-gutter, but if I scroll too fast past the picture, I think ithe hand is a naked butt on first glance.

Grandma - I also grew up in the Elmora section - lived on Galloping Hill Road from 1948 to 1967. Went to the JEC, spent a lot of time on Elmora Ave. Thanks for the memories.

should be "always-in-the-gutter MIND"

thanks, grandma

Jed, #88:

Maybe you also remember pitchers of beer at Eddie Malone's tavern on Magie Ave? And winter sledding on the Galloping Hill golf course?

Great times, they were. It's so amazing to find so many people here at LGF that can trace back to Elmora.

Grandma-your story really was beautiful. My zaidie made us matza brei with soaked matza+milk+an egg, then topped with sprinkling of sugar. Really easy if you ever want to try yourself.

Ernie G, your tribute was so moving. I am all teary. Thanks for sharing that.

Lizzy-you're an illustrator? I'm a writer. Maybe we could talk? I'd love to work on a project like that if you and Grandma want to collaborate? I'm including my e-mail here. It's an amazing story and I'd be honoured to work with you both.

Please do get in touch.

We need more people like Grandma and Ernie. I wish people would just stop trying to kill us.

Grandma wonderful post. For some reason, my mother and I have always found ourselves with lots of Jewish close friends. I have had 3 (or is it 4) Jewish girlfriends...so I seem to be attracted to them. Judiasm is a wonderful religion and it can be quite incomprehensible why its adherents are so hated. I have just finished reading Why the Jews? in an attempt to fathom Muslim and the left's hatred for them.

BTW: What is the code for strikethrough?

Grandma and Ernie - I'm verklempt! Thank you so much for those wonderful posts.

Ernie and Grandma. thanks for the posts, Made my day
See, these people you knew live on in OUR memories now, because you told us about them. I think that is wonderful. LP

Just so everyone can declare that LGF is an echo chamber,

Grandma and Ernie Thanks so much for those wonderful posts.

Andrew Ian Dodge: strike & /strike with angle brackets.

Grandma and Ernie -

Thanks for those! :)

Somebody get these people a copy of Today's Parent. Here's some Islamowhacky parenting:

Islamic mommy: Mommy Dearst

Islamic daddy: Daddy Dearest

Re #76:

although I'd settle for a nice bubbela with some grape jam on it.

What's a "bubbela" in this context?

Grandma and Ernie:

Grandma, your post is so awesome that Tim Blair is linking it.

timblair.spleenville.com

Ernie, yours is terrific too.

Thanks to you both.

Grandma:

I was racking my brain, trying to figure out why "Elmora Avenue" seemed so familiar.

Then I remembered - I had a friend who lived just off that street, in the vicinity of Kean College. Is that the same neighborhood? His last name was Scalley.

Ernie G,
I think Zulubaby would agree with me that you have a Jewish neshama. And that, if you don't know it, is one of the highest compliments a gentile can receive. Wear it proudly!

Grandma,
thanks for sharing that.
Now get to work & write down ALL your sweet memories for us to share. Who knows, your stories could wind up as movies on TV. If you need help, I'm sure there are folks reading this who'd be honored to be allowed to assist.

#88 Cool to hear from another Elmora person...

I used to feel sorry for the JEC kids --I'd see them getting out of school at 5:30 at night...I bet they were smart, though.

"Grandma" and I lived on Summit Road, a few blocks from Galloping Hill, just off Westfield Avenue. We moved to Clinton in Dec. of 1967, my senior year in HS.

Alan Berger, Jeff Stein, Ron Roth, Michael Hoffman, Leon Orgel, Kate Orgel, Susan Tarlow, Sharon Gruber... I dont know what happened to any of those people except Sharon, finally found her on Classmates.com.

I was the only shicksa in my elementary school crowd. I sometimes wonder if I will run into any of them here.

The old neighborhood was good. People who didnt have that experience have no idea what it was like, for Jews and non Jews alike.

I used to babysit for a very wealthy Orthodox Jewish couple... I got the two refrigierators & dishwashers mixed up once with the meat and dairy, ooh there was hell to pay.

shalom, dude.

Frank IBC, #102

That would be right. Before it was known as Kean College, it was Newark State Teachers College.

Look what Grandma's beautiful words created here. It's incredible! Ernie G (#73), bless you, that brought tears to my eyes.

#100 Joshua

A bubbela (bubela?) was another Passover-time treat , matzoh meal mixed with egg and fried in a pan to make a Jewish hotcake, of sorts. Needless to say, they were scrumptious.

RE: Kaddish post ErnieG 73

I am Ernie's daughter, Lisa. He wanted me to tell you how much he appreciates all of your kind comments. He wrote comment #73 at one sitting while going through a pre-op drill for surgery and he has asked me to make this post on his behalf.

He was blown away be all of your kind words, and he regrets not making this post himself. He was particularly touched by Evariste's Zaide post and he accepts the honor with deep gratitude.

Your loving response is a tribute to the LGF community and has helped my father get through a long and difficult surgery. He hopes to be with you as soon as he is out of the hospital.

I, and my family, thank you for the strength and good will you have given him.

LisaG, please wish your father well and thank you for your beautiful post. It's very touching, bless you. Now I want to cry again!

LisaG: your father is a very special man, and I thank you for posting on his behalf. Please let him know that I wish him a speedy recovery, as I'm sure everyone here does. His contributions are very much a part of what makes LGF a special place.

Godspeed ErnieG.

Thanks LisaG.

Signed AG

Lisa, please pass on my best wishes to your father for a speedy recovery. As I said #75, his story moved me to tears.

Hope Ernie is resting well post-op.