”Gelt” is aYiddishslang term which means “money.” In the Jewish tradition, gelt is often distributed as part of the Chanukah, also spelled Hannukah, observances which take place in the heart of winter. The term has also been used historically in parts of Europe to describe a reparation ...
So, what’s the significance of these desserts? (If the truth be told, I don’t need Chanukah as an excuse to scarf down Jelly Doughnuts, but I digress.) Let’s take them, one by one. Jelly Doughnuts (otherwise known as Jelly Donuts) ...
as if old somehow meant good anyway, as if nuclear families were ever the norm, as if homosexuality were recent, as if war were noble, as if our continued slander of the poor and desperate, from the workhouses to the dole queue, were something to be proud ...
Or, are we making a statement about our feelings about the Torah, about its significance to us, our relationship and fidelity to it and the people it represents? If it is the former, it seems only fair that we subject the claim to critical scrutiny, which it cannot withstand.[4] ...