Passover Tidings and Jewish Things

Passover greetings, reader(s) of Stroock's Books. Tonight we'll do the traditional Stroock family Seder. Actually it's only been traditional for the last 25 years or so, since this Stroock married a pretty girl from Delaware who comes from Conservative Judaism with a mother who spent her summers in a Modern Orthodox Synagogue in the South Bronx (now an AME Baptist church, but the Hebrew lettering is above the Grand Concourse entrance). 

Let's not take religion too far. Mrs. Stroock's 76rs are playing tomorrow at six and we'll be having an early second Seder to accommodate. 

This is the first family Seder we've had since Covid. Our late grandfather could get through a Seder in an hour and fifteen minutes, timed. Anyway, the modern Stroock Seder is about two and half hours with dinner in the middle and games at the end.

The woman folk do all the prep. We get dish duty when it's all over. Everything is as it should be.

Here's the Italian Sebastian Maniscalco with the best Gentile take on a Passover Seder:

Do not, repeat, do not, EVER, try the gefilte fish. You've been warned. Will post a few picks. 

We put off blogging till the afternoon to shake up our schedule and unleash some ju-ju. Mission partially accomplished. Will report more tomorrow.

With Israel and Charleton Heston in mind [You're still doing Charleton Heston Passover jokes?-Ed] The Time's of Israel reports: 'The Defense Ministry revealed Thursday that a laser air defense system it is developing successfully shot down drones, rockets, mortars, and anti-tank missiles in a first series of tests last month. According to the head of the ministry’s research and development team, Brig. Gen. (res.) Yaniv Rotem, the tests were conducted at “challenging” ranges and timings. “The use of a laser is a ‘game changer’ and the technology is simple to operate and proves to be economically viable,” he said.' Zzzzzap! Economics. Remember those Iron Dome missiles cost thousands of dollars each. Think of what this means for the strategic calculous. They really do have lasers! The Imams are right. The Jew is clever. 

The Jerusalem Post has a short retrospective on the Second Intifada. Bloody March 2002, when 131 Israelis were murdered by terrorists, (Do the math. It was Israeli 9/11) and the Passover Massacre which saw 30 + killed at a Seder. The Israelis had had enough. You could tell the Israelis were about to rain destruction upon on the PLO because they went radio silent. The Sharon government (greatest Jew since Joshua) moved from talk to...resolve. Oh shit, we said.

Below, your Friday flag, as it were:

It was either this or Omega Man.