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My Colorful World
T
o behold a crowd of golden daffodils or lose oneself in the
azure sky is not hard, even if it is done in one's imagination.
However, there are colors that lend themselves to some very
interesting, everyday expressions. Consider:
When you are feeling especially healthy, you may be said to be in the
pink.
Of course, we are all familiar with the optimistic outlook on life that
lets us perceive things through rose-colored glasses.
If you have been slighted or not treated as you feel you deserve, you
may indulge in some very black thoughts.
Who among us has not been made aware of what we lack in compari-
son to someone else and become green with envy? (That,
by the way, was a rhetorical question and does not mean
that I want to hear from all of you contented souls out
there; okay?)
That same color also serves to describe us when we are
not feeling particularly well (ever been on a rough cruise?)
and feel green around the gills?
If you have a really sad day, you might be described as
feeling blue.
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you see red?
I have never been tempted to take a white-knuckle ride
on a roller-coaster. I guess I'm yellow.
With a hot summer in the offing (I can hope, can't I?), we may be in
for an occasional brown out.
At this point, you may be questioning how much of my grey matter is
left.
Well, just because there are silver threads among the gold does not
mean that the mental capacity is diminished. As a matter of fact, I am
rather enjoying the start of my golden years.
If you young whippersnappers don't agree, I may be tempted to tan
your hides.
At this point, I am tempted to interject with a knock-knock joke
favorite of my grandsons'; it involves the punch line: " Orange you glad
that I didn't say banana again?" But, to mix metaphors, that fruit joke is
a horse of a different color.
And so it goes. Just remember that the hues you see around you may
help you to develop an even more vivid description of something else.
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Quotables
"When non-Jewish groups come to
our community seders, we look at
it as a time for sharing what we
have in common. We tend not to
see it as a threat."
— Hollace Ava Weiner, Southern
Jewish Historical Society president,
about the ecumenism come Passover
in Natchez, Miss., as quoted by JTA.
"Sadly, at the beginning of the 21st
century, Cairo is the center for
global anti-Semitism. And the poi-
son is encouraged and endorsed by
the government-owned mass
media, whose editors are appointed
by the Parliament."
— Charley J Levine, in a "Letter
from Jerusalem," in the March issue
of Hadassah magazine.
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munity in North America? No, not New
York, Chicago or Los Angeles — it's Las
Vegas — where the number has
quadrupled in the last 10 years.
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North American Birthright Israel
participants are more likely to be involved
in Jewish groups and Jewish learning
than their peers who did not go to Israel,
according to a new study. And one year
after the trip, levels of commitment and
enthusiasm for Jewish life and Israel did
not drop significantly from the levels
three months after the trip.
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About my charoses**
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