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rush up your Shakespeare.
Start quoting him now
This exhortation comes
from Kiss Me, Kate and can be used
as really good advice if you wish to
make an impression on those
around you.
There are many situations that
we find ourselves in that could be
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more colorfully enhanced by using
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a scholarly quote to add to the con-
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versation. For instance:
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Weather-related situations often
are grounds for something more
creative than, "Hot, isn't it?" or "Cold, isn't it?" If
your area is enduring some long spring rains, try
observing, "I would fain die a dry death" ( The
Tempest). Perhaps, "For the rain it raineth every day"
(Twelfth Night).
Everyday situations could lend themselves to some
learned observations from you. If someone is consid-
ering planting in a community garden, you might
offer (from. The Tempest), "Now would I give a thou-
sand furlongs for an acre of barren ground." If told
you could be paying for something for life, you
,
might come back with, "He that dies pays all debts'
(also The Tempest).
When arriving at a social gathering, you could
make your entrance with, "0 brave new world that
has such people in it" (ibid.). If asked to comment
about the newest "Bachelor" TV program or one of
its ilk, try, "His face is the worst thing about him"
(Merry Wives of Windsor).
If asked (and even if not asked, venture it) about
the new spring clothes, observe, The fashion wears
out more apparel than the man" (Comedy of Errors).
When someone praises you, have you been at a
loss for words? If so, the following rejoinder is sure
to be noticed and says something about you: Some
are born great, some achieve greatness, and some
have greatness thrust upon them" ( Twelfth Night). If
someone wants to know what advice to give to
young people (and after you stop laughing, knowing
as you do that they do not listen to advice) you
could offer, "Bid them wash their faces and keep
their teeth clean" (Coriolanus).
The workplace offers situations to show off your
new-found knowledge of the Bard. If you are a man-
ager and wish to inspire your underlings, try, "Lest
too light winning makes the prize light" ( The
Tempest). A good argument for taking a power nap
might be these words from The Tempest "We are
such stuff as dreams are made on and our little life is
rounded with a sleep."
If being reminded of deadlines, offer up, "Better
three hours too soon than a minute too late" (Merry
Wives ofWindsor). From the same play comes a
good slogan for the personnel department: "Some
rise by sin and some by virtue fall."
Not satisfied with your latest raise? Try this come-
back: "Remuneration! 0, that's the Latin word for
three farthings" (Love's Labor's Lost). When asked
where you next vacation will take you, comment, "I
know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows" (A
Midsummer Night's Dream).
Not happy with an assignment? You may try (out
of hearing of your boss), "The devil can cite scrip-
ture for his purpose" ( The Merchant of Venice).
Who out there has not had to deal with irate
clients? Now you can observe, "0 how full of briers
is this working-day world" (As You Like It). Looking
for a quiet spot for lunch? "I would give all my fame
for a pot of ale and safety" (King Henry IV Part 1).
To justify my columns, I aptly offer this from
Comedy of Errors. "What Time hath scanted men in
hair, he hath given them in wit."
And lest you say I'm being pretentious, I rejoin,
"Pretentious? Moi?'
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JNF Heads Relief Effort
`Come Home For The Holidays'
The first shipment of equipment and baby food and products left Israel on
Sept. 8, bound for the relief effort on the Gulf Coast as the U.S. government
officially accepted offers from Israel and the Jewish National Fund for assis-
tance to victims of Hurricane Katrina.
The plane was set to go just hours after the disaster occurred, but was put
on hold until the major part of the New Orleans evacuation took place. JNF
Chief Emissary Avinoam Binder contacted Israeli Ambassador to Washington
Daniel Ayalon, who contacted officials in the State Department, Department
of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency.
"Israel was one of the first nations to offer relief aid, if not the first,"
Ambassador Ayalon said. "America has always been there for Israel, and
Israel is there for America."
Once the Israeli government agreed to the requested equipment, JNF part-
nered with Osem Food Products and Remedia, a baby food company in
Israel, to supply the order they've been given: urgently needed baby food,
enough to feed 30,000 children. Other Israeli companies and JNF donors
also contributed to the effort.
JNF President Ronald S. Lauder sent a letter to the White House express-
ing condolences and pledging immediate assistance.
"We have expressed our condolences to the governors of Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama," he wrote, "but more than that we are at the ready
with practical aid. We understand all too well the aftermath of tragedy and the
immediate and long-term assistance needed to rebuild lives and communities."
— Keri Guten Cohen, story development edito
United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism's Project Reconnect has teamed up
with Conservative synagogues throughout North America and Israel to offer
free High Holiday tickets to 20- and 30-somethings who have been involved
with programs run by the Conservative movement.
USCJ, working with the North American Association of Synagogue
Executives, launched the project to reconnect alumni of USY, Atid, Koach,
Nativ, the Conservative Yeshiva, Camp Ramah, the Solomon Schechter schools
and other Conservative movement youth programs.
Locally, Adat Shalom Synagogue and Congregation Shaarey Zedek are listed
on www.projectreconnect.org as synagogues participating in the project's "Come
Home for the Holidays" initiative.
"The perceived high cost of High Holiday tickets could be a turn-off to
young adults," said Jackie Saltz, Project Reconnect's chairwoman. "As a result,
we are seizing the opportunity to let them reconnect with their Conservative
roots for free as we usher in the New Year. The concept of reconnecting is espe-
cially timely at this time of year as we focus on teshuva, a return to our roots
and to God, during the High Holiday season."
— Keri Guten Cohen, story development editor
Date Books List Holidays
By popular demand, the Anti-Defamation League/Michigan Regional Office
will sell its memo/date books, which have been discontinued by the national
office. The books include a list of holidays in the front, plus descriptions of
each holiday — Jewish and non-Jewish. Holidays are listed from September
2005 to January 2007.
The traditional week-by-week format continues. Books can be purchased
through the Michigan Regional Office for $6.95 plus postage. Checks can be
made payable to the Anti-Defamation League. To order, call (248) 646-2440.
— Keri Guten Cohen, story development editor
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oldest-known living family in the world today?
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