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Sy Manello
Editorial Assistant
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rink to me only with
thine eyes, and I will
pledge with mine.
This lovely, poetic sentiment
leads me to wonder about the
whole aspect of drinking. What
are some of the beverages we
favor? What are some of the oddi-
ties of the potable world? Well, let's
consider:
Children are perhaps the most
adventurous when it comes to eat-
ing and drinking things — that
they shouldn't. HOW many have
thought that their watercolor
water would be refreshing and
so downed some while being
"artistic:' I recall a concoction that
I was "forced" to drink as a child:
hot milk and honey. My mother
was convinced that this was the
cure to a sore throat and cough.
It was cloyingly sweet and, as I
predicted to her if she made me
drink it, it did not stay down long.
In the "olden days',' almost •
every family had a remedy called
a "guggle-muggle." (Please do not
send me your family recipes for
this!) I recall that my dad's version
from the guarana
fizzed like a bicarbon-
berry. It is pale yel-
ated drink and had
low in color (which
other mystical proper-
in a clear glass would
ties that were a boon to
turn me off right
the upset stomach or
there), has "light
general malaise.
fruity flavor" and is
There are some
mildly carbonated.
among us who are
Usually when the
still adventurous as
Sy Manello
adult drinkers — er
subject of beverages
Editorial Assistant comes up, there is
— imbibers (I do not
concern about caf-
care to limit myself to
feine. You either crave it or avoid it
the realm of alcoholic beverages).
I understand that there are those
at all costs. May .I present for your
consideration Canfield's diet choc-
who really enjoy swilling pickle
juice. I do not mean that they sip
olate fudge soda; the name alone
gives me coffee nerves. Also there
the bit that's left at the bottom of
is a Jolt cola, which is marketed
the pickle jar; they actually buy
under that slogan "all the sugar
bottles of the stuff. (The Goldin
Pickle Co. touts it as a big seller.)
and twice the caffeine
Speaking of caffeine, if you are
There are also those who like
,a tea lover and do not like the
sauerkraut juice; said to be a real
herbals, but want to avoid caffeine,
lip smacker. On the market, you
try this technique, which I read
can find a drink called Beefamato
— a blend of tomato juice and
somewhere (I hope you appreciate
the depth of research and attrib-
beef broth. No, its not used as an
additive to stew; it is a drink.
utable sources I provide): Let your
When researching strange bev-
regular tea steep for 30 seconds;
then pour it out and pour on more
erages (there are no lengths that I
will not go to provide my fan club
hot water and let the bag steep for
1-2 minutes.
with facts), I found that there is
a drink call Bawls Guarana; it is
L'chayim!
a beverage that features extract
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Two grants totaling $9,500 will
help the Detroit Jewish commu-
nity fight illiteracy. The Jewish
Community Council will apply
the money to its Detroit Jewish
Coalition for Literacy (DJCL).
The DeRoy Testamentary
Foundation has awarded $5,000
for a third year to help support
tutoring programs for public
school kindergartners through
third-graders in Oakland County
and Detroit. The grant also will
cover tutoring workshops and
staff support for DJCL volunteers.
First Book and Borders has
given $5,000 to buy new books
for children from low income
or Title 1 schools served.by the
DJCL volunteers. The kids will
get to keep the books.
DJCL has more than 4,000
volunteers from 40 Jewish orga-
nizations. These volunteers tutor
as well as provide enrichment
and book drives for students in
nearly 40 Detroit and Oakland
County public schools.
To learn more about volun-
teering, contact DJCL Project
Coordinator Phyllis Jarvis: (248)
642-5393, ext. 8; jarvis@jfmd.org.
- Robert A. Sklar, editor
It's Kosher — Only At JCC
After further talk
Four non-kosher events scheduled at
among Vaad members,
the Jewish Community Center in West
it was decided that only
Bloomfield are the result of a temporary
kosher parties would be
agreement that has since been cancelled
permitted inside the JCC
— and are not the start of a new JCC
building.
policy.
But in the meantime,
A decision to book the parties came
the JCC's caterer, Matt
after a discussion between JCC adminis-
Prentice Restaurant
tration, catering staff and the Council of
Group in Bingham
Orthodox Rabbis of Metropolitan Detroit
Farms, had scheduled
(Vaad Harabonim) in Southfield.
Ma tt Prentice
the four parties.
"The choice to allow the parties was
"Between the time
made as a source of income for the JCC
I received permission
and the caterer:' said the Vaad's kashrut
director, Rabbi Joseph Krupnik. "It was meant from Rabbi Krupnik to hold the non-kosher
parties and the time the Vaad refocused
as a way to keep the kosher Milk & Honey
and rescinded the permission, I had already
restaurant (owned by the same group who
entered into a contractual agreement with
offer catering inside the JCC) in business:'
four families and booked the four bar
mitzvahs:' said Matt Prentice, CEO of Matt
Prentice Restaurant Group. "These events will
be catered by Morels [restaurant in Bingham
Farms], with everything trucked to the JCC.
At no time will we have access to (the kosher)
Milk & Honey and there will be a mashgiach
(kosher supervisor) from the Vaad there to
make sure we don't."
And after the four events take place,
Prentice said, "we will no longer be allowed
to hold non-kosher functions at the JCC."
Prentice will continue to book kosher events
at both Milk & Honey and in other areas of
the JCC, including Handleman Hall.
- Shelli Liebman Dorfman, staff writer
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April 13 • 2006
by Stephen Maiseloff
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You Voted
Last week's survey question :
"With the election of the
Kadima Party, do you expect
Israel to establish unilatral
borders?"
Yes - 67 %
No - 33 %
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