Front Lines Bagels And S ure, the title above caught your eye because you are so fixed on food. Well, that's not a bad thing, but I had in mind drawing your attention to a homophone: locks. • Hair. A mere tress or curl or ringlet may be described as a lock of hair. • Security. In school, lockers take combination locks. When closing a business, the owners make sure everything is under lock and key. Criminals are sent to the lockup (jail) and we can only hope that it is permanent. (On the other hand, if you lockdown something, you are making sure that it is understood or mentally grasped.) Keep your valuables in a lockbox and they are safer than under a mattress. (Of course, the whole thing may be swiped, but that's a chance to take.) Then again, if you tend to lose things like keys, you may end up calling on a locksmith to aid you in this time of distress. • Shipping. The enclosed chambers of water in canals are wonders to enjoy. Be sure to experience the Soo Locks or the great Panama Canal. It is not unusual to express awe at the marvel of engineering that these structures represent. • Sports. In wrestling, the headlock is a formidable hold to put on an opponent. In diving, if you go too deep or try to come up too fast, you may to be put into an air lock for decompression purposes. • Crafts/hobbies. The avid sewer or knitter is aware of the handy lock stitch. If a sweater starts to unravel, you may want to employ this technique and thus save your garment. Well, I do not want to lock horns with any of you who may take exception to one of my definitions or feel that I have not included your favorite locks. As usual, I do not ask that you take all I say lock, stock and barrel. Merely lock on to the idea of the fun of words and have a go at it yourself. Yiddish Limericks Quotable "I worry that with the passage of time and the loss of the survivor generation, there will be less of a general agreement about the need to study the Holocaust as a historical event and more of an effort to draw simple basic lessons from the Holocaust that can be applied to the mission of contemporary relevance." — University of Hartford Professor Avinoam Patt, Thanksgiving Day Yeder yohr* when it's Thanksgiving Day A thank you, a dahnk**, we will say. Un mir essen der hindik*** un ziseh kartofl**** Un the stuffing and pie un mir feeln***** so awful. Mir vel essen un zogn****** oy vey. * Yeder yohr — every year ** A dahnk — a thank you *** Un mir essen der hindik — and we eat the turkey **** Ziseh kartofl — sweet potatoes ***** Un Mir feeln — and we feel ****** Mir vel essen un zogn — we will eat saying interviewed by the Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies (2010 Newsletter), Wayne State University, Detroit iN CONTENTS JN limerick writer Rachel Kapen is a West Bloomfield resident. JEWISHNEWS 18-24 Kislev 5771 Vol. CXXXVIII, No. 17 Nov. 25-Dec. 1, 2010 Shabbat & Holiday Lights Cover Story on page 14 Ann Arbor 37 Roundup 10 Arts/Entertainment .... 51 Spirituality 37 Community 31 Staff Box/Phone List ... 6 Family Focus 60 Synagogue List 38 . 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