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Originally posted by MikeinNC:

My dads father was Jewish, he married a Catholic, she got excommunicated

Excommunicated?

Did they forget that Jesus was a Jew? Even though He had a Puerto Rican name.

Happy Chanukah to all of my friends here. I do not have a Hebrew name. Are you given a Hebrew name at birth, or at some other time?

Chanukah Sameach my friends!

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by MikeinNC:

My dads father was Jewish, he married a Catholic, she got excommunicated

Excommunicated?

Did they forget that Jesus was a Jew? Even though He had a Puerto Rican name.

haha I guess it was because she married outside of the church.(it was in the 1930's)...tells me that that's not the church for me...I remember when they let her come back to church (after da-da died) my dad never went to church because of it and it's probably why he's agnostic

Happy Chanukah!

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by Dallas239:
Happy Hanukkah! Just here stinking up my kitchen with latkes.

Some time in the past, Jeff Yarchin expressed horror that I was using a packaged mix and he posted his recipe here.

I have lost track of it. Would you mind posting yours?

My grandmother, although literate in Polish, Russian, and Yiddish, did not read or write English, so I don’t have her recipe.

Here you go. All spices are your preference:

2 large potatoes, peeled
1/2 large onion
1/4 cup flour
1-2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground pepper
1/2 tsp ground garlic (optional)
1 egg

Let the potatoes dry a bit after grating or squeeze the water out.
Mix everything together and drop 1/4 cup scoops into ~350* vegetable oil.

Happy Chanukah!

Chanukah Sameach bubbies! My Hebrew name is Ethan, and in a strange twist of fate I got to choose it.

Happy Chanukah!

Cheers, all!

I am not Jewish, but I do love a latke. My German grandmother from Lancaster, Pennsylvania made good ones, but we called them potato pancakes.

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Originally posted by SgtGold:
Chanukah Sameach bubbies! My Hebrew name is Ethan, and in a strange twist of fate I got to choose it.

Please tell us the story behind that as it sounds very interesting.

Benyamin here!

This is very close to my recipe. Try switching out the flour for matzoh meal. I prefer russet potatoes, and only hand grate them. A food processor saves time but they taste differently to me. Make sure you squeeze all of the liquid out before you fry them.


Boy I miss Latke's but I've lost over 70 pounds...not worth eating for me.

Happy Chanukah all!

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Here you go. All spices are your preference:

2 large potatoes, peeled
1/2 large onion
1/4 cup flour
1-2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground pepper
1/2 tsp ground garlic (optional)
1 egg

While not Jewish I named my youngest son Ari'el (Lion of God), and I truly respect the Macabees without who we would probably not know Christianity as it is today.

Happy Chanukah.

A Happy Chanukah to all.

Happy Chanukah!

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Originally posted by deepocean:

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Originally posted by SgtGold:
Chanukah Sameach bubbies! My Hebrew name is Ethan, and in a strange twist of fate I got to choose it.

Please tell us the story behind that as it sounds very interesting.

My dad was from Brooklyn NY and was raised as an orthodox Jew. My mother was from Mississippi and was raised Catholic. Given how they were raised, they decided to not do that to their children. The result was we celebrated everything, but without any of the religious overtones. Christmas and Chanukah were for gifts, and Easter was a basket of candy. I was neither baptised or confirmed in my mother's religion, nor did I go to Hebrew school.

My parents split when I was about 5 years old, and my mother continued the mostly secular Christian holidays. My dad liked to celebrate the Jewish holidays, but with a little less orthodoxy than he did when he was in his youth. I went to seders annually, celebrated the high holy days, and generally found myself being more Jewish. On my 13th birthday I received a back yard bar mitzvah, and there was no turning back. When I joined the Army I told them I was Jewish, and not knowing any better they put it on my dog tags.

Fast forward to my eventually getting married and my bride to be was Jewish, and my future MIL wants her Rabbi to perform the wedding. Since you can't get any self respecting Rabbi to marry a goy, I had to officially convert. Three Rabbis and a micva later it's official. I'm a Red Sea pedestrian. My conversion was really nothing more than reading two books and writing a check. After explaining how I was raised, and the fact that I was neither baptised or confirmed, the Rabbi there was nothing to 'undo'. I had been celebrating the Jewish holidays since I was old enough to remember, and I could answer every question he put to me.

There were only two unresolved issues. The first was that unless I could provide 'proof' that I had the brit milah performed at birth, I would have to undergo a ritual circumcision. Well, you could imagine that I was less than pleased at the thought of this. But as luck would have it I was born at Mt Sinai medical center, there was a wandering Mohel, and my mom 'remembered' that I had a bris performed. Problem solved.

And now finally to the name. Not having been subjected to a traditional Jewish upbringing, I had not been given a hebrew name at birth. I took a look at what was available, which ain't much I tell ya, and decided on Ethan. I picked it because it wasn't overly ethnic, and had strong ties to colonial America.

Happy Chanukah to all our Jewish brethren!

I hope this video is not inappropriate and is taken in the spirit it is intended.




Link to original video: https://youtu.be/9P30ckBf1wk

SgtGold, thank you for taking the time to post that explanation.

Happy Hanukkah!

Neat story SgtGold, thanks.

Happy Hanukkah to ALL my Sig Forum friends. May you get new Toys on this Hanukkah Holiday. Be safe and watch your six.