Traif

[porkwah]

my new korean place is going to be called 'pope jong paul il'

[Sneakeater]

wait til you see how the bread and wine service is going to work at my new place "Transubstantiation"

 

And then your catering hall, Cana.

[g.johnson]

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Reminder: Religion, whether religious fanaticism or simply its practice, is not something to be discussed here. Shah! Todah rabah.

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Particularly if you don't explain the jokes for the benefit of the goyim.

[Anthony Bonner]

This thread might be the first time I regret dodging theology classes in college that required bible study.

[porkwah]

This thread might be the first time I regret dodging theology classes in college that required bible study.

 

now we can merge it with the unread books thread.

[g.johnson]

Is the time to remind everyone of my grade 1 at Divinity AO level?

[Sneakeater]

Does that mean that, under the rules, you can't post ANYTHING?

[g.johnson]

Does that mean that, under the rules, you can't post ANYTHING?

No but it does mean that all my posts must be regarded as ex cathedra.

[TaliesinNYC]

I thought they were going to open a faux dive bar called The Mikvah.

wait til you see how the bread and wine service is going to work at my new place "Transubstantiation"

 

I would so TOTALLY blog about that.

 

Pretty sure most people past a certain age wouldn't know what it meant though. Ditto for "trayf" or "traif" (as it's spelled here).

[Suzanne F]

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Reminder: Religion, whether religious fanaticism or simply its practice, is not something to be discussed here. Shah! Todah rabah.

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Particularly if you don't explain the jokes for the benefit of the goyim.

If you mean the Shah! Todah rabah.: not a joke; just means "Be quiet! Thank you very much" if what little I remember from Hebrew school holds. Since those discussing it most may be of the Hebrew persuasion (or closely allied thereto), I figured they'd understand the extra tweak.

 

Too bad Omni isn't posting, or she would have corrected my Hebrew (if there actually is anything wrong with it).

[Wilfrid]

I'm not for gratuitously insulting people for their politics, either, but to me religion is simply off the table as a topic for jest.

No subject should be off the table as a topic for jest.

 

Unless he keeps threatening to waste our time with frivolous lawsuits.

[Wilfrid]

Is the time to remind everyone of my grade 1 at Divinity AO level?

 

Ooh, an A at GCE 'O' level myself.

[Wilfrid]

The question is: how does it all taste?

 

It tastes good, and the dining crowd is entirely mixed, skewing if anything away from hipster towards a better dressed, slightly (slightly) older segment.

 

My takeaway from the discussion is not so much that the name is or is not offensive - both sides of the argument have merit - but that it attracts more attention than the food. Which, by the way, just isn't the kind of pork-'n'-bacon heavy cuisine you are led to expect. If the food was poor, any publicity would be welcome, but as I said in the review, the restaurant doesn't need the name.

[Daniel]

I think this place is insulting and moronic.

[StephanieL]

<admin on>

Reminder: Religion, whether religious fanaticism or simply its practice, is not something to be discussed here. Shah! Todah rabah.

<admin off>

Particularly if you don't explain the jokes for the benefit of the goyim.

If you mean the Shah! Todah rabah.: not a joke; just means "Be quiet! Thank you very much" if what little I remember from Hebrew school holds. Since those discussing it most may be of the Hebrew persuasion (or closely allied thereto), I figured they'd understand the extra tweak.

 

Too bad Omni isn't posting, or she would have corrected my Hebrew (if there actually is anything wrong with it).

 

I think "Shah" is Yiddish. The teachers in my Hebrew School would yell "Sheket!" at us (sometimes with a "B'vakasha" [please] if they weren't too stressed that day).