http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/06/blog-carnivals-2/ A potpourri of: Highland Park; Jewish topics; Central New Jersey; art, Twitter, WordPress, health, web design, gardening ... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:42:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/06/blog-carnivals-2/#comment-1500 Lion of Zion Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:39:53 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=529#comment-1500 i love israeli breakfasts i love israeli breakfasts

]]> http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/06/blog-carnivals-2/#comment-1474 phyllis Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:57:26 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=529#comment-1474 yummy! kfar blum is such a nice place to stay....thanks for the link! yummy! kfar blum is such a nice place to stay….thanks for the link!

]]> http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/06/blog-carnivals-2/#comment-1470 Ilana-Davita Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:58:17 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=529#comment-1470 I don't know that many things. Other than he was the first Jewish French PM, and that although he was a socialist he never allied with the communists. Apparently he strongly felt both Jewish and French. When the war broke out he never left France and was finally deported to Buchenwald where he was better treated than other people due to his former political position. But his brother was assassinated in Auschwitz. Yet I think that, most of all, his government (1936-1937) is remembered for instituting "paid vacation" - for the first time employers were compelled to pay their employees during the holidays (2 weeks at the time). I don’t know that many things. Other than he was the first Jewish French PM, and that although he was a socialist he never allied with the communists. Apparently he strongly felt both Jewish and French.
When the war broke out he never left France and was finally deported to Buchenwald where he was better treated than other people due to his former political position. But his brother was assassinated in Auschwitz.
Yet I think that, most of all, his government (1936-1937) is remembered for instituting “paid vacation” – for the first time employers were compelled to pay their employees during the holidays (2 weeks at the time).

]]> http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/06/blog-carnivals-2/#comment-1469 Leora Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:25:21 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=529#comment-1469 Ilana-Davita, we enjoyed meeting some of the older kibbutzniks at the pool. The kibbutz itself, however, has gone from being agriculturally based to specializing in two fields that are very capitalist: 1) the hotel is high-end, named "Pastoral", with massages (for a fee) offered in the lobby and other amenities in their spa (for even higher fees) and 2) Real estate development, as they subdivide some of their fields and offer them for sale with beautiful new homes planned for the subdivided lots. Would Léon Blum approve? I don't know much at all about him. Ilana-Davita, we enjoyed meeting some of the older kibbutzniks at the pool. The kibbutz itself, however, has gone from being agriculturally based to specializing in two fields that are very capitalist: 1) the hotel is high-end, named “Pastoral”, with massages (for a fee) offered in the lobby and other amenities in their spa (for even higher fees)
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2) Real estate development, as they subdivide some of their fields and offer them for sale with beautiful new homes planned for the subdivided lots.
Would Léon Blum approve? I don’t know much at all about him.

]]> http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/06/blog-carnivals-2/#comment-1468 Ilana-Davita Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:59:05 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=529#comment-1468 Nice picture. It all looks very "chic". Wikipedia says that this kibbutz was named in honor of Léon Blum, the Jewish socialist former Prime Minister of France. That's interesting. I would never have thought that he would be remembered this way. Nice picture. It all looks very “chic”.
Wikipedia says that this kibbutz was named in honor of Léon Blum, the Jewish socialist former Prime Minister of France. That’s interesting. I would never have thought that he would be remembered this way.

]]> http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/06/blog-carnivals-2/#comment-1467 Leora Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:53:13 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=529#comment-1467 Rosie, makes me want to learn how to grow my own sprouts. I'll put that on my to do list. Rosie, makes me want to learn how to grow my own sprouts. I’ll put that on my to do list.

]]> http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/06/blog-carnivals-2/#comment-1463 hihorosie Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:06:19 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=529#comment-1463 That looks beautiful and scrumptious! That looks beautiful and scrumptious!

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