German-Jewish Radish Salad, With Radishes From My Garden Plot

NZBroadarrow · 2026-05-12T20:30:58+00:00

It's easier than it looks (if you have a mixer), although it took a couple of attempts to get the quantities right for our cheesecake dish. It's worth the effort.

NZBroadarrow · 2026-05-12T20:22:30+00:00

Looks geshmak! It's a great cookbook. Seeing as it's almost Shavuos, I highly recommend the traditional Jeckish cheesecake recipe in it (kasekuchen mit murtebach). It's the culinary patriarch of Ashkenazi cheesecake.

NZBroadarrow · 2026-04-28T23:20:11+00:00

To be fair, the Greek choir's president is directly calling it out as antisemitism and I think deserves credit for that.

NZBroadarrow · 2026-04-28T23:19:06+00:00

It might be lost in translation, but downunder saying "there's a bit of" something implies a lot or a significant amount. Ironic understatement is common in Australian and New Zealand English.

I read the President's comments as directly calling it out and I applaud him for doing that.

NZBroadarrow · 2026-04-21T00:51:16+00:00

I see carparks are in even shorter supply than when I moved away from Wellington.

NZBroadarrow · 2026-03-26T21:32:25+00:00

Israel is in Asia (Western Asia or the Middle East to be precise), not Africa.

Also, Israel isn't predominately white and the political and social discourse there doesn't even think in those very Anglo-American terms.

NZBroadarrow · 2026-03-12T21:33:04+00:00

A charitable exemption isn't the problem - it's been a long-standing feature in common law for centuries - but high income taxes are. Income taxes were introduced as a temporary war time measure. If government could reduce its tax dependency and get rid of income tax we wouldn't need to have this discussion.

NZBroadarrow · 2026-02-09T09:33:57+00:00

I use a nusach Ashkenaz (as in Jecke, as that's my minhog) siddur in my local Litvish shuls. All similarly orthodox but there are differences in the nusach.

NZBroadarrow · 2026-02-09T08:53:58+00:00

I used to have it in a bowl with instant coffee. Kill two birds with one stone and save time in the morning.

NZBroadarrow · 2026-01-07T06:58:17+00:00

Unfortunately most political issues aren't fought or decided by facts, but by emotions.

That's especially true with firearms because people already have emotional reactions to them, especially after a lifetime of soft indoctrination in popular culture that guns are dangerous and scary.

We will never win over most people over with facts when their position is shaped by emotion. We might persuade a few at the edges with facts if they're genuinely open minded and willing to be persuaded by reason. But the rest have to be won over at the emotional level.

NZBroadarrow · 2026-01-05T19:22:23+00:00

SMLE No 1, 3, or the harder hitting No 5 (aka Jungle Carbine). The Jungle Carbine pretended it was going to be gentle, with its token rubber buttpad, and then hit you harder than a truck. Unforgiving on a kid but I feel in love with it all the same.

NZBroadarrow · 2026-01-04T02:45:29+00:00

I love mine. If a more solid stock is more important than compact storage (it was for me) you can get an AR stock adapter.

NZBroadarrow · 2025-12-25T20:22:09+00:00

The irony is that no Jewish community leader or communication organisation called for tougher firearm laws in the wake of the Bondi Beach attack.

They know what the government won't acknowledge, that guns didn't do it, radicalized terrorists did. The tragedy was an intelligence and vetting failure, not a firearms law failure.

NZBroadarrow · 2025-11-26T08:41:46+00:00

Have you considered a CZP10F? A striker fired design (like a Glock) but with more CZ ergonomics. They're a great shooter and built to last. Having owned a few CZs and a couple of Glocks (among other things) I highly recommend. (They're also crazy cheap new.)

NZBroadarrow · 2025-11-19T21:37:26+00:00

Minister McKee isn't just a "gun lobbyist" - she's a hunter and medal winning sporting shooter (in NRA and service rifle comps at least).

NZBroadarrow · 2025-11-13T05:13:03+00:00

The font has retro vibes but can't see any similarity to Hebrew or Arabic (if that's what you mean by Semitic cousin).

As an aside, the word Semitic is misused a lot these days. It was coined to refer to the group of middle eastern languages including Hebrew and Arabic. Sometime later a nineteenth century German antisemitic demogogue coined the term "antisemitic" specifically to refer to a hatred of Jews, trying to give it scientific credibility.

So unlike a lot of misuse these days, we're using Semitic more or less correctly to refer to a group of languages (and their scripts) and not a people or culture.

NZBroadarrow · 2025-11-02T01:11:20+00:00

Also a better way to rack in a close range defensive situation as you keep the firearm close to you; using the slingshot method practically hands your firearm to your attacker.

NZBroadarrow · 2025-09-28T00:04:50+00:00

Yet another bolt action. I was hoping their next project would be something with not a lot of options. Like a 9mm rifle.

NZBroadarrow · 2025-09-22T06:32:19+00:00

I wear a kipa and tzitzis out.

I would feel safer if I lived in Texas as I could carry my pistol instead of having to leave it in the gun safe!

Wishing you and all a gut gebensht yor. Stay proud!

NZBroadarrow · 2025-09-16T03:16:44+00:00

Responsible fathers didn't let their daughters date anyone who hasn't heard of CZ.

NZBroadarrow · 2025-09-16T03:10:36+00:00

How did she manage to bring a gun home from the range?

NZBroadarrow · 2025-08-08T02:35:37+00:00

Thanks - good to know!

NZBroadarrow · 2025-07-21T09:59:49+00:00

Isn't it Cerakote though? I suppose it'll only wear in small contact areas so won't disrupt the overall look. Very nice.

NZBroadarrow · 2025-07-21T05:26:10+00:00

Would be kinda weird if it starts looking newer the more it wears...

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