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@Health
Be careful who you call a liar and accuse of dishonesty.
You owe me a PUBLIC apology.
Not one word about former Governor Weicker in my post is untrue. He left the Republican Party and ran on the “A Connecticut Party’ line. He was not a registered Democrat.The northeast has a tradition of Liberal Republicans…it was not always CONSERVATIVE PARTY.
@Lesschumras
I don’t live in an alternative universe, I live in the land of the CT Yankee and some things are done better here.
Our Health Exchange works well.
My health insurance before the ACA was provided by Connecticare, they are still my insurance carrier. Before the ACA I was only able to use hospitals affiliated with Yale in southern CT, now they must cover every hospital in the state. My opthomologist did not previously accept this carrier, now he does. my monthly premiums went down, as did not co-pays.
I have one sibling who lives in NY, her coverage is worse and more expensive under ACA.
We are all self employed and that group seems to benefit most under the plans.
@ny100k
School tax does not exist in CT, it is part of town/city budgets and included in the total property tax. I own 2 houses next to each other (one was my late MIL’s) my local property tax bill is 18K for one and 13K for the other. I pay 6% State Income Tax rate and have no dependents to deduct. I am not subject to AMT.We are seriously considering advancing our retirement, selling our property and moving. I have one more year before we avail ourselves of Medicare
@Health
Property Tax is a function of local government, NOT State.
I’ve owned my home for 28 years. The taxes have doubled in the past 8 years under a Republican Town Government: First Selectman, Town Council and Board of Finance.
The Sate Income Tax was instituted by a NON-Democrat Governor (former Republican elected on a 3rd Party line) Lowell Weicker and the rates raises repeatedly under 12 years of Republican Governors, the Convict John Rowland and his sidekick Mary Jodi Rell.As I have repeatedly stated, I am socially Liberal BUT FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE. I served on our Town Council for 6 years and opposed most budget increases and tax increases. I favored spending smarter, not spending more.
@Syaglchochma
I live in a small town in Fairfield County, CT…NOT the Gold Coast Greenwich/Stamford. A typical 4 BR Colonial on 3/4 acre (minimum zoning) is taxed at about $13,000. We also pay property taxes on automobiles at the same mil rate in CT, so a $30,000 assessed value car pays local property tax in excess of $1,000 per year. Add 5-6% State Income Tax and that’s a lot of lost deductions on a Federal return.As for the Affordable Care Act (The Federal edition of Romneycare) it has saved me untold thousands of dollars in the past 4 years.
I did not have to change one doctor, in fact many more doctors and facilities are available to me than before with the same insurance company and same level of plan.
The key is that every state has a different system and the Connecticut Health Care Exchange works well.I do not believe that commuting the sentence of a convicted felon makes Trump an Oheiv Yisroel par excellence.
It is simply a politically savy move and payback for block voting.Watch how Yidden will suffer economically under the new Trump tax laws.
How many CR readers i the northeast pay more than 10K per year in real estate taxes, how many pay state and local income tax….deductions gone
I’ve been digesting the final bill as passed and expect my Federal taxes to rise more than $20.000 per year. That’s 20K less funds available for Tzedaka.
Never mind his emasculating of the ACA and going after entitlement programs.the sheep in Black garb have been fleeced by this Charlatan and will soon see they will be freezing and hungry
@Streetgeek
we also use laundry detergent that is dye and fragrance free.Mrs. CTL and I recently bought a new Maytag Washer and Gas Dryer to replace our 28 year old Maytag set. The old set still worked but was not energy efficient. We moved it upstairs for use when the whole family is in residence for the summer.
One thing nice about the new machines is that you only use one tablespoon of high efficiency detergent for a full load of wash, not a cap full. The bottle that is marked 120 loads actually does about 250 loads. Drying time has been cut in half.
@Joseph
Not one word of my posts in this thread ever mentioned parties. There were/are conservatives and liberals in both major parties. The Henry Wallace Dixiecrats of the deep south were conservative at the same time as the liberal Dems of the northeast were fighting for equal rights for all.
The Nelson Rockefeller wing of the Republican party was liberal at the same time the Barry Goldwater faction was conservative.
It is not true that the Republican Party never hurt Jews. Here in CT, Jews were kept from buying homes in Republican run suburbs from Greenwich to Northford until the 1970s.It was conservatives in the USA who wanted to keep Blacks and Jews from voting. Who fought civil rights for all people. Who loved have areas where Jews could not buy homes, who inflicted Xtian prayer on Jews in the public schools…………………….
That’s why I’m socially Liberal and Fiscally Conservative. I believe in the same rights for all people. I just don’t believe in spending huge amounts of tax dollars on all kinds of programs and entitlements.
WE use unscented dryer sheets for two purposes.
They make towels less stiff, so they are used in towel only loads.
We have 4 dogs and a cat. Sometimes clothing picks up animal hair while hanging in our dressing room. We toss the clothing item in the dryer on a no heat setting with a dryer sheet for 10 minutes and it will remove the animal hair. This works much better than a lint roller
Mrs. CTL is a designer/builder/realtor
We bought the house 27 years ago for $60,000. It was a broken down 7 room farmhouse built in 1803. We did much of the renovations and additions ourselves. My father taught me carpentry, electrical and plumbing skills as a youngster. Mrs. CTL’s zaideh was a painter and she learned to hang sheet rock, tape and paint from him. We worked hard, paid for improvements and additions as we could afford them. The mortgage was paid off after 20 years.
The house serves as her portfolio to show new clients her abilities. We both have professional offices in the structure.
When her mother became a widow, we sold the MIL’s house and built her a house on our grounds. It is a 2 family which allowed her to collect rental income in her retirement years.
Our garage is a separate building that was originally a carriage house. There is a studio apartment over the garages. The main house has 10 rooms on the first floor including our offices. The upper floor is closed off except for Yuntif when the ganzteh mispocha is in residence, when the upstairs Pesach Kitchen is in use cooking for the holidays and all summer long when all the grandchildren spend the summer in Camp CTL.
Could we live in less space? Yes. But there is something to be said for the whole family being close. Last December MIL moved in with us due to her illness (she was Niftara on RH). My daughter who married last April and her husband moved into MIL’s apartment. We did not renew the tenant’s lease this year and the youngest daughter who was married in August and her husband live in the other apartment. The couples pay the taxes and all expenses on the house. I expect that they will buy their own houses in a few years with money they have earned. It is a great pleasure to give them a start. My grandparents lived with my great grandparents when they were first married in 1919. My parents were married in 1944 and due to WWII there was a housing shortage, they lived with my grandparents. Today, most families are spread apart, we prefer to live close to each other.
@Joseph
I have always advocated living within one’s means, I posted the advice I gave my sons, not to other people’s sons.@AviK
The advice I gave my sons was appropriate for my sons. I don’t tell other people how they should spend their money or what they can afford.
When my boys were dating they were already in law school, had finished yeshiva and college and had been earning during summers and vacations.If the girl is not the right one, one doesn’t talk with one’s mouth full, so eating takes up much of the awkward time.
@MTAB
I started working in my father’s store after school at the age of 8. My elder sons also working in grandpa’s stores. The younger sons worked in my office as did my daughters. They earned their dating money (yes, I owned the cars they drove, but they paid the gas and tolls).
I don’t consider the cost of a good meal as throwing money away.I made sure my children were educated to earn a good living, as did my parents and grandparents for their children. Tuition is a struggle.
I have many of the finer things in life, but I earned them. I don’t throw money away. We vacation in our own home and have the entire family here for Yuntif. The amenities such as the pool, etc are well used and cheaper in the long run than vacations, hotels, sleep a way camp, etc.
My two youngest daughters were married here in the compound. Caterer, yes, large catering hall bills, no..I cut my own grass and in my mid 60s shovel my own snow (or use the snow blower if need be).
We don’t ‘buy’ Shabbos or other meals as takeout. We cook from scratch.We have 17 rooms in the main house and a cleaning lady once a week to do floors and bathrooms and kitchens. We all clean up after ourselves, and do our own laundry. My shirts don’t get sent out, they get ironed at home.
It’s all about choices.
When I want to hire a new junior attorney, at least one interview takes place in a restaurant. I want to see how they handle themselves in that type of a situation and observe their table manners. Dates are also interviews, and the same reasons to dine out apply.@Little Froggie
they play and talk together…it’s more fun with familyFor years, during Chol HaMoed Pesach, when the entire extended family is at the CTL compound we have a poker game, playing for raisins and almonds, not cash. It is called the XXXX(family name) Memorial Poker Game and is only open to direct descendants of the family patriarch who arrive in America in 1868.
Many a spouse has complained over the years that they should be included, their adult children are allowed to play, but not them,
The standard answer is that when you are buried in the family cemetery you’ll be able to play until Moshiach arrives.@Lightbrite
It is always a pleasure to answer your serious inquiries. Death and burial is not a topic all are comfortable discussing.There is much information that can be gleaned when visiting a family cemetery. I always wondered why my father OBM never observed the Fast of the Firstborn Erev Pesach. Afterall, he was the oldest sibling in his family and a male. His parents were married in 1919. In searching the extremes of the family cemetery a few years ago, I came across a small marker which was inscribed ‘Baby Family name July 12, 1920’. It was along the far fence hidden among weeds and brush. I asked his last surviving aunt about this (she was 104 at the time) and she told me that my grandparents had had a child (who lived only a few hours) the year before my father was born. They never discussed this with my father. My grandfather told my father that he was not required to fast. Dad assumed his mother had had a miscarriage prior to dad’s birth.
We have a family association that owns and runs the cemetery and keeps out genealogical records going back to 1823. Last year we went through the cemetery in Queens and the newer one in Suffolk County and made a list of names of those whose line had died out. When my eldest son’s youngest child was born he chose to name the boy for a first cousin of my grandmother who never had children and was not named for.
The advantage of family burial plots is for the convenience of those who visit the graves.
We have a family cemetery in Queens for my Paternal mother’s line. When I go to visit, I can visit the graves of Parents, grandparents, great grand parents, aunts, uncles, great and great great aunts and uncles and assorted cousins.
We pay much less to have the entire section taken care of by a landscaper each growing season that the cemetery would charge on a per grave basis.
We were able to erect a massive family name headstone to which married last names are added, but all that is required for a new internment is a small footstone. This costs 1/4 of an upright stone per person.
My maternal line is in 5 different cemeteries in the greater NY area. It takes two Sundays in Late August to make the ore RH visits. The deceased appear lonely, just one or two familiar names in huge cemeteries.
I much prefer families to remain together.
It also makes genealogical research easier.I told my sons to always take the girl to a fine restaurant on a first date. If the girl turns out to be of little interest and potential, at least you had a great meal.
Proud to be Socially/Politically Liberal, Fiscally Conservative and religiously Torah true……………..
@Yehidayona……………………….
kohl may be cabbage to you, but Mrs. CTL and daughters have shown me over the years that ‘kohl’ is eye makeup. Mrs’ CTL uses a ‘kohl’ eye pencil.
I’ve never seen one at Kohl’s, but the better cosmetic counters at Macy’s (such as Chanel) do have it.
@joseph
The kinderlach were with us for this last daddy on the ship period. The in-laws are retired and move in at other times.
The whole family is based in France for the summer season and SIL flies back to the states if need be, working remotely via computer. The kids are on the ship often in the summer with both parents. All this ends next school year when her eldest starts full day first grade.I’m old fashioned, I still have a checkwriting machine on my desk at home and one one in the office. Every check is processed through the machine which embosses the amount by perforating the check and inking in red and blue. It can not be altered by hand.
My children used to love helping me pay bills when they were little. Inserting the check, pushing the buttons down in each column for the amount and pulling the handle down to cut the check.
@iacisrmma
I try to make an appearance at least one morning of Yuntif, especially to show off new grandchildren, sons in law, etc.
We had planned to attend First day RH but as MIL was niftiest the night before we cancelled and davened athome. We were there Shmimi Arzeres@Joseph
Husband was on board from Florida and through the Panama Canal then flew home. In s month he’ll fly to southern Argentina and the ship’s jet helicopter will bring him aboard for another ten days. After six more weeks he’ Fly out again for a week and both will fly Home.
Daughter is training a replacement for long voyages. From now on she’ll only do upto 10 days from Florida in the winter or her home in southern France in the summer.
Once the kids start all day school she will give up almost all travel except when entire family can be on the ship.@Iaciscsrmma
Shabbos is not a problem
Our shul’s main sanctuary has old fashioned theatre style seats that have a wire ring to hold a hat under the seat. One places the hat in the loop, lowers the seat and sits down.If there is a simcha or yubtif that requires adding additional seating there is sufficient room in the coat rooms for those hats
@Neville
@JosephThere are 8 countries who have designated their Missions to the United Nations in NYC to also serve as their Embassy to the USA.
This is not an unusual situation, as some countries will designate an Ambassador to serve as representative to more than one country. Israel, for example maintains only 69 embassies while having diplomatic recognition from more than 150 countries. In Latin America and the Caribbean the Israeli Ambassador may serve multiple countries from one embassy and have use of a consular or other office when visiting them
30 YO Ms. CTL is currently sailing down the coast of Chile en route to Antarctica. So many Caribbean ports were devastated this hurricane season that the owner of the ship on which she is an exec decided to sail all the way south this winter.
Joseph.
Yes I had pen-pals as a child. In third grade we were assigned pen-pals in Jewish communities around the world. Each year through 6th grade an additional pen-pal was added to our list. We were expected to write a monthly letter to each pen-pal, so by 6th grade that worked out to a letter per week. My mother would take me to the post office to purchase Aerogrammes on which to write.
I had pen-pals in Israel, South Africa, Canada(Montreal) and Uruguay. I continued correspondence on a regular basis through my Junior High years.
In the summer of 1962 I met my Israeli pen-pal during a family trip to EY. We have remained friends for 55 years and have shared family simchas. Our grandaughters went to summer camp together 2 years ago.
I met my pen-pal from Montreal in Miami Beach in the 1970s when we were both vacationing there. He left Montreal during the anti-English blitz of the early 80s and I lost track of him.
I was in South Africa for much of the late 1970s and met my former pen-pal and his extended family. My newest son-in-law is a cousin’s child.
The pen-pal in Uruguay was the shortest duration, ending in 7th grade. I never met him and have no idea where he ended up. While visiting Uruguay I was unable to trace the family.My eldest children had pen-pals, my youngest were of the email generation and not interested. My grandchildren seldom pick up a pen except for in school or obligatory handwritten thank you notes. They have no interest in pen-pals.
When we broke up my parents’ CT home we found shoe boxes full of aerogrammes saved from our assorted pen-pals. One long summer Shabbos afternoon I enjoyed reliving my letters.
What Antarctican Jews?
There are no permanent residents of Antarctica, only those posted for scientific research or governmental needsI leave it in the car and walk into shul wearing just my yarmulke
When I was growing up in New Haven there was a branch of the Levine family who accomplished just that.
They started capitalizing the V in the middle of the name and became LeVine. This was a ‘faux French’ affectation.
It worked, I now know 4 generations of the family whose name is commonly pronounced with the long I sound.@Lightbrite
Joseph and family were here for the big :Labor Day blowout and fireworks at the CTL compound. His daughter was having such a good time in the country she wanted to stay for a few extra days. Mrs. CTL is a sucker for little girls…are are all married by now and we have loads of empty bedrooms.Joseph said he’d get her after Sukkos, just not which year…………………
This little sweetheart is having a great time. She says she never had a room and bathroom of her own before. Mrs. CTL drives her to and from school, She enjoys our pets, loves the food and frankly is a great addition to the household. At some point I think Joseph’s wife might notice one of the many kinderlach is missingNOT dreams, NIGHTMARES
BTW, will you please come pick up your daughter, she’s been here since Labor Day and now she’s hinting she’d like a full new winter wardrobe…. she looks so beautiful in Lily Pulitzer. It is so much easier when she’s in school at home where they wear uniforms. Mrs. CTL had her ears pierced for her birthday and the 1 carat diamond studs were just the perfect size for the little angel.
Good luck unspoiling her ………………………………………Some shuls have ritual committees who set rules (in consultation or subject to review by the Rav). Our shul set rules that deal with this more than 20 years ago and when we interview new candidates for the position of Rav they are provided with them.
Membership (meaning PAID up to date) has its privilege. If there are 2 men wishing to daven for the amud in the same need to say kaddish standard, the fully paid up member gets the honor. He may choose to relinquish it to a guest, but is not required to do so.
It costs money to pay utilities, insurance, salaries, etc. That doesn’t come from the money a guest might stick in the pushke, it comes from dues and annual pledges.
I know when my father’s Yahrzeit is, when I show up and there is no one in shiva or shloshim, I expect that I or my brothers will daven for the amud. There is no other male member of our shul with the same yahrzeit. My father’s memorial placque will be lit and one of us will be at the amud. Generally, my eldest brother davens Maariv and I davem Shacharis. We provide a breakfast after minyan. We leave Mincha for any member who may be in the mourning year, or a guest if there is one in need. Otherwise, we let a remaining brother daven.
@Joseph
Why do you write words that were NEVER posted?Neither the OP or myself said the card came from a ‘Friend.’
Some businesses, professionals, neighbors and politicians send greeting cards this time of the secular year.
Those who do not live their entire life in a self imposed ghetto are likely to have some interaction with non-Jews in America and other places.
I don’t have a Jewish cleaning lady, I highly doubt one exists within 50 land miles of my home. Should I not open a card that comes from my cleaning person with her heartfelt wishes? No, I have good breeding, will open it, read it and when I see her I shall thank her for remembering me/us.
Not every business I can use for my personal and professional needs is or can be owned by a Jew. If my banker sends the CTL firm a holiday card wishing us a prosperous New Year and appreciating our business, should it just be tossed in the trash? NO
I know you work among Non-Jews as you have posted you teach in the NYC Public Schools, so you venture beyond the ghetto walls, learn to behave like a mentsch, you represent frum yidden to those who have little other interaction with us.
For the last XXXX years I rec’d a Happy Holidays card from the non-Jewish Chief Elected Official of our town. This was not sent from Town Hall or at Town expense, but from his home address, and he addressed the cards and paid the postage.
He did not run for re-election this year. Today I received a Merry Xmas card from him.
He no longer needs Jewish votes (not that he ever received mine) so he is no longer sensitive to our feelings. In the past we’d display these cards from local politicians (including US Senators, Congressman and Governor) and businesses in the office waiting room as a form of ‘free’ advertising. My Roman Catholic Italian-American receptionist opened the card, marked the envelope trash and put it in the junk mail pile. My younger daughter tends to look through that pile while having morning coffee then throws it all in the shredder.We do much of our business with Non-Jews, but do not send holiday cards. We also do not hold a holiday party for clients…..we publish a small advertisement in the local town paper saying that in lieu of holiday celebrations, our firm is donating to the local food and clothing bank to aid all area residents in need as cold weather sets in.
I’m 5th generation American and our family stretches to the 9th generation.
From births starting in the 1880s our family gave English and Hebrew names (NOT Yiddish). The English names were for everyday use and the Hebrew names were for shul, yeshiva, day school religious ceremonies. English names were used in the house.
When I started Day school more than 60 years ago the teacher looked at the enrollment card saw an English name that began with an ‘M’ (made up for this post) and started calling me Moyshe. I ignored the teacher. After 5 minutes I was asked if it was Mendel. I replied no. In our family our English names have no correlation to our Hebrew names…my Hebrew name is Ben Tziyon (all made up for this post). So in school I had one name and at home another.After 1948 some of the relatives looked for names that could be the same in Hebrew and English so we would not stand out in advanced education and the business world. An example is my sister Tamara
As a 5th generation OOT frum American Jew of Litvak and Yekke Misnagid descent I have observed that OOT we support all Jews and get along together.
We don’t have the luxury of dividing into small groups that is possible in Brooklyn, Lakewood, Yerishalayim, B’nei Brak, etc.
I daven Ashkenaz, but 30 years ago was President of a shul that davened Nusach HaAri with the Tehillas HaSem Siddur. My kids all went to Chabad day school, boys to Litvish high schools and Yeshiva before college/law school. My girls stayed home and went to a Chabad girls high school, then a year at Litvish seminary then college/law school.I write checks and support all shuls, day schools, mikvaos, yeshivos, burial societies, free loan associations, etc. in the area. It is important for me that they all survive.
I may not believe in Chassidus, but if I’m traveling it is a comfort to find a needed minyan organized by Chabad. I’ll even eat their food, the founder of OK Labs was from my home town of New Haven and from a fine family.
They may have different ways of constructing a mikva than others, but when our local mikva was undergoing renovation, Mrs. CTL was happy to use the Chabad mikva…our Rav had no issue with that.
Enough with the public name calling and shaming, there are more than enough Jew Hating Goyim out there, we should behave better.
@Wolf
I grew up in the retail business.
My father owned 15 clothing stores
His brother owned a furniture store
My mother’s sister and her husband owned a TV/Appliance storeThanksgiving was the last chance for a family gathering before January 1. Every possible working hour was spent in the stores after Thanksgiving.
We gave thanks for the shopping habits of the Goyim that would enrich us and allow us to pay for our schooling, shuls, homes, etc. that would be made in the coming 5-6 weeks.
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As for Turkey, I roast one every Sunday year round, so it’s no big deal. however, all the extras, stuffing, corn kugel, mashed potatoes, vegetables, pies are extra special and enjoyed by the family.
We are no longer in the retail business, but some of the nices/nephews and spouses are and this is the last free time we can get together.
In January, we all start taking breaks ion the sun and really only gather again as a whole family for Pesach at the CTL compound.@NevilleChaimBerlin
We also call Staten Island Richmond………..(or Manhattan..New York)
Two theories:
#1 There were a number of thriving Dutch settlements/communities in Brooklyn, then known as Brueckelen from the 1600s on. In fact, Gravesend rec’d it’s charter in 1645 before New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island,
The Dutch influence predominated over the English who won the area in a naval conflict and established Kings County of the Province of New York.#2 The Revolutionary was was fought against the English King George III, so no one wanted to honor him by referring to the county as Kings. A revolution was not fought against a queen.
@Joseph
I did NOT use the word reliable. I talked about outliving usefulness. Most articles in encyclopedias are years old. New research, discoveries and theories are brought out every day on the internet.@slominer
I don’t care who owns EB at this time. It is not the authority on most anything.
Encyclopedias have outlived their usefulness with the advent of the internetLots of Americans dispute the Encyclopaedia Brittanica when it comes to AMERICAN things. It is not the authority on the USA and our traditions.
It is just after 1 PM
I have returned from our town’s high school football game between the two high schools. It was one of my last public functions as a member of Town government. I did not seek reelection this year and my term ends next week.Our home smells from the aromas of cooking and baking, About 35 will be here at 2:30 to join in the Thanksgiving feast. In addition to some family it includes Jewish townspeople I don’t invite for Shabbos or Yuntif because I know they would drive.
We will wash, make motzi and offer Thanks (Benstchen), there will be nothing Christian about our celebration, just American celebrated by Jews thankful to live and enjoy life in the USA.
The ones who will be most thankful are guests who lived under the Communist regimes in Hungary and the USSR, glad to have been given political asylum here.
@RebbYidd23
If a person doesn’t have the funds available, any purchase besides requisite food, clothing, shelter is generally a bad financial decision.@RebYidd23
Buying a Diamond Ring may or may not be a bad financial decision. It depends on the individual, purchase, amount paid, whether bought for investment or jewelry purposes, etc.In general, the ring one buys for a spouse is not an investment. It is an adornment, not something one expects to sell later at a profit.
That said, my father and grandfather often bought jewelry at distressed prices from customers and clients because they were good investments. Sometimes the pieces went directly into the vault, sometimes spouses were allowed to wear them but with the understanding the pieces were investments and would be sold at a later date.
I can’t hazard a guess how many times over 40 years as a family law attorney a divorcing wife has offered her diamond ring as payment towards her legal fees. I don’t accept them, because a judge could later rule they were marital assets. However, I have been offered some lovely pieces at good prices from estates we have handled. Sometimes, an executor will shop a ring around to 4 or 5 local jewelers and tell me the best price he was offered was $XXXX. I have my estate jeweler look at the piece(s) and tell me if I can make a profit offering 10% more than the best offer. If so, I can have the executor submit the quotes from the jewelers and my 10% overbid to the Probate Judge for approval.
I currently have about 30 good sized stones in the law firm’s vault. With current interest rates so low, these have been good financial investments.
If food fell to the floor in the CTL household, one of our dogs would be eating it long before 5 seconds elapsed.
@Joseph
Camilla, the adulteress, married to Prince Charkles, the adulterer will NEVER be Queen of England. A condition of approval of their marriage was that IF Charles ever gains the throne Camilla will be Princess Consort. (Charles’ father is Prince Consort to Queen Elizabeth II).The announcement of their marriage by Clarence House :
“It is with great pleasure that the marriage of HRH The Prince of Wales and Mrs Camilla Parker Bowles is announced. … It is intended that Mrs Parker Bowles should use the title HRH The Princess Consort when The Prince of Wales accedes to The Throne. The wedding will be a largely private occasion for family and friends.Feb 10, 2005”Camilla currently uses the title Duchess of Cornwall, one of Charles’ lesser titles. If this homewrecker had dared to use the title of ‘Princess of Wales’ there would have been rioting in the streets and it would have been a slap in the face to Charles’ sons William and Harry, whose late mother Diana, was beloved as the Princess of Wales.
Charles is only in direct line for the throne because his Great Uncle Edward VIII abdicated because he was not permitted to marry an American Divorcee (Wallis Simpson) and be King of England, Defender of the Faith, Head of the Church of England. Now, only 80 years later, the church is willing to have a divorced and remarried man sit on the throne and head the church.
@Joseph
Many a car was purchased by a wife
Many a Bar Mitzvah was paid for by a wife
Many a Chasunah was paid for by a wifePaid for out of the knippel……………………
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Mrs. CTL and I own separate businesses. We each see our joint personal tax returns, neither sees the other’s business tax returns or bank statements.@Gavriel613
You are being farsighted
Too many Organizational professionals are short sighted, only interested in preserving their jobs for their work period@Huju
A briskette would be the unmarried daughter of a BriskerI may be one of the very few members of the CR who has actually been a President of a OU member synagogue.
The OU is very hesitant to eliminate member synagogues, particularly those who actually remit dues. A very high percentage of the synagogues shown as members do not remit the head tax to the organization,
The synagogue I was President of in New Haven approx 30 years ago had been a member congregation for many decades. From the early 1950s until the mid 1980s it had separate seating, but no mechitzah. The OU was happy to accept its annual dues payment and provide services, subscriptions, etc. In the mid 80-s the synagogue installed a mechitzah by request of some new congregants. As long as a synagogue professes to be orthodox, has a rabbi who was ordained at an orthodox institution, uses orthodox siddurim and machorzim, they will be accepted. No one checks to see whether there is a chain across the parking lot on Shabbos or Yuntif, or if the women cover their hair.
The OU’s strength is in the number of affiliated congregations and members they claim to represent. I know many synagogues that no longer function on a regular basis (some only exist in name and to run their cemeteries) that still appear on the OU memebrship rolls.
BTW>>>this also happens in the Cnservative and Reform movements,,,,nop one wants to admit falling numbers.