Jewneric.com

After six months of initial discussions, planning and talking to as many smart people as we could....Jewneric has finally launched.

What's Jewneric? Good question. We aim to be a place to find the Modern Jewish Voice. Our writers are passionate, smart and have great ideas. They will be writing about many topics including, politics, travel, technology, kosher restaurants, relationships, art, music and many more.

Although we are only in our 1.0 (Beta) phase right now we are really building our content. The site will undergo some cosmetic changes as time goes on, but you should always expect great things to read.

We are gathering together a group of writers who are passionate about their, writers who are experts in their fields and writers who are Jewish. Perhaps we are looking for you?

Nudge us anytime - nudge@jewneric.com. We have super easy requirements to write for us (you must have good ideas, try to post something...anything at least once a week and the theme must somehow be Jewish).

Come check us out - Jewneric.com

Thanks for reading!

Dave

I used to love playing with Lego. No, I still do.

I received this picture from a friend a few weeks ago of a Cathedral. This 7 foot wide monstrosity was built entirely out of Lego by a guy with far too much time on his hands. Thusly, I was inspired:


How many Lego bricks each year fail to meet the stringent standards of perfection when molded during production?

Respond to davestrivia@gmail.com

Question 3 - Answer

I don't know why this post is appearing after the newest question, but I hope it is clear that it refers to the Canadian Prime Minister Q below.

Question 3 had no official winner, but there one honourable mention:

Dudie Silberman of New York, correctly guessed that Pierre Trudeau won the Mont Royal riding in 1965, a safe Liberal seat.

Question 3

This evening's question should be harder....we'll see.

This popular Canadian Prime Minister first entered politics by winning this riding's safe seat in 1965. Dave's grandfather, Irving Berlin, was the campaign manager who helped secure this initial political victory. Who was the politician and which riding did he win?

Good luck!

Day Two

Dudie Silberman of New York is our first winner with this correct response:

The first kosher certification went to Heinz. In 1923 Heinz Vegetarian Beans became the first American product to display the OU kosher symbol.

While not the winner this time, Menachem Butler of New York sent in a reply that I would like to mention:

--My great-grandfather, Frank Butler, was the mashgiach! Or as my cousin Danny Butler likes to say when campaigning in Pittsburgh: "my grandfather was the first Union rep at Heinz."--

Since the winning answer came in so quickly, I will be posting a second Question later today. Thank you to everyone who sent in an entry and for being a part of this experiment. Please tell your friends.

Feel free to post a comment, especially once you receive your prize.

Day Two

Today's trivia question was inspired by my dinner from last night!


What was the first line of products to carry the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America's official seal of approval and in what year did this occur?


The first correct response to davestrivia@gmail.com will win two mystery items from Dave's treasure chest of stuff. Good luck

(editor's note: today's prize has been doubled due to the lack of a correct response to yesterday's question.)

Our very first answer

There were so many people sending in responses, I was so utterly stunned and impressed.

Unfortunately, no one submitted the correct response.

The answer is:

Eisenhower scored a major victory in the New Hampshire primary when his supporters wrote his name onto the ballot, giving him an upset victory over Taft.

(Wikipedia - 1952 Presidential election)