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The Kosher Top 10
Top 19 Ways you know
you are a Jewish student in Binghamton, NY
by
Alan Scott Belsky
19. You're automatically from either the City or Long Island (i.e.
"Downstate")
18. Your yeshiva in Israel tried to stop you from going
17. You call Rabbi Slonim "the Rebbe"
16. You know that Norma, the Brazilian who runs the Kosher Kitchen, is a
state shot-putting champ
15. You can clap your hands just like Kaskeset's "Oz Vehadar"
14. You know every single active Jew on campus.
13. You've brought your entire dorm of Non-Jews to the Kitchen on
"Steak Night", and at least one of them is now considering
conversion
12. You're a "front of the Kitchen", "middle of the
Kitchen", or "back of the Kitchen" person
11. You know your campus a capella better than your campus sports teams
10. You know that there's some sort of distinction between Chabad and
Hillel but aren't too sure what it is, since they co-sponsor everything
9. "Newing Girls"
8. Price Chopper's good for frozen Kosher, but a shipment of Dougie's is
better
7. You've heard the rumors about late night hanky panky on the Meat
Table in the KK
6. KOSHER KITCHEN SHIFT - Where you've endured Nir's basic training,
Karen's over-cheerfulness, and Alan's sexual harassment
5. Amnon's Frozen Pizza in WALMART!
4. Broome County locals are called "townies", but local Jews
are "community people"
3. The only place to eat out: Friendlys Ice Cream
2. You can name every Slonim kid in order, along with their
personalities
1. You can recite three things in your sleep: "Yes there are plenty
of Jews there", "There's no P in Binghamton", and
"This is last call for food and salad bar. The Kitchen closes in 15
minutes. Please bus your own tables..."
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From Adam Stern - Ubiquitous BU Student Extrodinare
Everyone knows me.
After davening friday night, you turn to the last page of your siddur
for a chapter of "tillim".
You call the first meal of the day on sundays "brunch", which
is mandatory.
Friday night: Get soup, Rabbi stands up, foosball tournament begins.
Trying to get through my kk shift doing the least amount of work.
Dealing with obnoxious freshman harshly, while trying not to upset the nice ones.
going to Beis Medrash on wednesday to play Halo on the Chabad Xbox.
Mmmmm, newing girls...
The yearly debate on whether or not Ashkenaz is the established nusach of the HILLEL minyan or not.
"Come to minyan, put on tefillin, get eggs, bagels and
<cough>beer</cough>
Freshmen slayers and the female equivalent.
And, for a lot of us recently: Meet someone at Chabad, get engaged soon afterwards.
From Bahman Danesh - Queens, NY -
Former Gabbai in Binghamton University.
Two words - Freshmen Slayer
Your career starting from the last shabbath
of your freshmen year revolves around what am I going to say at my Chabad
Speech at the Good-Bye shabbathon and of course ways to be taken off of
the freshmen list.
I am with Belsky, all jewish students know
Adam Stern.
You fit into one of the following
categories: a. How is it that I am becoming more frum if I am at a State
University? or b. If my rebbe from yeshivah in Israel could have only seen
me last night at that Beta Frat Party last night?
You often try to recall events that
happened on Purim or Simchath Torah but only have a recollection of
throwing up the next morning.
If you didn't get at least one ticket on
route 17, you got one on route 81. For the braver souls, you've seen
the inside of the local courthouse as you attempted to fight the ticket
only to be surrounded by the local villain.
You did mention "Newing Girls",
but you forgot to mention their pants, or the amusing fact that for some
reason most of the new female students who are observant Jews (many of
whom just got back from yeshiva in Israel) end up living in Newing with
them!
Also, all Jewish students in Binghamton know Adam Stern. :)
And one more sign you were a Jewish Student at SUNY Binghamton in the
year 2000:
"Soon, soon... FIVE MORE MINUTES!"
From
Rel086@aol.com
for
the binghamton list:
1- for the summers you leave binghamton for nyack ny
2- you know the cholent song
3-youve gotten a ticket on route 17!
From Evi Simons,
Long Island, NY -
All of those things are too true. And don't forget about the never ending
"Gary Coleman" jokes! Hooray Alan for putting Binghamton
on the greatest "top 10 list" site in the world!
From JK, new york
Here are some more ways you know you're
a jew in binghamton-
1- you've risked your life getting down the
hill when its icy to get to Chabad in the winter
2- youve seen the troll under the bridge
3- no mail delivery on saturdays- what a
frum campus!
4-rivky challah
5-you and everyone you know speaks yiddish
From towardpeace@hotmail.com
Proof that were a student during the
earliest days of the Kosher Kitchen: You remember "Cherry
Gook" desserts.
From Alan Scott Belsky
Hey guys I love your site so much that I wanted to put my community up on it!.
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