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Conference taveng::bagels

Title:	BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest
Notice:	1.0 policy, 280.0 directory, 32.0 registration
Moderator:	SMURF::FENSTER

Created:	Mon Feb 03 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1524
Total number of notes:	18709

89.0. "The Great Matzoh Shortage!" by 11637::GOLD () Tue Mar 25 1986 10:56

    I listened to the Kol Yisrael broadcast last night. Seems like nothing
    is sacred!
    
    There is going to be a MATZOH shortage this year. Apparently, there
    have been three fires at Matzoh bakeries in the recent past, causing
    what the radio commentator predicted would be a matzoh shortage
    in Israel for this Pesach! Maybe it's a Libyan plot?
    
    For all you Israeli matzoh freaks, you may have to settle for good(?)
    old "Made In The USA" matzohs this year! Better buy your stocks early!
    
    Jack (The_Israeli_Matzoh_Gourmet)

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
89.1	Serious concern for some Yehudim	PFLOYD::CHERSON		`Tue Mar 25 1986 16:34`	7
	Have you seen any Israeli matzot in a store? The best as far as I'm concerned is Rishon. Before I lived in Israel I used to think that Manischewitz was great, now I know better. The serious implication is that this would affect the supply of matzot to Jews in countries where none are produced, and they rely on deliveries from Israel.
89.2	Opportunity knocks!	11637::GOLD		`Tue Mar 25 1986 17:46`	13
	I agree with you about Rishon. It is the best. We usually are able to get some at Stop and Shop. We'll have to see about this year. They did make a point of the issue about sending matzoh to the rest of the world in the newscast. You are right, many boxes of matzoh are shipped to Jews in other parts of the world each year. Hopefully, they will have enough of a supply. Maybe this is a good export opportunity for the US, with our trade deficit and all. We could replace Israel as the world' largest exporter of Matzoh! I wonder if the Japanese would accuse us of dumping! :-) Jack
89.3	fresh this year....	TAV02::RUVEN	Ruven Caspi ISRAEL Herzelia tel. [972] (52) 548331	`Wed Mar 26 1986 06:42`	7
	Hello from sunny Israel. Well we try to get sober from "PURIM" and you guys are worried about "pesach" . This problem they had with the matzoh is going to garanty fresh matzoh this year. I buy them only on the eve of "pesach" to get them fresh. this year no problem. All the left over from last year is gone..... ruven caspi
89.4	some like it well-done	TAV02::GOLDMAN		`Thu Mar 27 1986 10:19`	6
	While I didn't pay to close attention to the news - my understanding is that all the fires were at the "Aviv Matzoh" factories/warehouses and that most of what went up in smoke was destined for export. alan_who_doesn't_even_like_crackers
89.5		NAAD::GOLDBERG	Len Goldberg	`Wed Apr 02 1986 22:20`	4
	No signs of a shortage in the states. We bought our supply of Aviv today, 5 lb. for $3.99. Less than we paid last year. Len.
89.6	Terrorism at source	PFLOYD::CHERSON		`Mon Apr 07 1986 11:15`	8
	Following up on this story, according to the Shabbat edition of Maariv, the fires that were set at the three Matzoh factories, are now suspected of being set by arsonists. That's not all, Palestinian terrorists are now suspected of doing the dirty work. Their objective may have been to force Israelis and other Jews to eat chomatz during Pesach, kind of frightening, eh? D.C.