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Category Archives: Joey Kurtzman
Suicidal Gay Teens
Joey Kurtzman and I talk on my live cam to the thousands of suicidal gay teens who tune in to my Torah Talks each week to find out if life is worth living. When he was just a little tyke … Continue reading
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The White Obama Joey Kurtzman Testifies To What God Has Done In His Life
Today Joey will share with us the seven spiritual laws for lasting marriage and his five year plan for our economy. This year’s Torah portion is Va’etchanan.
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Torah Talk With Joey Kurtzman
This week’s Torah portion is Deuteronomy. Joey and I started Torah talk in August of 2008, the same month I took my first Alexander Technique lesson. Luke: “You were recently on a spiritual journey to India?” Joey: “My wife and … Continue reading
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When Bad Implants Happen To Good People
What is a man of faith to do when he is repeatedly confronted by bad implants happening to good people? Does he deny the existence of all an powerful, all beneficent deity? Does he wail and gnash his teeth and … Continue reading
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On The Way To Limmud
Luke Ford, Joey Kurtzman drive to "A Taste of Limmud" in Valley Village. We talk Torah and kundilini yoga and hybrid cars and girls and sex and spirituality. Complete video.
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Joey Kurtzman Out As President Of Jewcy Media
Jewcy.com has been the brightest addition to the Jewish media in the past two years. Until this week, Joey Kurtzman was the president. Now he’s out. I’m not sure where he’s going and why he’s gone from presiding over Jewcy … Continue reading
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What Can An Orthodox Jew Get Away With?
Luke Ford, Joey Kurtzman discuss this week’s Torah portion "Shoftim." What can you get away with as an Orthodox Jew? How much freedom do you have? Can you eat at McDonalds? No way. Complete video of my discussion with Joey … Continue reading
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Judaism Is An Unromantic Religion VII
Complete video of my discussion with Joey Kurtzman on this week’s Torah portion Shoftim. Luke Ford, Joey Kurtzman discuss this week’s Torah portion "Shoftim." Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9. Joey does not find the Torah spiritual. Funding Levites and rabbis. Married to Jesus?
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Living In Fear Of God
Luke Ford, Joey Kurtzman discuss this week’s Torah portion “Shoftim.” Torah is not afraid to command fear. It says fear God. Not awe, but fear. You’re going to fear something, says Dennis Prager, you might as well fear God.
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Judaism As Unromantic Religion IV
Joey Kurtzman and I discuss:
