Tag Archives: integrity

The No-Demands Relationship

I’ve had one of these. It’s been quite rare in my life. I associate “relationship” with having to do a lot of things you don’t want to do. In exchange for this hard work, your partner has to do a … Continue reading

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Drawing A Line In The Sand Around My Beard

Rabbi Marc Gafni emails: You have drawn a line in the sand around the beard — a line of symbolic integrity. But my friend, is it the right line? Do you, like all of us, sometimes draw the line in … Continue reading

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Zeroes Not Heroes

Many of the rabbis in Pico-Robertson complain to everybody but me on what I write about them. In this respect, these guys are zeroes, not heroes. In this respect, porn stars have more integrity.

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My New Beginning

This will be my first porn-free Passover in six years, and only my second porn-free Passover since 1995. I was so far behind with my research in 1996, I was watching hardcore on holy days. For professional reasons purely. I … Continue reading

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Sephardim are rational — Ashkenazim, not so much

Dennis Wilen writes: From an essay in Zeek — A Sephardic Answer to Modern Jewish Identity By David Rabeeya: " . . . Ashkenazic authorities traditionally have placed a “fence around the Torah,” enlarging restrictions in order to be sure … Continue reading

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