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- Legends of the Fall (1994)
- The Edited Life: Salvatore Di Vita and the Sacred Image
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- Two Runners, Two Deaths: The Hero Systems of Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams
- The Man From Snow River
- The Free Man at the Billabong
- One Song, Many Heavens: “Jerusalem” and the Hero Systems It Holds Together
- The Man on Every Page
- The Afterlife of Coats
- Learning to Live Forever: Rabbi Jonah Steinmetz and the Hero System of the Page
- The Hero System of Rabb Yehuda Moses
- The Accountant
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- Gates of Hope: The Hero System of Rabbi Yael Aranoff
- The Corner of the Field
- Nearer to What?
- A Hero System Essay on St. Andrews Cathedral Music Director Ross Cobb
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* If Tatiana Schlossberg were “Tatiana Smith” (12-30-25)
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Category Archives: Personal
Longer, Hotter And More Water!
Split-pea soup is my favorite soup but for the past 15 years, I haven’t been cooking it right and it consistently disappoints me. I haven’t had a stove in this time so I’ve been under-cooking everything on a hot plate … Continue reading
The Missing Chapter from Luke’s Biography
Chapter 6 : My Special Summer with Uncle Jerry
Christmas Values at Hannukah Prices!
My books on Ebay! Bob emails: Maybe all four of Luke’s literary successes could be packaged in some sort of deluxe fashion for the gift giving season? Maybe a miniature hovel to house these masterworks? No Orthodox’s coffee table would … Continue reading
I Prefer To Work With Women
Why Luke Ford Really Converted To Judaism
I Would Like To Teach In A Yeshiva
My Friends Want To Set Me Up With ‘Age Appropriate’ Women
I’ve got nothing against women my own age. I just don’t want to date them. Many 45-year old women are great mothers and accountants and lawyers and the like. I respect their work but I don’t want to get snuggly … Continue reading
Why Do So Many Small Children Cry When Their Parents Start Singing?
I was at a Shabbos lunch and this man started singing zemirot (sacred Jewish songs) and his two-year old son began wailing and pleading for him to stop singing. I’ve noticed several kids do this. I think that I did … Continue reading
I Wince As I Look Back
I tend to live in the past. I spend an inordinate amount of time remembering and re-experiencing my life. And much of the time as I replay stuff, I’m wincing. I’m compressing and pulling down. I’m embarrassed and ashamed. I … Continue reading