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Category Archives: Personal
The Road To Wellville
This might be the best novel and movie about growing up in my home. My dad is a big health reformer and I’m a big rebel, just like the character George in the story who keeps saying to his dad, … Continue reading
I Have Almost No Christmas Memories
It was not until I was 23 that I started thinking about converting to Judaism. I was sick that December of 1989 and living with my brother in Tannum Sands. I decided that month to become Jewish. That was the … Continue reading
Blind-Sided By Love
I moved to America with my parents in May of 1977 (to Pacific Union College in the Napa Valley). One day that summer in the college pool, I was introduced to several of my future classmates including Sam*. Feeling anxious, … Continue reading
What Keeps Me Orthodox
I moved to Los Angeles in March of 1994 and started going regularly to Aish Ha Torah (on Pico Blvd and Doheny Blvd). I quickly met people I admired such as Richard Horowitz, Rabbi Nachum Braverman, Sam Glaser, David Sacks, … Continue reading
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My Uncle Val Is Dead
My uncle Val (my dad’s older brother) has died at age 87, the same age his parents died (I lived in Australia then in 1984-1985 with my brother). My dad and his brother had an awful upbringing with a selfish … Continue reading
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