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Category Archives: Personal
I’m Live On My Cam!
Join the fun! YourMoralLeader: tell Guru Luke about the ways men are hitting on you Beth: It’s a phenomenon I’d heard about but never experienced. Men like sleeping with married women because they don’t have to commit. The chick’s already … Continue reading
I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends
When I quit writing on porn in October of 2007, I had $6,000 in the bank. Now I have $26,000 in credit card debt. I have $10,000 in other debts. And I owe my family about $9,000. Over the past … Continue reading
Sexting
I’m live on my cam providing a safe, nurturing and supportive environment for Torah Jews to discuss the great moral issues of the day: Beth: Luke, let’s discuss some of the topics you’ve mentioned recently. How do you feel about … Continue reading
Abortion
“Every woman I know has had one,” a secular Jewess said to me today. “It’s just something that a woman goes through. All of my mother’s friends. None of them wanted one.” In my experience Jewish women feel a lot … Continue reading
O My Son Absalom
I try to imagine my life from my dad’s perspective. Part One. Luke was a bit of a worry during his early years. It was hard on him losing his mom and living with different people. When I remarried and … Continue reading
Facebook & MySpace As A Time Suck
I’ve only found social networking media a timesuck in two cases. One, in the case of Tagged.com, because I inadvertently allowed it to spam my entire lukeisback at gmail correspondents and I got a lot of confused and concerned friends … Continue reading
Missing Community
An acquaintance is pregnant. She hates Los Angeles. She feels no sense of community here even though she’s active in Jewish life. She misses her home on the East Coast where she grew up with a strong sense of community … Continue reading
A Taste Of LimmudLA
Sunday afternoon, his mood swings with the fortunes of the Dallas Cowboys at the New York Giants. Dallas goes up 10-0. “They’re blowing ’em out!” he thinks. “I can afford another semester of Alexander Technique. Just borrow a bit of … Continue reading
I’m No Longer The Most Cynical Person I Know
I’m moving in a new direction. My Advisory Committee is not pleased. Khunrum emails: “Luke….It must have occurred to you that if anyone gave two s**ts what Dennis Prager was saying or thinking …or even the state of his bad … Continue reading
Through The Cold
He walked through the Thursday evening cold with ****. “I’ve got to stop fooling myself and accept that it’s winter,” she said. “I never look at the weather reports.” She shivered. They were on the way to the Workmen’s Circle … Continue reading