Category Archives: Personal

Do You Believe In God?

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Luke Ford

I don’t remember a rabbi ever asking me if I believed in God or what I believed about God or, in fact, what I believed about anything religious. When I asked the editor of a Jewish newspaper if he believed … Continue reading →

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How Much Mental Illness Can I Handle In A Woman?

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Luke Ford

A friend: The key for us is this: how much mental illness can you take in a woman? Because it isn’t rational for the women we want to want us in return. So that leaves us with the mentally suspect. … Continue reading →

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I Almost Skipped My Sister’s Wedding For The Super Bowl

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Luke Ford

In January 1982, I almost decided to skip a trip home to Australia for two weeks to avoid missing the Super Bowl, even though my favorite team, the Dallas Cowboys, was not playing, and I had no emotional attachment to … Continue reading →

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I Rarely Looked Happy

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Luke Ford

Yesterday a friend told me that he noticed in my old interviews, videos and photos, prior to the Alexander Technique, I rarely smiled or looked happy. Alexander hasn’t cured my underlying depression, but it has thinned it.

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The Goy

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Luke Ford

6:15 a.m. I’m studying Torah with the rabbi. There’s a loud knocking at the front door. I get up grumpily and walk to the door and open it. There’s a goy outside. A female goy. A shiksa. She looks latina … Continue reading →

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