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"This guy knows all the gossip, the ins and outs, the lashon hara of the Orthodox world. He’s an [expert] in... all the inner workings of the Orthodox world." (Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff) LATEST POSTS:
- Martin E. P. Seligman & Failure to Escape
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- Richard Nisbett: The Man Who Measured the Insult
- Katharine Weber: A Life
- Ayalet Waldman
- Steve Stern and the Resurrection of the Pinch
- Diana Spechler – Going Off
- Leora Skolkin-Smith
- Margot Singer
- Andrea Seigel: The Sideways Career
- Laurie Gwen Shapiro
- Robert Anthony Siegel: The Education of a Criminal’s Son
- The Basement and the Birthing Room: A Life of Ilana Stanger-Ross
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- ‘Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History’
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- Belonging Without Believing: A Life of Tova Mirvis
- Adam Mansbach
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* American Epistemics (1-19-26)
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* The Luke Ford Genre (1-18-26)
* The Filkins Pivot: Legacy Prestige and the Fracturing of the Chattering Class (1-16-26)
* Decoding The Trump Doctrine (1-4-26)
* If Tatiana Schlossberg were “Tatiana Smith” (12-30-25)
* ‘I’m So Trained’: How The Credential Society Burned Down the Palisades (12-28-25)
* Status Closure and The Lost Generation (12-25-25)
* The Bondi Massacre (12-15-25)
* Sydney Jews Learn That Their Aussie Social Contract Has Become A Suicide Pact (12-15-25)
* Terror in Sydney: Analyzing the “Chanukah by the Sea” Massacre (12-14-25)
* Decoding Nick Fuentes (11-2-25)
* The Landscape of Emotional Sobriety (10-29-30)
* The Rise & Fall Of Air Supply (10-19-25)
* No Kings, No Results: How Elite Pride Replaced Real Progress (10-19-25)
* You Are An Important Soldier In A Great War (9-7-25)
* The Revolt Of The Masses (8-31-25)
* The Covenant of Ashwood (8-24-25)
* If you can’t trust central bankers, then who can you trust? (8-23-25)
* Why Is The Elite Media Singing From The Same Hymnal About The Trump-Putin Summit? (8-17-25)
* Why Do Smart News Operations Sound So Uniformly Dumb So Often? (8-16-25)
* Nobody Is Coming (8-10-25)
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Category Archives: Personal
Wandering In A Sexual Desert
I hate it when women use my religion against me when I try to fulfill my biological (if immoral) imperatives. Just this week a completely secular Jewess repeatedly lambasted me as a pervert (because I asked her to toss her … Continue reading
Loving Under The Eyes Of God
Emma writes: Hey Luke, Very interesting and long-overdue profile last week in the JJ, even though the writer didn’t dig deep enough into Luke’s love life under the watchful eyes of God. Also, your stylist could have brought a comb … Continue reading
To blog, perchance to scoop
Here are three recent letters to the editor of the Jewish Journal: It is commendable that Brad Greenberg has written about Luke Ford as a journalist in the Jewish community ("Interview With a Serial Blogger," Aug. 3). Unfortunately, Greenberg devoted … Continue reading
Enough!
Jane emails: Luke, I am happy for you for the article and the making the cover of The Jewish Journal. As usual its fun to go with you through all your ups and downs and varied emotions concerning the article. … Continue reading
Chabad Online Since 1988
I first heard about the wonders of the online world in 1985 from talkshow Rush Limbaugh in Sacramento. But I didn’t send my first email until 1993, and didn’t buy my first real computer until July 1997 (an hour after … Continue reading
Do I Wear A Sign That Says ‘Kick Me’?
A couple of years ago, a Jewish woman in Montreal emailed me. She’d seen me on Canadian TV a couple of times and read about me online and wanted to know more. I email her back. She wanted to talk … Continue reading
I Want To Speak To College Kids At $5K A Pop
Joe emails: Luke, I’ve been enjoying your blogs for years. I went to Ner Israel [high school in Baltimore]. There were a few guys who got kicked out of school for homo activities. I remember one guy in particular who … Continue reading
The Book That Launched Me Into Journalism
I read it thoroughly during the first few months of 1980 (the end of eighth grade) — Melvin Mencher‘s "News Reporting and Writing." I was relieved that this was a profession that did not require me to get good grades. … Continue reading
Death Threats
After I reported that a leading pornographer (Lenny Friedlander) died at his own hand Sunday, I got some threatening phone calls, including this one at noon: Man: "What are you doing?" Luke: "What do you mean?" Man: "Are you looking … Continue reading
And Now Comes The Crash…
For a decade, I’ve fantasized about appearing on the cover of the Jewish Journal. I’ve spent more time thinking about what I’ll say in that ultimate interview than I’ve spent trying to pick up chicks. (I have a far richer … Continue reading