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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)"This generation's Hillel." (Nathan Cofnas)
Category Archives: Personal
Very Rabbinic
I sent an Orthodox Jewish friend a link to my appearance on a Sabbath panel at Loma Linda University ten days ago. “You looked very rabbinic,” she said. “From the way you sat to the way you spoke, you seemed … Continue reading
Posted in Loma Linda, Personal, Rabbis
Tagged grasp, jewish friend, loma linda university, rabbi, Sabbath
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Make Heather Pink’s Dreams Come True
Click here for her Amazon.com wish list. I met Heather Pink and her boyfriend Andrew Parker in Tampa Bay between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur of 2005. We were at the “Tampa Show”, an informal gathering of Shakespeare scholars. I … Continue reading
Posted in Jews, Personal, Pornography
Tagged Brandeis University, noel ashman, real estate investor, reform synagogue, rosh hashanah and yom kippur, shakespeare scholars
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He Would Just Kill You
A friend calls. “You should change the slogan on your blog to ‘The Original Moishe Rosen — Accept No Substitutes.’” Luke: “Great. That will get me thrown out of shul.” Friend: “I demand that you do a post as the … Continue reading
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Tagged egyptian architecture, Eliot Stein, luke ford, moishe rosen, overdraft protection, vegan deli
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Bombing At Shul
Growing up a Seventh-Day Adventist Christian, I got used to speakers being introduced with a little prayer. You can see some of that action here at Loma Linda last Sabbath. Christians will often say a word of prayer along the … Continue reading
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Tagged Beth Jacob, conversion to judaism, David Klinghoffer, Dennis Prager, distinctive personality, pre marital sex, sephardic educational center, YICC, Young Israel
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I Want To Be Big & Tough
I want to hear, “Luke, you are so big!” I like to walk into a room and feel big. I like to go out with girls and feel big. I like to walk into shul and feel big. I hate … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Technique, little voice, loma linda university, shul, Torah
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