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Category Archives: Personal
My Neediness Is As Big As The Grand Canyon
Just before my 40th birthday, my ex-girlfriend Holly, who was throwing me a party, said to me on the phone about her shopping for my gift, “What do you get the guy who has nothing?” She had looked into the … Continue reading
The World Frightens Me
I was in shul watching a siddur (prayer book) about to fall off a shelf and I felt physically sick, my stomach wrenched, as I waited for its fall (it didn’t, someone grabbed it). When I watch the same thing … Continue reading
Converting To Judaism
From a series of my FB posts: The ethnic tribal national peoplehood component of Judaism took me the longest time to get (as compared to the Torah and God components, which seemed self-evident). I remember walking into temple for the … Continue reading
Random Thoughts
* One of the first Jewish traits I took on (inspired by Dennis Prager) circa 1991 was to finish my conversations with, “Be well.” * New Yorker: “Be prepared, Easterners: L.A. traffic is calm except in the Hollywood and Beverly … Continue reading
Booted From Starbucks
I was at Starbucks on Pico and Robertson Blvds this morning around 11 a.m., when this old drunk black man came in and started bothering customers. So the female manager came out and asked him to leave. The man got … Continue reading
My Fear Of Abandonment
As I drive up the 405 towards Mulholland Drive on Super Bowl Sunday Feb. 3, 2013 to the first performance of my one-man play, there is a loud knocking from my engine. I notice that as I reduced the pressure … Continue reading
Why Hank Sent Me A Penny
Hank emails: Luke: Was to wake you up! You’re a mensch still stuck in your head who thinks too much. You best friends are words, blogs and intellectualism. Learn how to feel. For to feel is the only way to … Continue reading
My Fear Of Abandonment Comes From My Unwillingness To Grow Up
My fear of abandonment keeps raising its ugly head because I’d rather put my reliance on a relationship, a group, a job, a status, on anything rather than to do the work to become self reliant and self-validating. For example, … Continue reading
My First Pair Of Tefillin
I pick her up, put her on the washing machine, flip the switch to Spin cycle, and move the tefillin out of my eyes. It’s 1993 and I am new to Judaism. I got my first pair of tefillin a … Continue reading
Prayer As A Way To Meet Girls
Dear Jewish Journal: You wouldn’t believe what happened to me! I was toiling away on my Facebook when I got a message from a young Jewish yoga instructor who liked my video below. One thing led to another and we … Continue reading