Category Archives: Personal

Do I Fear Repercussions?

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Luke Ford

In the wake of my posts on the Rabbinical Council of California (RCC), many people, Jews and non-Jews, have asked me if I fear repercussions. The answer is no. I was reporting on a lawsuit that is in the community’s … Continue reading →

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Who goes shopping for a big screen on Thanksgiving?

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Luke Ford

People who don’t give a fig about America. By the look of the KABC TV cameras outside Best Buy tonight, these Thanksgiving shoppers do not appear to be descendants of the Pilgrims on the Mayflower. I’d rather be alone, 90% … Continue reading →

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The Attack (2012 Movie)

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Luke Ford

Good movie, except the plot twist about a Christian Palestinian suicide bomber, of which there have been none. Only Muslim Palestinians blow themselves up. The movie says that people just snap, that’s why they blow themselves up, but why do … Continue reading →

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The Day I Learned How To Make The Pain Go Away

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Luke Ford

It was a Sabbath afternoon. God, how I hated the Sabbath. We were Seventh-Day Adventists at Avondale College in Cooranbong (comes from the Aboriginal word “Kour-an-bong”, meaning “rocky bottom creek”) and you weren’t allowed to do anything fun on the … Continue reading →

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The Wrong Thing

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Luke Ford

* A Jew I know in Hawaii complains he can’t find a rabbi to marry him to a shiksa on October 4, 2014, which happens to be Yom Kippur. * It is no more a good idea to interact with … Continue reading →

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