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- The Work of That Day
- JD Vance Often Sounds Like A Podcast Bro
- The Cost of the Claim
- Who owns the residual?
- Nobody in the Room Was Gullible
- To The Values
- The Man Who Diagnosed the Machine
- The Module
- The Weather
- Jason Arday: ‘Things Can Only Get Better’
- The Awarding Institution
- A Web Page Can Be Edited
- By That Standard
- The Man Who Would Not Vouch
- The Renewable Wound: Jason Arday and the Trauma That Has to Keep Happening
- Anthony Fauci’s Diary
- How I Use AI
- Christine Hayes and the Question Underneath
- How Effective Are Deradicalization Programs?
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- * The Enlightenment Wasn’t Enlightened (6-23-26)
* Mr. Burge Draws The Line (6-23-26)
* 'Improving on Democracy' (6-17-26)
* People Leak To People Who Are Fun (6-11-26)
* Why Does Australia Produce So Many Great Journalists? (6-11-26)
* Steve Wynn and the Press: Power, Litigation, and the Contest Over Las Vegas (6-3-26)
* Sheldon Adelson and the Journalists (6-3-26)
* The Vigilant Animal: Thinkers Who Reject the Myth of Human Gullibility (6-2-26)
* The Cost of Refusing the Misunderstanding Myth (6-2-26)
* Show Me How It Travels (6-2-26)
* The Norm Explainers (6-2-26)
* Centering Marginalized Voices (6-1-26)
* What would it look like if the Washington Post put its reader first? (6-1-26)
* What would it look like if the Financial Times put its reader first? (6-1-26)
* What It Would Mean for the Los Angeles Times to Put the Reader First? (6-1-26)
* What It Would Mean for The New York Times to Put the Reader First? (6-1-26)
* Why Wembanyama Lives on the Perimeter (5-31-26)
* The Emotional Palettes Of San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco & Sacramento (5-27-26)
* The Administrative Capital: Sacramento Legal Culture (5-27-26)
* San Diego - The Quiet Republic (5-27-26)
* The Quiet Bar: San Diego Legal Culture (5-27-26)
* SF v LA Legal Culture (5-27-26)
* Why Talent Travels Poorly Between San Francisco and Los Angeles (5-27-26)
* San Francisco and Los Angeles as Rival Models of Urban Access (5-27-26)
* Social Cliques in New York, 2026 (5-25-26)
* Social Cliques in San Francisco, 2026 (5-25-26)
* The Rival Courts of Washington (5-25-26)
* The City of Private Rooms (5-25-26)
Category Archives: R. Rabbs
How To Handle Intrusive Jewish Questions
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Torah Talk – Parashat Beha’alotekha (Numbers 8:1-12:16)
I discuss the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Rabbs every Monday at 7pm PST on my live cam and on YouTube. This week we study Parashat Beha’alotekha (Numbers 8:1-12:16).
Parashat Naso (Numbers 4:21-7:89)
I discuss the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Rabbs every Monday at 7pm PST on my live cam and on YouTube. This week’s Torah portion is the longest of the year — Parashat Naso (Numbers 4:21-7:89).
But Is It Torah? Rabbi Rabbs Goes Off On My Lurid Stories
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The Computer Is A Tool For Spreading Torah, Not A Tool For Spreading Seed
On the show Monday night, Rabbi Rabbs says he’s used his new computer — the gift of a fan — for both purposes already. Watch the whole show. Yeah, the Rabbs is not your typical Orthodox rabbi.
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How Do You Find The Divine Image In A Nude Model?
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When Two Hot Jehovah Witnesses Come To Your Door
Do not go all Dominique Strauss-Kahn on them. Watch the whole show.
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Google Your Way To Orthodox Judaism
My helpful essay on how to convert to Orthodox Judaism. Watch the whole show.
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Her Rebbitzen Did Not Approve Of My Overly Large Wiki
Google is killing my social life. Girls look me up and then they say, “Levi, your wiki is way too big. I can’t handle that. I prefer guys with a smaller wiki or, frankly, no wiki at all. You could … Continue reading
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