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Category Archives: Jews
Business Scandals Among LA Persian Jews
The Jewish Journal reports: Just over a year ago, Ezri Namvar was forced into involuntary bankruptcy and accused by investors of creating a Ponzi scheme that lost as much as $500 million that had been loaned to him
Posted in Abuse, Jews, Los Angeles
Tagged iranian jews, john farahi, persian jews, radio talk show, radio talk show host, talk show host
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Dennis Prager’s First Column For The Jewish Journal Of Los Angeles
I feared there would be no original content in Prager’s column. He’d just rehash things he’d said thousands of times before. I was wrong. There’s an original story about his first book: We sent the manuscript to the Jewish Publication … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager, Jews, Judaism
Tagged Dennis Prager, jewish book, Jewish Journal, jewish publication society, simon and schuster
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Jewish News
From Hirhurim: David Greenfield defends wearing tefillin on airplanes: link Anti-semitism highest since WW2: link R. Shlomo Riskin wants Efrat to be smoke-free: link When religious people lie: link Orthodox rabbis fight for release of convicted perpetrator of bank fraud: … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-Semitism, bank fraud, david greenfield, Hirhurim, shlomo riskin
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Making Love Out Of Nothing At All
This is my favorite song. Here’s a rambling late night conversation with my date. I discuss about my dreams of playing running back for Bill Walsh and the San Francisco 49ers during the 1980s. I talk about my favorite movie … Continue reading
Posted in Jews, Personal
Tagged bill walsh, british schoolgirl, christian europe, late night conversation, san francisco 49ers, will to power
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Jewish Women Are Hot
From Details Magazine: In a recent poll on the porn blog Fleshbot, “Jewish girls” ranked second among kinks (the winner: “freckles”). Jewesses aren’t just the rage in the triple-X realm, either: They’re seducing goyim on Mad Men and Glee and … Continue reading
Posted in Jews, Sex
Tagged darren aronofsky, frat pack, jonah hill, natalie portman, paul rudd, seth rogen
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Why Do Jews Hate Sarah Palin?
I don’t think they do. Liberal Jews like liberal non-Jews hate Sarah Palin. Politically conservative Jews, like conservative non-Jews, like Sarah Palin. Charles emails: “Us liberal Jews (including us chareidi liberal Jews) dislike Sara Palin not because she is an … Continue reading
Posted in Jews, Sarah Palin
Tagged american jews, conservative jews, david frum, jennifer rubin, liberal jews, Sarah Palin
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Jewish News
* Which married Orthodox LA pulpit rabbi has his ladies dress up as Yavneh school children? * The plaything of rabbis? The handover of Shannon Orand from Rabbi Tovia Singer To Rabbi Leib Tropper? * Hitler finds out Young Israel … Continue reading
Posted in Jews
Tagged hebrew names, nechama leibowitz, rabbi jesus, rabbi shlomo riskin, rabbi tovia singer, uranus and neptune
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A Jewish Divorce Heads To Goyisha Court
A.B. emails: Dear Luke: The Agudath Yisrael continues to employ Moses Kolodny part-time in its archives despite the fact that this man is assisting his daughter to seriously violate halocho by taking her estranged husband to court. he has been … Continue reading
Posted in Agudath Israel, Divorce, Haredi, Jews
Tagged false charges, jewish divorce, kolodny, mesirah, Monsey, order of protection
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Why Are U.S. Clergy So Dismissive Of The Rule Of Law When It Comes To Immigration?
A new Zogby survey reveals a dramatic break between clergy and parishioners on illegal immigration. On Dec. 29, I spoke by phone with Stephen Steinlight ([email protected]) of the Center for Immigration Studies. Stephen: “As I have claimed for a long … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Jews, Stephen Steinlight
Tagged american jewish establishment, american jews, illegal immigration, immigration studies, open borders, speaking engagements
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Attacking Jews?
Nathan Cohen emails: Dear Luke Ford, You never say anything positive about Jews or Rabbis. You only attack them all the time. There is nothing unique about using the internet to attack Jews. It is being done by: Neo-Nazis, KKK … Continue reading
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Tagged hezbollah, kkk members, luke ford, lunatics, nathan cohen, neo nazis
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