- https://PayPal.Me/lukeisback
"Luke Ford reports all of the 'juicy' quotes, and has been doing it for years." (Marc B. Shapiro)
"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) LATEST POSTS:
- Tanner Greer
- Economist Tyler Cowen
- Richard Reeves: A Life in Institutions
- Jake Adelstein: The Reporter Who Became His Story
- Jim Goad (1961-2026)
- Moira Greyland
- Robert Oscar Lopez: The Inconvenient Witness
- Two Ledgers: Decoding the Gurus and the Price of Talk
- The Pervert’s Progress: Costin Vlad Alamariu and the Making of Bronze Age Pervert
- Curtis Yarvin: A Life Against Democracy
- Mark Helprin: Against the Current
- Mark Brandt: The Man Who Asked Who Else Is Prejudiced
- John T. Jost: The Psychologist of Acquiescence
- Strange Bedfellows in the Academy: Alliance Theory and the Straussian Schism
- Tournier on Desmond Ford
- The Fence and the Blessing: How Jews Have Thought About Gentiles
- Tournier on Luke Ford
- Tournier on The Nostradamus Kid
- An Alliance Theory of Antisemitism
- Tournier on Cinema Paradiso and Desmond Ford
BEST POSTS:
- * 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: Judaism
Most Reform & Reconstructionist Temples In America Celebrate Purim On The Wrong Day
Most of their rabbis know the correct day (it begins tonight, March 23) but they also know that few of their congregants will show up on a weekday, so they reschedule it for sometime easier. Pacific Palisades Reconstructionist temple Kehillat … Continue reading
Posted in Judaism
Comments Off on Most Reform & Reconstructionist Temples In America Celebrate Purim On The Wrong Day
The Bible Is Red Pill (Reality)
Comment: Judaism is all about survival and perpetuation of the in-group, exclusion of out-groups. Everything about it. Think of it as an extremely effective, self-perpetuating social machine. I got thoroughly red pilled several years ago. Then I read the Bible … Continue reading
Coming Out As A Gay Woman Talmud Teacher
I suspect a higher percentage of women who are into Talmud (or sports) are lesbians than of woman as a whole. I suspect a higher percentage of female rabbis are lesbians than of women as a whole. If somebody violates … Continue reading
Posted in Homosexuality, Judaism
Comments Off on Coming Out As A Gay Woman Talmud Teacher
Sartorial Salvation
Reform rabbi Mordecai Finley emails his list: This week’s Torah portion, Tetsaveh, is mostly concerned with the vestments of the ancient Israelite priesthood. Those of priestly descent (people named Cohen and the like), however, have no special vestments today. Whatever … Continue reading
Posted in Judaism
Comments Off on Sartorial Salvation
The Meaning Of Hanukkah
Hanukkah is about when Jews let down their guard and allowed the Greeks to run the Federal Reserve and the media. Rabbi Shlomo Einhorn says: “Hanukkah is the only time they were able to hit us from the inside… The … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Judaism, Nationalism
Comments Off on The Meaning Of Hanukkah
How a Chinese became a Hasidic Jew – Conversion to Judaism
Published on Dec 1, 2015: What brings a young man born in modern, communist China to move to Israel and convert to Judaism? In a black hat and suit, Aaron Waldman talks about his long search for the truth and … Continue reading
Posted in China, Conversion, Judaism
Comments Off on How a Chinese became a Hasidic Jew – Conversion to Judaism
Simon Wiesenthal Center Policing Web, Gets Rid Content It Does Not Like Through Partnership With Google, Twitter, Facebook
Yahoo reports: SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook, Google and Twitter are stepping up efforts to combat online propaganda and recruiting by Islamic militants, but the Internet companies are doing it quietly to avoid the perception that they are helping the … Continue reading
Posted in ADL, Censorship, Holocaust, Judaism, Simon Wiesenthal
Comments Off on Simon Wiesenthal Center Policing Web, Gets Rid Content It Does Not Like Through Partnership With Google, Twitter, Facebook
Rabbi: How the Middle East Conflict Is Warping Judaism
I think dealing with your own country is excellent for Judaism. When Judaism did not have a state for nearly 1900 years, the religion turned inward and became obsessed with tiny rituals rather than the practicalities of running a nation-state. … Continue reading
Who Cares About The World?
Growing up as a Seventh-Day Adventist on Seventh-Day Adventist college campuses in Australia and California, I often encountered the attitude, “Who cares about the world?” The more traditional the Adventist, the more likely he was to have this attitude. Traditional … Continue reading
Judaism and Immigration Reform
Rabbi Jason Rosenberg has a recipe for destroying America: Judaism has something to say about Immigration Reform. And, it starts with Welcoming the Stranger, and Protecting the Weak. Immigration Reform has been a hot issue, these past few months. A … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Jews, Judaism
Comments Off on Judaism and Immigration Reform