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Category Archives: Limmud
I Didn’t Get AIDS At LimmudLA
I Didn’t Get AIDS – The Video! My full report on how I looked for a wife without catching a trendy STD. Full credit goes not to me but to the rabbis.
Three Days After LimmudLA Concludes, The Jewish Journal Finally Gets Around To Covering It
If you want your news as it happens, read Lukeford.net. If you want yesterday’s news tomorrow, read the Jewish Journal. Julie Fax writes: Friday 4:51 p.m. We have 27 minutes until Shabbat, and we need to check in to the … Continue reading
Ron Rifkin’s Jewish Journeys
LimmudLA weekend in Costa Mesa: Video of Ron Rifkin On Sunday morning, actor Ron Rifkin, 69, talks about his Jewish journeys. Raised Orthodox, sent to yeshivot, he’s never been to Israel. "I don’t travel well." He left Orthodox Judaism at … Continue reading
L.A. Limmud is latest incarnation
Sue Fishkoff writes for JTA: COSTA MESA, Calif. (JTA) — It was the Karlin-Stoliner rabbis in the Havdalah congo line that had everyone buzzing. Sure, there were great workshops, spirited davening, morning yoga and late-night shmoozing, and all the other … Continue reading
Deviant Sex At LimmudLA
My full report on LimmudLA. Sunday. 10 a.m. Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller and his sex therapist wife Doreen hold what they say is their first joint session in a quarter century. It’s about deviant sex and it’s filled with pages from … Continue reading
Help! I’ve Got Post-Limmud Letdown
And I’ve had to make a video to express my feelings on this weighty matter. Full LimmudLA report. Tuesday. I have lunch at Pizza Station with two limmudla attendees who share my post-limmud letdown. We were high and giddy for … Continue reading
I Look For A Wife At LimmudLA
My LimmudLA videos. Khunrum emails: "Was this a kind of Yiddisha Woodstock? Did you hustle up any female companionship?" Yes and no. Let me start at the beginning. Friday. I can’t find a ride, so I drive away at 11a.m., … Continue reading
Almost 600 People Have Signed Up For LimmudLA
Here’s a list of the presenters from limmudla.org: Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour Israel Bio and sessions Avi Abelow Efrat, Israel Bio and sessions Aaron Alexander Los Angeles, CA Bio and sessions Ari Applbaum Boston, MA Bio and sessions Judy Aronson Los … Continue reading