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Category Archives: Marc Gafni
Rabbi Marc Gafni As A Rorschach’s Test
When I decide on who to let into my personal life, I make judgments about whether someone is good or bad. I only want good people close to me. In my professional life, I rarely try to classify people as … Continue reading
Did Marc Gafni Steal His Theology From The Da Vinci Code?
He responds to my inquiry: There is an ancient strain of Hebraic sources which are sometimes called the Mystery of the Cherubs which talk in elliptical terms about what I call – integrating the erotic and the ethical. By erotic … Continue reading
The Wit & Wisdom Of Marc Gafni
The rabbi writes about the wounds of love: The Sufi poet Hafiz writes, “True Love, my dear, Is putting an ironclad grip upon The sore, swollen balls of a Divine Rogue Elephant And not having the good fortune to Die!” … Continue reading
The Awareness Center Places Gershon Winkler On Its Website
I get a call: "This is sexual McCarthyism. She writes that Gershon Winkler is accused of cult-like practices. She made that up. You click on "cult-like practices" and you get this stuff about sexual abuse in cults, etc. Anyone looking … Continue reading
The Wounds Of Love
Rabbi Marc Gafni writes: It is five in the afternoon in Salt Lake City. It has been a hard day. I sent a letter of apology to someone I really loved. It was sent as an attachment with a short … Continue reading
Is Rabbi Mordecai Gafni A Zelig For Our Times?
I’ve been interviewing R. Gafni about his life. Today I asked him: Luke: "Are you a Zelig for our time?" Marc: "No. Zelig means someone who doesn’t have depth or a personal center. He’s someone who shifts to please a … Continue reading
As Rabbi Mordecai Gafni Turns
Marc has been at the front of every development in Modern Orthodoxy for 30 years. He has been an incarnation of the movement’s various twists and turns. He has the ability to merge with his favorite thinkers. Around 1980, Elazar … Continue reading
On The Way To Salt Lake City…
…I made a video. Here’s my dialogue with Rabbi Marc Gafni. I walked around the Mormon Temple: And on the way back: I’m setting up a post-production business called Nausea Video.
My Dialogue With Rabbi Mordecai Gafni
I spent today in Salt Lake City talking to Dr. Gafni. Audio I hope to have the full transcript posted in the next few days. Afterwards, I walked around the outside of the Mormon Temple. It was my first visit … Continue reading
The Frightening Similarities Between Marc Gafni And Me
Joe emails: His site is pathetic. The only worse writing I’ve seen was Moish Geller’s, but he’s at least sort of lovable. Though I’d take issue with your comment that "jews use many names". I think the denominator here is … Continue reading