Daily Archives: April 21, 2007

‘I Believe In You’

In the holy Pico-Robertson neighborhood this week, I saw a friend who hadn’t given me any gossip in a couple of weeks. I tapped him on the shoulder, gazed into his eyes, and announced, "I believe in you!" He gave … Continue reading

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Blessing The New Moon

There’s a freakin’ blessing in Judaism for everything but blowjobs. Saturday night I fled shul after havdalah, skipping the obligatory blessing for the new moon jazz. "Why did you leave?" asked a friend. "Because I’ve done enough Jewish stuff today." … Continue reading

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Why Do I Find Nextbook/Jewish Journal/Susan Freudenheim So Boring?

Nextbook is a generously funded non-profit purportedly devoted to Jewish intellectual life. According to the April 20 Jewish Journal: First to arrive was the Nextbook Web site, a compendium of the best new Jewish-themed writing on the Internet that is … Continue reading

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