Monthly Archives: June 2007

Rules Of The Blogosphere

Posted on June 8, 2007 by Luke Ford

Michael Weiss posts on Jewcy.com: I’ve been covering the blogosphere for Slate for almost two years. In that time, I’ve formulated two laws which further immersion into the messy world of unvarnished opinion has done nothing to overturn: Weiss’s 1st … Continue reading →

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I Take Acid

Posted on June 8, 2007 by Luke Ford

Around 6 a.m. Friday, I dreamed I was hanging out in Boston (I’ve never been there) with my dad. After a long walk, I found some acid and for the first time in my life I took an illegal drug. … Continue reading →

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Muggings in Pico-Robertson raise concern in Orthodox community

Posted on June 7, 2007 by Luke Ford

Brad A. Greenberg writes in the Jewish Journal: As dusk turned to dark on the first night of Shavuot, one rabbi, who asked not to be named, was mugged at knifepoint on Rodeo Drive near Olympic Boulevard as he was … Continue reading →

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The Girls Next Door

Posted on June 7, 2007 by Luke Ford

Daphne Merkin writes in Elle: It was in aid of understanding my own puzzling interest and the equally puzzling interest of women such as my 31-year-old friend Alana Newhouse, who is an editor at a venerable century-old Jewish weekly by … Continue reading →

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Luke Groped Women At Kiddush?

Posted on June 7, 2007 by Luke Ford

Moishe posts to FailedMessiah: Steve and Yochanan, I agree but you wouldn’t be so generous when he is feeling up your teenage daughter and whispering suggestive comments into her ear during kiddush. That’s why he has been thrown out. If … Continue reading →

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