Daily Archives: August 9, 2007

Enough!

Posted on August 9, 2007 by Luke Ford

Jane emails: Luke, I am happy for you for the article and the making the cover of The Jewish Journal. As usual its fun to go with you through all your ups and downs and varied emotions concerning the article. … Continue reading →

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How The Japanese Media Is Like The Parochial Jewish Media

Posted on August 9, 2007 by Luke Ford

Ian Hargreaves writes in his 2003 book Journalism: Truth or Dare: …But the workings of Japanese news media are barely recognizable to journalists from the United States or Britain… Japanese journalists, for example, are bound together in a network of … Continue reading →

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Judaism’s Universalist Side

Posted on August 9, 2007 by Luke Ford

Chaim Amalek writes: "In my many years of orthodox cheder (Noah, Amalek feels for you), I don’t recall even once being instructed on what it meant to be a "light unto the nations of the world".  And I asked, too:  "We are … Continue reading →

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The Prayer Pathway To God

Posted on August 9, 2007 by Luke Ford

Reform Rabbi Dana Kaplan writes in his forthcoming book The Transformation of American Judaism: As a new rabbi in the mid 1990s, I discovered that the vast majority of my congregants were disinterested in the meaning of the words in … Continue reading →

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Chabad Online Since 1988

Posted on August 9, 2007 by Luke Ford

I first heard about the wonders of the online world in 1985 from talkshow Rush Limbaugh in Sacramento. But I didn’t send my first email until 1993, and didn’t buy my first real computer until July 1997 (an hour after … Continue reading →

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