Daily Archives: May 16, 2008

The Case Of Rabbi Jack Sparks

From The Awareness Center: Director, Albert Einstein Academy – Wilmington, DE Talleyville, DE Newark, DE (2004 – ) Director, Austin Jewish Academy – Austin, TX (2004 – ) Volunteer, Shir Ami Congregation – Cedar Park, TX Miami, FL New York … Continue reading

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I’m Thinking Of Shaving My Head And Keeping My Beard

I want to go for The Road Warrior look. From my live cam chat: palestine4ever:  It’d be a pity if Leah Kleim were estranged in the face of your sexual power, Chaim ChaimAmalek:  I am totally focused on the upcoming … Continue reading

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Republicans Are The Pity Party

Peggy Noonan writes in the WSJ: Could the party pivot from the president? I spoke this week to Clarke Reed of Mississippi, one of the great architects of resurgent Republicanism in the South. When he started out, in the 1950s, … Continue reading

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The Perils Of Yellow Fever

Cathedral City, just outside Monterey Park. I’m to meet Ming Ho’s father at his dry cleaners. A cloud of steam erupts from his press as I walk in. "Mr. Kim, so very good to meet you," I say. "Could I … Continue reading

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‘Hell is Other People’

That’s one of my father’s favorite sayings (it is from Jean-Paul Satre’s play No Exit). He was always trying to avoid the hordes of people descending on him. On some Sabbath mornings in Australia, he’d put me on a bike … Continue reading

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