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Monthly Archives: September 2008
The Difference Between Acting Out Your Unhappiness Vs. Revealing It To Friends
Dennis Prager says on his radio show Friday: "The Prager Doctrine is that you can not act out your unhappiness. Even with strangers. It’s just not fair. You are in a cruddy mood but there is no reason for you … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager
Tagged bad feelings, bad moods, black boxes, Dennis Prager, gargle, true feelings
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Will Your Grandkids Be Reform?
Bruce writes: Some Orthodox advocates view Reform and Conservative Judaism as dying denominations. In a article with the provocative title "Will Your Grandchildren Be Jews?" the two authors contrast Orthodox Judaism’s relatively high birthrates and relatively low intermarriage rates with … Continue reading
Posted in Jews
Tagged conservative jews, Conservative Judaism, intriguing idea, jewish day schools, orthodox judaism, provocative title
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Dena Schechter – Spiritual Artist
The most painful speaker to listen to at the University of Judaism (AJU) speaker series was board chair Dena Schecter. She tortures the English language. Why would someone who is such a poor communicator force herself on an unwilling public? … Continue reading
Posted in AJU
Tagged alternative dispute resolution, consensus builder, democract, individual quot, Jewish Journal, schechter, speaker series, university of judaism
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Putting Michal Taviv In A Box
I’m collecting Danielle Berrin’s greatest hits. Here’s her lead for a story on the administrator of JConnectLA: "Just try to put Michal Taviv in a box — she won’t fit." Your honor, I object. Michal is not obese. There are … Continue reading
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Tagged berrin, boxes, greatest hits, holy books
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Friday Night Lights
While I was sick this past week, I watched all 22 episodes of season one of the TV show "Friday Night Lights." I loved it. I also enjoyed the movie "Arranged." It’s about a budding friendship between two teachers — … Continue reading
Posted in Hollywood
Tagged ethnic school, fiddler on the roof, friday night lights, jewish matchmaker, orthodox jew, sxsw film festival
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