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Monthly Archives: October 2008
I Want People To Join Communities
Joey Kurtzman and I discuss Torah portion Haazinu. Deuteronomy 32. I want people to join communities to look out for each other and to create a safety net. Complete video here.
Posted in Torah
Tagged haazinu, joey, kurtzman, safety net, torah portion
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Helen Jupiter Fired From Jewcy.com Erev Yom Kippur
Luke Ford and Joey Kurtzman discuss Torah portion Haazinu. Deuteronomy 32. Moses called on heaven and earth to hear his words, and asked that his speech be like rain and dew for the grass. (Deut. 32:12.) Complete video here.
Posted in Torah
Tagged heaven and earth, jupiter, luke ford, torah portion, yom kippur
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Are You Really Sorry?
Baltimore Jewish Times editor Phil Jacobs writes: A rabbi friend called me the other day to wish me a Happy New Year. He then told me that he thought that I was being too critical of the Orthodox rabbis. “They … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, Rabbis
Tagged baltimore jewish times, black hats, drugs and alcohol, millie vanillie, orthodox rabbis, phil jacobs
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And Solitaire’s The Only Game In Town
11:28 pm at the hovel. Here’s what I’m listening to: There was a man, a lonely man, who lost his love through his indifference. A heart that kept, that went unchecked, until it died within his silence. And Solitaire’s the … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged hovel, indifference, little faith, little hope, lonely man, moral strength, power of prayer, shul, solitaire
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‘The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet’
I figured there was no more important book I should read over Yom Kippur than this one by law professor Daniel J. Solove. It was my second time through in three months (I also read it while spending Shabbos in … Continue reading
Posted in Gossip
Tagged marc gafni, privacy on the internet, professor daniel, shabbos, yom kippur
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