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Daily Archives: January 29, 2009
I’m Changing My Life
I’m not happy with where I am with my life. My economic model, for one thing, is broken. Therefore, I am changing. I am pushing myself to do things that are not comfortable to me. For one thing, I’m doing … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Yoga
Tagged bad habit, hot dates, meditative yoga, social failure, yoga center, yoga practices
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The Rabbi Who Went To Church
Ari Goldman writes in The Jewish Week: What bothers me is how ready the Orthodox rabbinate, apparently frightened of its right-wing constituency, was to criticize one of its own. But there was also a matter of decency here. Couldn’t the … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged ari goldman, bona fides, democratic nomination, Jeremiah Wright, orthodox jews, persistent rumors
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Why Do The Homeless Keep Giving To Me?
I was running across Colorado Ave in Santa Monica yesterday morning, when my Blackberry bounced out of my shirt pocket and smashed to the road, with pieces (back cover, battery and rest) flying in different directions. As I was gathering … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged colorado ave, homeless men, pico blvd, plastic pouch, Santa Monica, something about the way
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Does Sholom Rubashkin Deserve Freedom?
Washington D.C. lawyer for Agriprocessors Nat Lewin writes: Rarely does the Anti-Defamation League take up the cudgels for a Lubavitcher chassid. But in a recent letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, the ADL protested a federal magistrate’s ruling that Sholom … Continue reading
Posted in Agriprocessors
Tagged anti defamation league, born jew, federal criminal charges, federal magistrate, meatpacking plant, rubashkin
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