Daily Archives: April 26, 2009

Los Angeles Times Book Festival Sunday

Posted on April 26, 2009 by Luke Ford

I walk around the UCLA campus feeling not quite in control, that at any minute I might take my pen and stab someone. I’m a dangerous man. My first panel is at 10:30 am — "Laugh Track — moderator Amy … Continue reading →

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Shabbat Dinner

Posted on April 26, 2009 by Luke Ford

My friend Nechama* puts out the plastic cups. She drops several on the floor. She picks them up and puts them on the table. I seize those cups, take them to the sink, wash them out, and put them back … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Shlomo Goren – The Last Champion Of A Dynamic Halacha

Posted on April 26, 2009 by Luke Ford

From Marc B. Shapiro‘s lectures on Torah in Motion: From Dr. Shapiro’s third lecture on R. Shlomo Goren: "Rabbi Shlomo Goren was machmir (strict) on many mitzvos. He wouldn’t carry within the eruv in Jerusalem." "When his term ended in … Continue reading →

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