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Daily Archives: May 24, 2009
Tears For Fears
Kundalini Yoga class. I arrive five minutes early. I put down my stuff, take up my cross, roll out my mat, sit next to the wall, lie down on my back while simultaneously sending my legs straight up in the … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Yoga
Tagged Dennis Prager, freelance journalist, holy hell, Jewish Journalism, lake of fire, lofty thoughts, luke ford, orthodox synagogue, small exception, tears for fears, yoga class
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The First Night
"Would you marry a girl who only had a Conservative conversion [to Judaism]?" my friend asked over lunch. "Or if she was only half-Jewish. Only her dad was Jewish." "I wouldn’t rule it out," I said. "When you find a … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Personal, Sex
Tagged asani, conversion to judaism, having a nightmare, orthodox jews, orthodox judaism, orthodox women
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Sunday Lunch At David Mazlin’s Mashu Mashu Kosher Restaurant
Mashu Mashu is located at 12510 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91607. For delivery call (818) 752-2742 I stopped by at 1:30 pm. David Mazlin was not in. He manages the restaurant (kashrut supervision by the RCC). I do not … Continue reading
Posted in David Mazlin, Kashrut
Tagged kosher certification, kosher restaurant, kosher restaurants, north hollywood ca, orthodox jews, vegetarian entrees
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‘Make Your Enemy Your Teacher’
I got a call from a girl today. "I was really mad at you for what you’d written about me," she said, "and then I was in this office and I saw a sign, ‘Make your enemy your teacher.’ And … Continue reading
The Orthodox Way
I was having lunch with two Gentile friends this past week, and this really goyish goy asked me about the Jewish community harboring criminals from goyisha justice and whether that might fuel anti-semitism. I replied that the rabbis in their … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged Anti-Semitism, goy, jewish tradition, orthodox rabbi, Rabbis
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