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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Pat Dollard’s Conversion To Judaism Didn’t Take
According to Wikipedia: "Patrick Dollard is an American documentary filmmaker. In the 1990s he was a Hollywood talent agent, manager, and producer most known for guiding the career of Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh. Dollard became known as a Hollywood conservative … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Judaism
Tagged conversion to judaism, director steven soderbergh, documentary filmmaker, pat dollard, patrick dollard, steven soderbergh
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The Supreme Leader
I’ve been telling everyone today that I am the Supreme Leader, that I’m the Ayatollah of rock n’rolla. I rushed home to try to register thesuperemeleader.com but it is already taken. Oy vey!
Posted in Personal
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‘I Thought You People Didn’t Drink Soda’
I ordered a $1.65 cup for the soda fountain at a goyisha cafeteria in Norwalk this afternoon. The friendly Hispanic lady behind the counter said to me, pulling on imaginary sidecurls (payos): "I thought you people didn’t drink soda." "Not … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged black lady, diet coke, drink soda, lap dance, payos, soda fountain
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Fear, Not Hope: Edgar M. Bronfman Publishes Another Book
I read his first two. Big mistake. They were dull. His new book: "Hope, not fear: a path to Jewish renaissance" Why does anyone publish this man? He has nothing to say. Publishers Weekly says: Bronfman, a philanthropist, former World … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged edgar m bronfman, gay jews, intermarried jews, jewish renaissance, open tent, world jewish congress
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Was Bible Scholar Nechama Leibowitz A Feminist?
Rabbi Gil Student writes: The main question discussed is Nehama’s relationship with feminism. On the one hand, she was a female Torah teacher long before they became common, as they now are in some communities. And she was such a … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Orthodoxy
Tagged bible scholar, blu greenberg, gil student, nechama leibowitz, nehama, religious emotion
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