Daily Archives: June 7, 2009

First Black Female Rabbi Ordained

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Luke Ford

Bob emails: There goes the neighborhood. Khunrum emails: "There’s one shul that might let Luke attend." Fred emails: "I wonder if they’d make him sit in the back of the shul." Bob emails: "Even they would probably question our hapless … Continue reading →

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‘A Sincere Question’

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Luke Ford

Rabbi Yehuda (YY) Rubinstein emails me June 5: Dear Mr Ford, I honestly want to pose you a question if I may. I watched the video of you sitting in the car the other day [LF: this video or this?] … Continue reading →

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She’s Looking For A Nice Jewish Boy

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Luke Ford

myannamills:  what are you doing with yourself these days. You are retired arent you?  Luzdedos1:  lukeford.net  Luzdedos1:  jewish stuff  myannamills:  haha i love jewish guys  myannamills:  they are my weakness haha  myannamills:  I"m a shikse  myannamills:  haha  myannamills:  I’ve been … Continue reading →

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How Did A Pot-Smoking Anarchist Become The Guardian Of The Conventional Morality?

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Luke Ford

JTA’s head of digital media, Daniel Sierardski, writes: One phenomenon that appears to be accelerating the decline of at least some Jewish news organizations is the rise of a group of Jewish news aggregation Web sites, predominantly serving the ultra-Orthodox … Continue reading →

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