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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Can I Let Go Of My Need To Be Brilliant?
What do I want to discover? Investigate? Can I look at myself as an archeologist and start sifting through the layers? I should be curious. Most stories are about trying to find something. What are the names people call me? … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged cathy seipp, derogatory names, four letters, friend adam, hot chicks, moral leader
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The Love Rabbi
Dan Adler writes in the Jewish Journal: I met Rabbi Yitzhak Dovid Grossman three weeks ago in a beautiful apartment across from the Western Wall. We stood at the window and looked out at some 5,000 kids preparing to say … Continue reading
Posted in Rabbis
Tagged acre campus, chief rabbi, clock support, la clippers, maccabi tel aviv, staples center
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Christian Church In San Mateo Welcomes A Rabbi In Residence
I remember Dennis Prager saying that every synagogue should have a sister church. Wow, the Orthodox did not react too well to that idea. From the San Mateo County Times: SAN MATEO — Religious tolerance is no longer enough. In … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Judaism
Tagged Dennis Prager, earnest exploration, el granada, native american faiths, san mateo county, san mateo county times
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Luke Ford’s Secret Diary VII
Part one. Part two. Part three. Part four. Part Five. Part Six. Sept. 8. 2009. I got into trouble today. I got too high on my bipolar spectrum and sent off a bunch of emails that I thought were funny … Continue reading
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Tagged bipolar spectrum, luke ford, orthodox jew, orthodox judaism, secret diary, secular jews, shiksa
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Praying For Unbelievers
People, usually secularists, are often asking me to pray for them. Most of the time it just trips off their tongues without much thought. A friend just told me: " So, if you ever say prayers for us wretched unbelievers, … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Prayer
Tagged empty ritual, prayers, secularists, talking to god, tongues
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