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Daily Archives: October 7, 2009
Web Traffic Down 25% Across The Jewish Blogosphere
As I look at the Jewish blogs section of blogads.com and talk to my fellow Jewish bloggers, I see that traffic is down across the board about 25% the past six months. I’m not sure why. Traffic traditionally goes down … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging
Tagged bloggers, blogosphere, good weather, jewish news, six months, vosizneias, web traffic
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I See No Hope For The Economy
It’s impossible to get a loan from a bank these days unless you have a credit score north of 700 and considerable documentable income. The debt securitization market provided about 60% of lending money over the past few years. It … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged commercial property loans, consumer loans, credit card loans, debt securitization, real estate securities, security markets
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The Coen Brothers On Judaism
From the Boston Globe: Earlier in the evening, I had attended a screening of the remarkable new Coen brothers film, "A Serious Man,” hosted at Brandeis by the National Center for Jewish Film. The film is being compared to Job … Continue reading
Posted in Hollywood
Tagged boston globe, coen brothers film, hebrew school, jewish concepts, jewish film, pastoral counsel
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Financially Supporting Your Man So He Can Study Torah All Day
Yeed comments: If it was an equal relationship, you would find many such arrangements. In actual fact, you virtually never find such a relationship. (And if the Zevulun would be required to literaly give half of his earnings, then you … Continue reading
Posted in Torah
Tagged closest thing, jewish learning, new discovery, teshuvah, Torah
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Kundalini & Judaism
Myron emails: Hi Luke, I read your blog about Kundalini and Judaism. I too practice Kundalini Yoga (since February 2009) and think about it in relationship to Judaism…I guess doing this in Jerusalem where we do make connections with Holidays, … Continue reading
Posted in Judaism, Yoga
Tagged hassidim, ivine, kippa, levinas, lubavitcher rebbe, values of ethics
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