- https://PayPal.Me/lukeisback
"Luke Ford reports all of the 'juicy' quotes, and has been doing it for years." (Marc B. Shapiro)
"This guy knows all the gossip, the ins and outs, the lashon hara of the Orthodox world. He’s an [expert] in... all the inner workings of the Orthodox world." (Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff)"This generation's Hillel." (Nathan Cofnas)
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Why Do Jewish Day Schools Cost Three Times As Much As Roman Catholic Day Schools?
You can send your child to a Roman Catholic day school for $6,000 a year. If you want to send your child to YULA or Shalhevet and you have to pay full price, that will cost you about $20,000 a … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Orthodoxy, Personal
Tagged orthodox jew, orthodox jewish life, orthodox judaism, priests and nuns, shabbat dinner, traditional jewish life
Comments Off on Why Do Jewish Day Schools Cost Three Times As Much As Roman Catholic Day Schools?
You Shouldn’t Read Blogs
From a Torah perspective, blogs just don’t seem kosher. I have an instinctive reaction against women as Orthodox rabbis. It just doesn’t seem right. Similarly, blogs that talk about other people, it just doesn’t seem right. That’s what the goyim … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Gossip, Los Angeles, New York, Orthodoxy, Personal
Tagged ghetto mentality, instinctive reaction, orthodox jew, orthodox rabbis, physical attributes, rate women, social mores, strange fire, torah perspective
Comments Off on You Shouldn’t Read Blogs
I’m Not Rebuilding, I’m Reloading
I know I have not been blogging much the past three months. That will change in time. I don’t know when, but in theory I remain as committed to my writing as ever. My blogging ebbs and flows. It depends … Continue reading
Joshing
“You can’t talk to girls the same way you talk to guys,” my father often told me. He was right. I tend to talk to guys in competitive put-downs. There’s a highly ritualized component to this. With certain friends, almost … Continue reading
The Holyland Affair
Joe emails: Not a word about David Appel or former Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski? They both look marvelous in big black kippot and handcuffs. The millions of dollars raised for them and Yad Sarah in Beverly Hills. Suddenly no one … Continue reading
Posted in Hirhurim, Israel
Tagged baltimore jewish times, david appel, ehud olmert, handcuffs, jerusalem mayor, kippot, religious kibbutz, sex abuse case, yad sarah, yehuda halevi
Comments Off on The Holyland Affair