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Daily Archives: April 7, 2010
The Bad Jew: Port of Call – LimmudLA Post-Pesach Fun Night
I remember from acting class 16 years ago, no matter what role I had, I always played it like a serial killer (according to the rest of the class, this was not my self-image). From my new favorite movie, The … Continue reading
Posted in Limmud, Personal
Tagged acting class, bad lieutenant, good wife, mcdonagh, mobster, o clock, port of call, port of call new orleans, schwantz
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Delusions About Nixon & Watergate
Veteran journalist Alex Ben Block writes about his experience as a reborn and unrepentant journalist: “The great engine of investigative reporting, the independence that made Watergate a counter to Nixon’s Nazis, has stalled.” First of all, the comparison of Richard … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism
Tagged bob woodward, bob woodward and carl bernstein, carl bernstein, down by law, richard nixon, veteran journalist
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Hatred Of Americans
I’ve never suffered from Jew-hatred in the United States, but I constantly meet online Europeans who loathe Jews and Americans. It would never occur to me upon meeting somebody obnoxious or shallow to attribute their bad traits to their race … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, America, Europe, Literature, Personal, V S Naipaul
Tagged achievment, jew hatred, patrick french, s books, uppsala sweden, V S Naipaul
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Is Yoga Idolatry?
From The Los Angeles Times: For many religious Jews, Christians and Muslims, viewing yoga as a physical rather than spiritual practice solves the dilemma. But Rabbi Avivah Winocur Erlick, a chaplain at Providence Tarzana Medical Center, says it is impossible … Continue reading
Posted in Yoga
Tagged first letter of the hebrew alphabet, milken community high school, sun salutation, tarzana medical center, triangle pose, yoga postures
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