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Daily Archives: May 24, 2010
Big Love
This is my favorite TV series ever about religion. It captures how fallible people try to live their religious principles, even when they are unpopular. From my Seventh-Day Adventist past to my Orthodox Jewish present, I identify with this series. … Continue reading
Posted in TV
Tagged favorite tv, heavenly father, orthodox jews, religious principles, three wives
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Bombing At Shul
Growing up a Seventh-Day Adventist Christian, I got used to speakers being introduced with a little prayer. You can see some of that action here at Loma Linda last Sabbath. Christians will often say a word of prayer along the … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged Beth Jacob, conversion to judaism, David Klinghoffer, Dennis Prager, distinctive personality, pre marital sex, sephardic educational center, YICC, Young Israel
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I Want To Be Big & Tough
I want to hear, “Luke, you are so big!” I like to walk into a room and feel big. I like to go out with girls and feel big. I like to walk into shul and feel big. I hate … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged Alexander Technique, little voice, loma linda university, shul, Torah
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Dr. Gershon Hepner Back In Prison
This is his second felony conviction. The Pico-Robertson resident went back to prison about three months ago. He’ll be away for a few years. Rabbi Steven Weil of Beth Jacob wrote a letter in 2005 pleading for Dr. Hepner to … Continue reading
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Tagged felonies, felony conviction, gershon, Gershon Hepner, hebrew academy, lenient sentence, shul
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Seventh-Day Adventism – Life On The Margins
I spent last Sabbath at the Seventh-Day Adventist university of Loma Linda. During my 30 hours there, I spent a lot of time wondering why this group of Sabbath keepers lived on the margins of society while Sabbath-keeping Jews were … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Loma Linda, Personal
Tagged burning to ashes, holocust, luke ford, old hag, Reform Judaism, sabbath keepers, sabbath keeping, university of loma linda
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