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Monthly Archives: July 2010
The Girl’s Glance That Ended My Cheating Career
The only way I passed Chemistry was by “taking advantage of the surroundings” as the smart kid next to me put it in my Placer High School yearbook. My preacher daddy always warned me about cheating and I knew it … Continue reading
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Tagged beginning algebra, book test, high school yearbook, intermediate algebra, placer high school, smart kid
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White Like Me
Michael Simmons writes for the LA Weekly: From where I squint, Josh Alan Friedman is the finest American writer of books. (For you who travel solely on the cyberhighway, books are paper-made collections of text bound by a spine and … Continue reading
Posted in Josh Alan Friedman
Tagged autobiographical novel, goose step, Josh Alan Friedman, michael simmons, mickey mouse, music journalism
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Santa Monica Pier Concert Series Begins Tonight
Rabbi Hershel Rabbs Remer posts on Facebook: Mixed dancing, live music during the Three Weeks, and a chance to celebrate Black people. It’s the perfect event for liberal Jews. Jeff emails: “I don’t get it, its an African band, I … Continue reading
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Tagged hershel, liberal jews, rabbs, remer, santa monica pier
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Torah Talk With David Suissa
David Suissa and I discuss on my live cam this week’s two Torah portions — Maatot and Masei. Chabad commentary. Aish. Roundup. Here are some of the notes I made of things I wanted to discuss (mainly taken from Chabad): … Continue reading
Posted in David Suissa, Torah
Tagged ascetism, avodah zarah, chassidic masters, hebrew word, midian, torah portions
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‘Black Cracker’ – Josh Alan Friedman’s First Novel
Wednesday night I stop by Book Soup on Sunset Blvd for the first stop of the New Texture literary tour with authors Wyatt Doyle, Josh Alan Friedman and Chris Desjardins. Josh Alan’s new book, Black Cracker, has seven glowing reviews … Continue reading
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Tagged autobiographical novel, dallas morning news, dallas observer, dawn rizos, Facebook, Josh Alan Friedman
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