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Monthly Archives: December 2010
I Like Strong Women
At Shabbat dinner, a woman turned to me and said, “Do you like strong women?” “Yes,” I said. “How did you know? Because I’m a writer and a teacher of Alexander Technique, therefore I am a sensitive guy?” “I’ve got … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Personal
Tagged Alexander Technique, sensitive guy, shabbat, shabbat dinner, strong women
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A distressing decision about the military
Greg Leake emails: Hi Luke, I’m a VietNam veteran (once in a neglectful moment, you referred to me as a World War II veteran, which would have made me about 80 or 90 instead of only 15 or 20 years … Continue reading
Posted in Homosexuality, Orthodoxy
Tagged gay americans, homosexual members, military effectiveness, social cohesion, vietnam veteran, world war ii
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Questions For Dating Columnist Tamara Shayne Kagel
Tamara is a 20-something third year law student. She writes a dating blog for the Jewish Journal called Tattletales. Here are the highlights or watch the whole thing below. Dennis Wilen: And there arose over the Jewish Journal dating column … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Tamara Shayne Kagel
Tagged dennis wilen, development aspect, female friends, hechsher, hovel, JDate, Jewish Journal, luke ford, lukeisback, orthodox community, rabbs, sexual satisfaction, tamara shayne, tea and crumpets, tiger print
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Gays To Serve Openly In The U.S. Military
When I logged on to the internet Saturday night, I saw that “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” had been repealed by the U.S. Senate. There was all sorts of weepy coverage about it in the New York Times: By a vote … Continue reading
Posted in Homosexuality, Immigration
Tagged class citizens, clinton era, foxhole, immigrant students, immigration policy, Philip Roth, sexual preferences, talking to strangers
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Talmud Talk
Luke Ford is worried that his weekly Torah Talks with Rabbi Rabbs are becoming too popular and too accessible to the goyim and perhaps at some point we should switch to a daily Daf Yomi live cam Talmud Talk. We’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Torah
Tagged daf yomi, luke ford, rabbs, rosh yeshiva, secular subjects, virtual yeshiva
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