- 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)
Daily Archives: December 22, 2011
Guys With Yarmulkes Dancing With Girls
I’m at the JConnectLA party tonight. About a quarter of the crowd is nominally Orthodox. Many of them dance with the opposite sex. Many of them are my friends. I watch them swaying with their yarmulkes and I notice that … Continue reading
Posted in JConnect LA
Comments Off on Guys With Yarmulkes Dancing With Girls
Change Your Posture, Change Your Life
I interviewed Alexander teacher and author Richard Brennan today. (His Robert Rickover interviews on posture..) Richard: “I wanted to be a doctor first, then a teacher.” “I couldn’t do the chemistry to become a doctor. I took a few years … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Technique
Comments Off on Change Your Posture, Change Your Life
The Rav Forbade Congregational Singing
In his part two lecture on Rabbi Esriel Hildesheimer for Torah in Motion, Dr. Marc B. Shapiro says: “Congregational singing wasn’t even done in Germany. It was choir singing. It’s an American thing. It might be a development of the … Continue reading
Posted in Marc B. Shapiro, Orthodoxy, R. J. B. Soloveitchik
Tagged israel movement, Marc B. Shapiro, torah in motion, yeshivish, Young Israel
Comments Off on The Rav Forbade Congregational Singing
Counting His Blessings!
Jeff* emails: Hi Luke, Have a look at the following article. It discusses the escapades of Rabbi Uzi Rivlin, an orthodox Rabbi who actually taught religious school at Temple Beth Abraham in Tarrytown, NY, where I went to Sunday school … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse
Tagged counting my blessings, david holtz, fifth grade teacher, jerry sandusky, orthodox rabbi, temple beth abraham
Comments Off on Counting His Blessings!
How Shul Reminds Me Of Psycho-Analysis
I’m struck by how at age 45, I keep playing out my family dynamics in the wider world. I keep relating to people through the prism of the way I learned to relate to my parents. Shul dynamics remind me … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Psychology, Synagogue
Tagged ancient tradition, family changes, fellow jews, holy rituals, psycho analysis, psycho therapy
Comments Off on How Shul Reminds Me Of Psycho-Analysis