- 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: May 29, 2017
Conservative Judaism 2017: ‘God Is Without Boundaries’
The Hebrew word for holiness, kadosh, means “separate” or “boundary.” The essence of Judaism is boundaries between Jew and gentile, between the Sabbath and the other days of the week, between man and women, human and animal, adults and children, … Continue reading
Posted in Beth Am, Conservative Judaism
Comments Off on Conservative Judaism 2017: ‘God Is Without Boundaries’
LAT: ‘How L.A. County is trying to sign more people up for food stamps — and why it’s not easy’
That seems like a good use of government resources — get more people on welfare. At my lowest moments, I never even considered getting unemployment benefits or food stamps. Los Angeles Times: In addition, many immigrants who are in the … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles
Comments Off on LAT: ‘How L.A. County is trying to sign more people up for food stamps — and why it’s not easy’
LAT: ‘You’re just there, trapped’: Why one Mexican woman decided to ‘self-deport,’ long before Trump’
Everything that made her self-deport, I think we should do at ten times the intensity so that more illegals self-deport. Still, many will argue that it is a real shame that such a beautiful and talented woman is no longer … Continue reading
Posted in Mexicans
Comments Off on LAT: ‘You’re just there, trapped’: Why one Mexican woman decided to ‘self-deport,’ long before Trump’
Reflections On Little Rock
This was written by Hannah Arendt in 1957 and published in 1958 (hat tip to Kathy Shaidle). I will excerpt and comment. First, some background from Wikipedia: “The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled … Continue reading
YNET: Can ‘Jewishness’ be proven with a simple saliva test?
One of the things that Adolf Hitler admired about Jews was their commitment to blood purity. From YNET: A group of experts on genetics and Halacha (Jewish religious law), who are studying the so-called “Jewish gene,” are claiming that the … Continue reading