Monthly Archives: May 2020

Racial Revenge

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Luke Ford

From comments to Steve Sailer: * If you recall the Brock Turner case, he was forcibly held against his will by two Swedes on bicycles. He was in the process of digitally penetrating a woman who at some point had … Continue reading →

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How does a Jew atone for apostasy?

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Luke Ford

Marc B. Shapiro blogs: * Since I just mentioned R. Hayyim Eleazar Shapira, let me mention something else he says that is fascinating. In the past two posts I discussed apostate rabbis. It is bad enough when an average person … Continue reading →

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When Orthodox Rabbis Step Into A Conservative Seminary

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Luke Ford

Marc B. Shapiro blogs: * We see that Elitzur was in the United States at the time of the great fire at the Jewish Theological Seminary library in April 1966. From the passage we see that he would eat his … Continue reading →

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Things I Didn’t Know 20 Years Ago

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Luke Ford

* That secular people are about as honest and ethical as religious people. * That Orthodox observance doesn’t usually make Jews more ethical. * How much value there is in seeing things from different points of view. For example, I … Continue reading →

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Perversion: The Erotic Form Of Hatred

Posted on May 9, 2020 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this 1986 book by Robert Stoller: First, perversion is the result of an essential interplay between hostility and sexual desire… Second, people with perversions feel (are made to feel) an unending sense of being dirty, … Continue reading →

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