You Can Call Me Levi

In Orthodox life, I prefer to use my Hebrew name of “Levi Ben Avraham” (because when I use “Luke Ford” I then immediately have to explain I’m a convert to Judaism as “Luke Ford” is a particularly goyish name, and while I am fine with talking about my conversion, it gets tiresome to do it every time I’m introduced as “Luke Ford”) but it is not a big deal and I don’t correct or have a problem with Yidden calling me “Luke” or “Lord” or “Savior” or “My White Overlord.”

My face and mannerisms are goyish, so who am I fooling with “Levi?”

I had a rabbi who would always call me “Levi” unless he was mad at me and then he called “Luke.”

I am the white man of tomorrow — poor, womanless, childless. I am an embarrassment to the white race and to the Jewish race.

D. posts: “Tomorrow? That’s me today. There is NO Jewish woman that wants anything to do with me, once the discovery I’m a Children’s Social Worker. Even devoting my life to protecting women and children means nothing. I was a sucker to listening to my inner Chasid and trying to do good, which I am, but it means nothing.”

About Luke Ford

I've written five books (see Amazon.com). My work has been covered in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and on 60 Minutes. I teach Alexander Technique in Beverly Hills (Alexander90210.com).
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