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

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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