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"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) LATEST POSTS:
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Tag Archives: bloke
A Bad Smell
Disconsolate, listless, pathetic davening. For this I converted? I feel like we’re all davening under water. My lips and throat and arms feel heavy. I can barely move. I can’t be bothered to greet anybody and nobody can be bothered … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Prayer
Tagged bad smell, bloke, davening, poor sense, sense of smell
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Aviv Tuchman – The Best Solution To The RCC
I ran into a bloke the other day who felt like he was dealing with a corrupt beit din at the Rabbinical Council of California. I referred him to attorney Aviv Tuchman at [email protected].
Posted in RCC
Tagged best solution, bloke, rabbinical council of california, RCC, tuchman
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Why So Serious?
Lou Ford (I don’t know who this bloke is, I just know him from his correspondence correcting my errors) emails: "Hey, Luke, saw you at the Robertson Library today. Very impressive mane all around; weight loss looks good too. But … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged bloke, correspondence, lou ford, robertson library, weight loss
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Von Dutch Is The Only Place That Appreciates My Van
I actually got props for van today at Von Dutch on La Brea and Melrose Blvds. "It looks like something the unabomber would drive," said a bloke. Kenny Howard would’ve had a field day with my vehicle.
Getting Into My Life
Though I present a facade of openness on my blog, I’m as wary as the next bloke about letting people into my life. Here are some ways people typically disqualify themselves from entering my life: * Presuming too much. Just … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged blog, bloke, danger danger, danger danger danger, facade, fatal attraction, fear, grammar, manners, openness, punctuation, sensitive topic
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Who’s The Rabbi Sholom Kalmanson Who Gave Such A Stemwinder About The Rebbe?
Here’s an article about the speech with a link to the video. Who is this Rabbi Sholom Kalmanson? He appears to be the head of Chabad of Southern Ohio. From chabad.org: Rabbi Sholom B. Kalmanson, Ex. VP, Chabad of Southern Ohio … Continue reading
Posted in Chabad, Sholom Kalmanson
Tagged baking classes, bloke, blue ash, Chabad, chabadnik, cincinnati, cincinnati area, cincinnati post, congregation lubavitch, crash course, desecration, dynamic leadership, emissary, greater cincinnati, guttman, Hasidim, hebrew school, high holy days, homeless shelter, jewish month, jewish ritual, kalmanson, money, outreach programs, rabbi, rabbi menachem, rebbe, ritual practice, russian center, s high school, shaliach, spiritual leader, stemwinder, twenty three years, yeshiva high school, zelig
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Trying To Destroy A Cantor With Compromising Pictures
This happens to me all the time. My enemies send me enticing young women who try to lure me into all sorts of compromising positions but my religious faith makes me impervious to all challenges. I am all too keenly … Continue reading
Posted in Sex
Tagged all sorts, anonymous letter, bloke, cantor, challenges, channel 10 news, compromising positions, enemies, great synagogue, haaretz, hell, hotel room, Jerusalem, Jews, kra, maneshevitz, moral leader, news report, religious faith, suspicions, tel aviv hotel, yisrael, young woman, young women
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I Eat Lunch With The Homeless
Video At 11:45 a.m. as I was preparing to snag my beauty rest in the sun, I got a message that I could get a free lunch at a local shul that feeds the homeless. It seemed like a good … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Pico/Robertson
Tagged bad idea, beauty rest, bloke, crack houses, free lunch, free lunches, government checks, Hillary Clinton, homeless person, Jewish Journal, john gray, Judaism, meat meal, norman lamm, orthodox jews, rabbi, saturday morning, shul, ufos, Yeshiva University
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L.A. Bank Death Watch: Downey, First Federal, Washington Mutual, Fremont
You’ll show up one day and there’ll be a notice that this bank has been taken over the FTIC and if you have money there, it’ll take a couple of days to get it. Or Bank of America buys them … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged amortization, bank of america, bloke, couple of days, death watch, downey, finance, ftic, graduated payment mortgage, introductory period, loan payment, loan payments, losses, money, negative amortization, quot, washington mutual, wikipedia
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