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Your Facebook Friends Drop – Does It Necessarily Mean Somebody Defriended You?

I hear from people who becomes curious and concerned when they notice that their number of friends on Facebook has dropped without explanation. What’s going on here? Have they been defriended? I was on a friend’s profile to send her … Continue reading

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I Want To Reconnect With My UCLA Dorm Mates

I feel like if I can just reconnect with people from my past, I can heal the those years and move on with my life. I’m particularly eager to reconnect with people I knew during my brief sick year at … Continue reading

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Google Your Way To Orthodox Judaism

People treat you the way you train them. If you let them get away with it, people will abuse you. If you appeal to their nasty side, you’ll get treatment. If you appeal to their nobility, you’ll get that. I’ve … Continue reading

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Wanna Be Friends?

A couple of years ago in a fit of reckless need, I friend requested half a dozen rabbis I knew. Some of these rabbis, I’ve known for more than a decade. I was dying to know if they were willing … Continue reading

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Rabbi Rabbs Crashes A Teenage Dance Party

Watch the whole thing: Last week, R. Rabbs had to run off early from Torah Talk because he had a Succah party in Calabassas to attend. Last night on our show, R. Rabbs said: “I always like to dance [with … Continue reading

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I Can’t Wait To See The New Facebook Movie

Sharon Waxman nails it: It seems to me that Facebook has forgotten the most basic rule of public relations and marketing: any publicity is good publicity, of course. The movie will only draw more attention to the site. It will … Continue reading

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I Just Signed Up On Frumster

At Friday night dinner, I admitted to the host I had never been married. “And you’ve tried frumster?” he asked. “No, I haven’t,” I admitted. But now this is no longer true! I’m signed up on frumster. I have just … Continue reading

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The Facebook Effect

I just read this new book by David Kirkpatrick. The story of Facebook is a great one but Kirkpatrick is a plodding writer. The earlier book on Facebook (getting turned into a movie) was a much better read. One thing … Continue reading

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Blogger Moxie Says Her Co-Host Tried To Commit Her

Here’s the link where the blogger and blog radio host Moxie writes: “My former co-host tried to put me in the psych ward lock-down. Don’t worry, I discharged myself when no one understood why I was even there. Will tell … Continue reading

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Neal Dublinsky ZT”L

I’m eating lunch at 12:20 p.m. today in front of my desktop computer and surfing around Facebook when I chance upon this announcement on a friend’s page: “BARUCH DAYAN HA EMES: Our Beloved Friend NEIL DUBLINSKY (“Neil Dee” on Facebook) … Continue reading

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