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I Spent The Weekend In Torrey, Utah With Rabbi Marc Gafni
All pictures and video. Info on Torrey. It was a four hour drive from Salt Lake City Friday afternoon. We got in just before Shabbos and then left at noon Sunday. My flight left just before 5 p.m. Jim emails: … Continue reading
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The Wounds Of Love
Rabbi Marc Gafni writes: It is five in the afternoon in Salt Lake City. It has been a hard day. I sent a letter of apology to someone I really loved. It was sent as an attachment with a short … Continue reading
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Tagged eros, grabbing hold, letter of apology, rabbi marc gafni, salt lake city, sufi poet hafiz
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On The Way To Salt Lake City…
…I made a video. Here’s my dialogue with Rabbi Marc Gafni. I walked around the Mormon Temple: And on the way back: I’m setting up a post-production business called Nausea Video.
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My Dialogue With Rabbi Mordecai Gafni
I spent today in Salt Lake City talking to Dr. Gafni. Audio I hope to have the full transcript posted in the next few days. Afterwards, I walked around the outside of the Mormon Temple. It was my first visit … Continue reading
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CBS’s LA Affiliate Cuts Staff
ERSNews reports: Well it looks like the cost cutting at CBS O&O’s around the country has just hit Los Angeles. Reports from the Viacom duopoly in Los Angeles have a round of layoffs (also known as firings back in the … Continue reading
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Tagged anchors, city denver, duopoly, executive producers, granddaddy, greg phillips, inland empire, jaime garza, jennifer davis, jennifer sabih, layoffs, moniker, newspath, per diems, rsquo, salt lake city, syndication service, tv shoptalk, viacom, WGA
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