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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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- Dominic Cummings: A Biography
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* Steve Wynn and the Press: Power, Litigation, and the Contest Over Las Vegas (6-3-26)
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Tag Archives: luke ford
Wrestling With My Sexuality
Professor D.G. Myers writes: What I am suggesting is that the two treatments of dialogue in the contemporary novel—the scrupulous mimicry of everyday speech and the studied exclusion of differing points of view—are connected at the level of basic assumptions … Continue reading
Posted in Sex
Tagged atomic weapons, hiroshima and nagasaki, luke ford, new novel, reading luke, robb forman dew
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Angels & Whores
Bill emails: To Mr.Luke Ford. Having found your web site and interview with Heather Veitch , I consider an e mail of thanks to you, is required. Of particular interest was Heather’s recent influence upon Sophia Lynn‘s life .As a … Continue reading
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Tagged adult film industry, aircraft engineer, gland cancer, luke ford, sex monster, sexual feelings
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Videos featuring lewd jokes and anti-gay slurs were produced on Torah Talk
Luke Ford, the self-proclaimed “Moral Leader” since 1997, apparently created, produced and starred in the short movies, which were broadcast to entertain the world’s starving for Torah. In one scene, two female rabbis stand in a shower stall aboard an … Continue reading
Posted in Satire
Tagged co commander, Jewish Journal, lewd jokes, luke ford, moral leader, orthodox jews
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This Week’s Torah Portion Is Bo (Exodus 10:1-13:16)
Watch the whole show. Luke Ford writes: I discuss the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Rabbs every Monday at 7pm PST on my live cam and YouTube. This week’s Torah portion is Parashat Bo (Exodus 10:1-13:16). * What is a … Continue reading
Posted in Torah
Tagged christlike, israeli army, luke ford, parashat bo, rabbs, weekly torah portion
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Luke Ford and Julian Assange
Yehuda emails: 1. Both are Australian 2. Both like to expose the inner workings of secretive institutions. 3. Both have had run ins with authority figures. 4. Both are fascinated with the Jewish people and Israel. I would say that … Continue reading
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Tagged comparison ends, inner workings, julian assange, luke ford, two women, yehuda
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Questions For Dating Columnist Tamara Shayne Kagel
Tamara is a 20-something third year law student. She writes a dating blog for the Jewish Journal called Tattletales. Here are the highlights or watch the whole thing below. Dennis Wilen: And there arose over the Jewish Journal dating column … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Tamara Shayne Kagel
Tagged dennis wilen, development aspect, female friends, hechsher, hovel, JDate, Jewish Journal, luke ford, lukeisback, orthodox community, rabbs, sexual satisfaction, tamara shayne, tea and crumpets, tiger print
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Talmud Talk
Luke Ford is worried that his weekly Torah Talks with Rabbi Rabbs are becoming too popular and too accessible to the goyim and perhaps at some point we should switch to a daily Daf Yomi live cam Talmud Talk. We’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Torah
Tagged daf yomi, luke ford, rabbs, rosh yeshiva, secular subjects, virtual yeshiva
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The Luke Ford Institute For Righteous Gentiles
Chaim Amalek writes: I miss Christmas, and we never even celebrated. Goyim have it easy. Re your latest venture, come one, what sort of Jew are you, engaging in retail tertiary economic activity when you should be wholesale, selling something … Continue reading
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Tagged 7th day adventists, amalek, aussie country, evening chats, ford institute, landmark forum, luke ford, miss christmas, noahide, Sarah Palin
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If Your Doctor Is A Woman
Rabbi Rabbs and Levi Luke Ford discuss Yoseph not inviting his brothers over to the Shabbos tisch anymore. Erase! Erase! Erase! Watch the whole show. I discuss the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Rabbs every Monday at 7pm PST on … Continue reading
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Tagged luke ford, parsha, rabbs, weekly torah portion, woman rabbi
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My Happy Hovel
1997: 2011: Chaim Amalek emails: “I think the way to make money in California these days is to sell medicinal marijuana. It’s legal, and I’ll bet AT types (students) occasionally find themselves in need of some medicinal marijuana. What does … Continue reading
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Tagged futures contracts, grateful dead tunes, legal substance, luke ford, medical marijuana, medicinal marijuana, peace pipe, religious precepts, torah outlook
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