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Bibliyoga With Marcus F. Freed
Here is his site Bibliyoga.com. I met Marcus at LimmudLA last February. Video. We started our conversation at Jeff’s Gourmet Sunday evening. It was cold and windy. Marcus: "Bibliyoga is a body-soul workout….[connecting] spirituality to the body. " Luke: "Can … Continue reading
Posted in Marcus J. Freed, Yoga
Tagged ancient yoga, eternal peace, exercise classes, good vibes, rsquo, time and a place
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Andrew Sullivan & The Jews
I stopped reading Sullivan regularly when he wouldn’t get off his gay marriage kick (and there were those revelations about his personal ads, oy, couldn’t get that stuff out of my mind). My attorney Justin Levine blogs: First I was … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Sullivan
Tagged Andrew Sullivan, contradictory views, international jewish conspiracy, justin levine, male circumcision, rsquo
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First Reported Suicide From The Bernie Madoff Scandal
This bloke who offed himself was a big deal among French-Swiss Jewry and European Jewish financiers. Experts say that having a big hairy long hyphenated name is the single best warning sign for an impending suicide. How could we have … Continue reading
Posted in Bernard Madoff
Tagged access international advisors, bernie madoff, New York Times, reuters, rsquo, tuesday morning
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Did Charities Do Due Diligence On Their Bernard Madoff Investments?
Here’s a tax filing from the now defunct Robert I. Lappin Charitable Foundation, which invested with Madoff. Their website. If you go to pages 23, 24, you’ll see their investment activities with Madoff. The Foundation had about $8 million. They … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernard Madoff, boston globe, charitable foundation, due diligence, investment activities, irs rules, jewish philanthropies, rabbi david, risky investments, rsquo, tax filing
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What Happy People Do
From the New York Times: Happy people spend a lot of time socializing, going to church and reading newspapers — but they don’t spend a lot of time watching television, a new study finds. That’s what unhappy people do. Although … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness
Tagged john robinson, reading newspapers, rsquo, social indicators research, watching television
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Race and Sports
Listen to the whole thing here. Luke: "How do you feel race is covered by sportswriters?" Santa Rose Press Democrat sports columnist Lowell Cohn: "That’s the hardest question you’ve asked me. I know that African-American athletes feel that they are … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism
Tagged african american athletes, bravery, candor, nfl coaches, resentment, rsquo
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Cowards Die Every Day
Joe emails: "Do you look over your shoulder when you walk down the street worrying that someone may be following you? That someone has put a hit out on you? That someone you have insulted or embarrassed will beat the … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged cowards, depositions, litigation costs, luke ford, rsquo
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The World Is Not Black And White
Rabbi Ari Kahn writes about this week’s Torah portion: How appropriate that the symbol of God’s covenant with Noach, and through him with all of humanity, is the many-colored rainbow: The world is not black and white, it is multi-colored, … Continue reading
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Tagged deluge, merciful god, noach, rabbi ari kahn, rsquo, torah portion
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Bloggers Invade L.A. Times
Eric Ulken writes: What happens when you put a bunch of bloggers in a room, feed them pizza and moderate a discussion on their craft? You end up with two real-time conversations: One in the physical room and the other … Continue reading
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Tagged andrew malcolm, harry chandler, Los Angeles Times, luke ford, rsquo, time conversations
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