Tag Archives: shabbat

Orthodox Girls Gone Wild – Hitting Hollywood Saturday Night For A Birthday Party

Posted on May 4, 2008 by Luke Ford

I wake up Saturday morning with a tickle in my throat. What’s she doing here? I contemplate skipping motzei Shabbat karaoke but don’t want to leave the boyfriend in the lurch. Poor man. Without me, he’d be stuck in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal | Tagged anne lamott, bachelorette party, book bird, chastity, fellow jew, gentle curves, girls dance, head in my hands, innocent wonder, jezebel, karaoke room, kosher sushi, lurch, motzei shabbat, nice girl, no inhibitions, nymphomaniacs, orthodox jews, Orthodoxy, paperman, poor man, quot quot, revealing tops, seventh day adventists, shabbat, sweet agony, tight jeans | Comments Off

JConnectLA Friday Night

Posted on May 4, 2008 by Luke Ford

Workmen’s Circle. 6:20 p.m. I’m the second person to arrive. It’s my first Shabbat in over eight years without my black undertaker suit. Instead I’m wearing this striped ill-fitting number I got for $20 from the Jewish thrift store on … Continue reading →

Posted in JConnect LA, Personal | Tagged Alcohol, bima, boss, daven, davening, floating in outer space, friday night, ground control, heart, jconnect, joyful noise, major tom to ground control, minyan, mizel, peculiar way, planet earth, prayers, Sabbath, second person, sermon, shabbat, shlomo carlebach, starman, stunning dress, thrift store, undertaker, workmen | Comments Off

Another View On Yossi Shereshevsky

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Luke Ford

A rabbi writes: Levi, Not sure how you get the best scoops on these stories (Mordechai Gafni, Isaac Hersh), but your info seems the most complete. Regarding "Sherry", what we called Yossi as a teenager, here’s the other side of … Continue reading →

Posted in Sharashefsky | Tagged bitter divorce, contradictions, decade, east coast, hersh, israel goldstein, Kollel, orthodox community, orthodox woman, perfidy, personal knowledge, rabbi yossi, religious court, rogues, scoops, shabbat, sherry, signs, teenager, whitewash | Comments Off

I’m Live On My Cam!

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Luke Ford

Click here to join the fun. Guest43: luke you are a grecian god without any formula Guest43: mmm… breakfast of champions welshdragon: lo u’re up early Guest43: he was partying with they young ones last night welshdragon: just got out … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal | Tagged amp, anticipation, baubles, beshert, breakfast of champions, down to earth, Emma, fry, grease, grecian god, horses, june bride, nbsp, shabbat, slick hair, suntan oil, weill, young ones | Comments Off

There’s A Jewish Press/YULA Connection To Israel’s Worst Child Abuse Case Ever

Posted on April 8, 2008 by Luke Ford

Here’s the case. Here’s YULA’s website. Here’s Failed Messiah. Here’s a picture of the Jerusalem woman (Michal Schwartz Shenbaum) accused of abusing her kids: According to two independent sources, the mother of the daughter with the abused children is … Continue reading →

Posted in Abuse, The Jewish Press | Tagged abused children, alcoholic drinks, betar, child abuse case, followers, handcuffs, hot plate, illit, indictment, iron bars, Israel, jerusalem report, jewish press, klass, naomi, rabbi, salt water, shabbat, suitcase, turpentine, vomit | Comments Off

Israel Seeks Extradition From Canada Of Rabbi Accused Of Child Abuse

Posted on April 8, 2008 by Luke Ford

Here’s the video. Here’s the news from The Jerusalem Report: The police will issue an international arrest warrant this week against an extremist rabbi who fled to Canada and is a key suspect in one of the worst child abuse … Continue reading →

Posted in Abuse | Tagged abusive mother, betar, brain damage, canadian citizenship, child abuse cases, elior, extradition, extremist, hot plate, illit, indictment, international arrest warrant, jerusalem police, jerusalem report, police spokesman, rabbi, shabbat, spiritual mentor, vegetative state, worst child abuse cases | Comments Off

What Is Marc B. Shapiro’s Ideology?

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Luke Ford

He says he’s Modern Orthodox and he seems to me to be Modern Orthodox. And I guess that’s the answer to the question in my headline. I asked Marc about his ideology Saturday night and he essentially said he was … Continue reading →

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Three Jews Struck By A Car In Pico/Robertson Friday Night Walking Home From Shabbat Dinner

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Luke Ford

Scott Shafrin (Hebrew school teacher) and Lizzie Pollack were not seriously injured. Rabbinic intern Elan Babchuck suffered a broken leg, separated shoulder, numerous lacerations and other injuries. He’ll be in the hospital for a few days. If anyone wants his … Continue reading →

Posted in Pico/Robertson | Tagged big trouble in little china, books of moses, broken leg, collateral field, college honors program, commonwealth college, elan, english minors, few days, five books of moses, friday night, hebrew school, Jews, lacerations, lizzie, mba student, old man and the sea, pollack, schechter day school, school teacher, shabbat, shabbat dinner, sign gemini, solomon schechter day school, umass amherst, university of judaism, university of massachusetts amherst, university of torino, walking home, ziegler school, zodiac sign | Comments Off

Professor Marc B. Shapiro Speaks In Los Angeles This Weekend

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Luke Ford

Professor Shapiro received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and holds the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Scranton. An author of several books and dozens of scholarly articles, Professor Shapiro is considered one of … Continue reading →

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Chaim Amalek: ‘If you let the word out that shul was the place to get laid, many fallen Jews would attend’

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Luke Ford

Chaim says: "Think of the holy work you could be doing! This is no joke. You could be monetizing this, and bringing fallen secular Jews closer to HaShem. I could write half of this book in a week for you. … Continue reading →

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