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Tag Archives: hovel
Whoa! An Earthquake Just Rocked Me
The hovel is shaking! I hear the epic center of the quake was Westlake Village and it measured 4.3 on the Richter scale.
American Jewish University Professor Yitzchak Kerem Says The Sephardim Were Discriminated Against With Holocaust Reparations
Part Two I met Dr. Yitzchak Kerem at LimmudLA a few weeks ago. "Yitzchak Kerem is an historian on Sephardic Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has been the editor of Sefarad, the Sephardic newsletter, since 1991. He … Continue reading
Posted in Armenia, Ashkenazim, Genocide, Greece, Sephardim, Turkey, Yitzchak Kerem
Tagged american jewish, diaspora jewry, eastern european jews, ecumenical patriarch of constantinople, encyclopedia of the holocaust, former soviet bloc, hebrew university of jerusalem, holocaust reparations, hovel, jewish university, Sephardim
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Happiness Myths
Gretchen Rubin writes for Slate.com: Happiness Myth No. 9: Spending some time alone will make you feel better. Wrong. Although it can be tempting to take a “personal day” when you’re feeling blue or to isolate yourself until you feel … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness
Tagged doing housework, gretchen rubin, hovel, mdash, personal day, unhappiness
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A Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Relapse
My CFS makes the outside world a frequently scary place because I am just not strong enough, much of the time, to tackle it. Despite all my yoga and Alexander Technique and healthy eating and meditation and therapy, I’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in CFS, Personal
Tagged Alexander Technique, chronic fatigue syndrome, hovel, relapses, scary place, side mirror
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I Bought A $200 Air Purifier For The Hovel
It seemed like a good investment. It finally arrived Friday. I had pure air all Shabbat! I went to this link and bought this. I have a carpet floor in the hovel and even at my busiest I spend 12 … Continue reading
Posted in Green, Personal
Tagged air purifier, carpet floor, hovel, new history, shabbat
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I Offered To Bring Cocoa Krispies
I was invited to Shabbat dinner at the home of friends. "What should I bring?" I asked. I got the answer: "Hmmm one of Levi’s classics." "I’ll bring Cocoa Krispies," I replied. I still have three bowls from LimmudLA 2008 … Continue reading
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Tagged cocoa krispies, homeless shelter, hovel, oy ve, shabbat, shabbat dinner
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I’m Live On Cam!
Click here to join the fun! My LimmudLA 2009 report. WELSHDRAGON: luke was a great looking guy, with a little bit of just 4 men he could get back to his prime palestine4ever: I’ve been saying almost exactly the same … Continue reading
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Tagged f king, gay thing, grecian formula, hovel, luke ford, second glance, todd bridges
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Once This Was A Place Of Truth
From my live cam chat: RabbiGadol: NPR has a report on some of the Pervert Rabbis of Brooklyn RabbiGadol: Christ, there is nothing Jewish about this music. RabbiGadol: Once, this was a place of torah RabbiGadol: Now, it is the … Continue reading
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Tagged debbi, hindoo, hovel, JDate, live cam chat, npr, pervert, place of truth, Rabbis, shanda, two temples
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I’m Becoming The Jewish Howard Hughes
A friend calls: "You’ve got a beard down to your knees. You walk around with your feet in tissue boxes. You’re afraid of germs so you pee into empty Manischevitz bottles. You’re afraid to leave your hovel. "I’m coming over … Continue reading
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Tagged afraid of germs, cathy seipp, forest lawn, hovel, tissue boxes
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Bearing the Body: Poverty, Humility & Chastity At UCLA
6:30 p.m. The traffic’s stuck on Westwood Blvd. I want to go west to UCLA but I pull over at a free parking spot near Westholme (?) and walk 30 minutes to the Faculty Center for tonight’s lecture. I huff … Continue reading
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Tagged free dinner, hovel, road to enlightenment, shul, sorority row, st alban
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