- https://PayPal.Me/lukeisback
"Luke Ford reports all of the 'juicy' quotes, and has been doing it for years." (Marc B. Shapiro)
"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:
- Jim Goad (1961-2026)
- Moira Greyland
- Robert Oscar Lopez: The Inconvenient Witness
- Two Ledgers: Decoding the Gurus and the Price of Talk
- The Pervert’s Progress: Costin Vlad Alamariu and the Making of Bronze Age Pervert
- Curtis Yarvin: A Life Against Democracy
- Mark Helprin: Against the Current
- Mark Brandt: The Man Who Asked Who Else Is Prejudiced
- John T. Jost: The Psychologist of Acquiescence
- Strange Bedfellows in the Academy: Alliance Theory and the Straussian Schism
- Tournier on Desmond Ford
- The Fence and the Blessing: How Jews Have Thought About Gentiles
- Tournier on Luke Ford
- Tournier on The Nostradamus Kid
- An Alliance Theory of Antisemitism
- Tournier on Cinema Paradiso and Desmond Ford
- The Self-Hating Jew
- The Alliance Theory in the Academy
- The Borrowed Robe: How Antisemitism Dresses in Each Age’s Virtue
- A Place For You
BEST POSTS:
- * The Enlightenment Wasn’t Enlightened (6-23-26)
* Mr. Burge Draws The Line (6-23-26)
* 'Improving on Democracy' (6-17-26)
* People Leak To People Who Are Fun (6-11-26)
* Why Does Australia Produce So Many Great Journalists? (6-11-26)
* Steve Wynn and the Press: Power, Litigation, and the Contest Over Las Vegas (6-3-26)
* Sheldon Adelson and the Journalists (6-3-26)
* The Vigilant Animal: Thinkers Who Reject the Myth of Human Gullibility (6-2-26)
* The Cost of Refusing the Misunderstanding Myth (6-2-26)
* Show Me How It Travels (6-2-26)
* The Norm Explainers (6-2-26)
* Centering Marginalized Voices (6-1-26)
* What would it look like if the Washington Post put its reader first? (6-1-26)
* What would it look like if the Financial Times put its reader first? (6-1-26)
* What It Would Mean for the Los Angeles Times to Put the Reader First? (6-1-26)
* What It Would Mean for The New York Times to Put the Reader First? (6-1-26)
* Why Wembanyama Lives on the Perimeter (5-31-26)
* The Emotional Palettes Of San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco & Sacramento (5-27-26)
* The Administrative Capital: Sacramento Legal Culture (5-27-26)
* San Diego - The Quiet Republic (5-27-26)
* The Quiet Bar: San Diego Legal Culture (5-27-26)
* SF v LA Legal Culture (5-27-26)
* Why Talent Travels Poorly Between San Francisco and Los Angeles (5-27-26)
* San Francisco and Los Angeles as Rival Models of Urban Access (5-27-26)
* Social Cliques in New York, 2026 (5-25-26)
* Social Cliques in San Francisco, 2026 (5-25-26)
* The Rival Courts of Washington (5-25-26)
* The City of Private Rooms (5-25-26)
Tag Archives: orthodox rabbis
Orthodox Rabbis Claim There’s No Liberal Bent To Traditional European Jews
BERLIN (JTA) — Orthodox rabbis in Europe challenged the interpretations of a new study that suggests a liberal bent among some traditional European Jews. The reported results "raised both a frown and bewilderment" among Orthodox rabbis, according to a statement … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Orthodoxy, Rabbis
Tagged european jews, JTA, orthodox rabbis, rabbi yisroel, rce, spiritual leaders
Comments Off on Orthodox Rabbis Claim There’s No Liberal Bent To Traditional European Jews
Purim Begins Monday Night
Three Orthodox rabbis Hershel Billet, Kalman Topp, Aaron Glatt) sent out this letter: Dear Friends As you well know, we are in the midst of a financial crisis unprecedented during our lifetimes. As a community we must take stock of … Continue reading
Posted in Judaism
Tagged budget project, credit card debt, ircha, material possessions, new realities, orthodox rabbis
Comments Off on Purim Begins Monday Night
The Jewish Obsession With Law
So here’s a copy of the new letter Pico-Robertson’s Modern Orthodox rabbis are sending to local businesses owned by Jews. Will this high profile campaign do any good or will it only make rabbis feel good for grandstanding on a … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Modern Orthodox
Tagged capitalist perspective, communal awareness, hostile work environment, labor law compliance, orthodox rabbis, sachir, torah law
Comments Off on The Jewish Obsession With Law
‘I’d Date You If…’
She came into my chatroom this week and said she was a 25 year old Persian Jew living in Brentwood. She said she’d been reading me for a while. She wanted to know why I kept beating up on the … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Personal
Tagged discombobulated, jewess, orthodox rabbi, orthodox rabbis, quot quot
Comments Off on ‘I’d Date You If…’
LA’s Modern Orthodox Rabbis Launch Ethical Business Certification
Here’s the press release: March 1, 2009 will mark the launching of Peulat Sachir: The Ethical Labor Initiative. (Peulat Sachir is Hebrew for “the worker’s wage”.) Founded by several L.A. Orthodox rabbis in conjunction with leaders in the business and … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Modern Orthodox, Pico/Robertson
Tagged beth jacob congregation, judea congregation, nai david, orthodox rabbis, rabbi elazar, rabbi yosef
Comments Off on LA’s Modern Orthodox Rabbis Launch Ethical Business Certification
Why Didn’t Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Make The Cut At Beth Jacob?
Because he did not apply. Rabbi Korobkin was the runner-up to Steven Weil in the 2000 search for a successor to Abner Weiss. He did not throw his hat in the ring this go round. By temperament, Rabbi Korobkin is … Continue reading
Posted in Daniel Korobkin, Modern Orthodox
Tagged Abner Weiss, Beth Jacob, elazar, orthodox jew, orthodox rabbis, rabbi daniel
Comments Off on Why Didn’t Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Make The Cut At Beth Jacob?
James Kugel – Heretic?
Dr. Kugel, Bible scholar, was the target of a well-received (in Orthodox circles) pamphlets warning Orthodox parents about the dangers of sending their kids to secular universities. Anyone who thinks that Modernity and Orthodoxy are compatible is not Modernity and … Continue reading
Posted in James Kugel
Tagged bible scholar, critical scholarship, James kugel, orthodox circles, orthodox judaism, orthodox rabbis
Comments Off on James Kugel – Heretic?
An Interview With Professor Solomon Schimmel From Hebrew College
Listen to the interview here. Read reviews of the book "The Tenacity of Unreasonable Beliefs: Fundamentalism and the Fear of Truth" here. Read part two of this transcript here. Here is a partial transcript (later edited) of our 100-minute long … Continue reading
Posted in Author Interviews, Orthodoxy
Tagged integrity and honesty, orthodox rabbis, professor solomon, rabbinic interpretations, rabbinical council of america, Solomon Schimmel
Comments Off on An Interview With Professor Solomon Schimmel From Hebrew College
Pico-Robertson Boasts Three Of Modern Orthodoxy’s Top Pulpit Rabbis
Rabbis Steven Weil of Beth Jacob, Elazar Muskin of YICC and Yosef Kanefsky of Bnai David-Judea all rank at the top of any list of America’s leading Modern Orthodox rabbis. Various Angelenos are honored in the Forward’s latest list of … Continue reading
Posted in Bnai David-Judea, Forward, Modern Orthodox, Pico/Robertson
Tagged american jews, Beth Jacob, diaspora jews, moral ambiguity, orthodox rabbis, rabbi yosef, YICC
Comments Off on Pico-Robertson Boasts Three Of Modern Orthodoxy’s Top Pulpit Rabbis
Get Ready For More Legal Hijinx
I loved the New York Times’s banner headline today about Obama’s victory: "Racial barrier falls…" What racial barrier? There was no racial barrier to a black or a Jew becoming president. There hasn’t been one for at least 30 years. … Continue reading
Posted in Homosexuality
Tagged elite class, hechsher, jack russell terrier, jack russell terrier breeder, kosher certification, orthodox rabbis
Comments Off on Get Ready For More Legal Hijinx