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Pacman Jones – The Luke Ford of the NFL
From the Star-Telegram: IRVING — Dallas Cowboys coach Wade Phillips took a step Thursday morning to keep Adam “Pacman” Jones’ incident from becoming a distraction for his team. But with the volume of media in the locker room Thursday afternoon, … Continue reading
Posted in Dallas
Tagged dallas cowboys, dallas cowboys coach, luke ford, pacman jones, rsquo, wade phillips
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Patriotism as the Defining Issue of the Campaign
Charedi Jew Jonathan Rosenblum writes: Patriotism is an issue, perhaps the defining issue. There is something very different between the visceral love of country that McCain discovered while imprisoned and tortured in another country and the “patriotism” of Obama, defined … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged anti americanism, Jonathan Rosenblum, michelle obama, paragons, rsquo, tour of europe
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Jewish Singles On The Upper West Side
From the Forward: Writing in Ha’aretz, Marco Greenberg offers an ode to Jewish life on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, and drops the following bombshell: “Even the New York Times has recently picked up on the UWS-Jewish connection.” Greenberg goes on … Continue reading
Posted in Dating
Tagged aretz, jewish connection, jewish singles, rsquo, upper west side
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Luke Ford Modern Love
I got a message this morning from Amy Klein, formerly of the Jewish Journal, that she has an essay on me in the New York Times’ Modern Love section. Here: “Why don’t we write a story about Luke Ford?” my … Continue reading
Posted in Amy Klein, Personal
Tagged Amy Klein, cyberstalker, ford, Jewish Journal, luke ford, New York Times, persistent attention, religion writer, rsquo
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I’m Discussing This Week’s Torah Portion Live On Cam At 3pm With Joey Kurtzman
This week’s Torah portion is Shoftim. From wikipedia: Shoftim, Shof’tim, or Shofetim (?????? — Hebrew for “judges,” the first word in the parshah) is the 48th weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the … Continue reading
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Tagged book of deuteronomy, parshah, rsquo, stone pillar, torah reading, weekly torah portion
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Should Bloggers Accept Journalistic Standards?
Veteran journalist and newbie blogger Haim Waitzman posts: "Shouldn’t journalistic ethics apply to bloggers? Specifically, shouldn’t bloggers refuse to accept perks from companies, organizations, and power brokers they write about? I’m a newbie in the blogging world, but I believe … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Journalism
Tagged journalistic ethics, journalistic standards, mainstream journalists, matt drudge, rsquo, veteran journalist
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I’m Studying This Week’s Torah Portion Live On My Cam With Jewcy’s Joey Kurtzman At 3 PM PST
Click here to join the fun. Complete video. From Jewcy.com: Joey Kurtzman is president of Jewcy Partners, LLC, and co-founding editor of Jewcy.com. Prior to joining Jewcy he was an on-air contributor to Ireland’s political and cultural radio program, The … Continue reading
Posted in Joey Kurtzman, Personal, Torah
Tagged book of deuteronomy, Jewcy, mount gerizim, rsquo, torah reading, weekly torah portion
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Shame
Because it is closer-knit and more insular, the sense of shame increases in Judaism as you become more religious. In Orthodox Judaism, it is rare to have close friendships with Jews who aren’t Orthodox, let alone non-Jews. I remember when … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged Jonathan Rosenblum, orthodox judaism, ponzi scheme, rsquo, sense of shame, turnstiles
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