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The Burka Lady Of Beit Shemesh
The guy circled is the son-in-law of the Burka lady of Beit Shemesh. From the Jerusalem Post March 27, 2008: A fringe sect of Jewish women with a Taliban-like dress code will be overcome by a major spiritual crisis after … Continue reading
Posted in Beit Shemesh, Burka
Tagged Beit Shemesh, child abuse, dress code, eda, food diet, health food, insane behavior, jerusalem post, jewish women, muslim sects, old mother, Orthodoxy, police investigator, quot quot, religious groups, safed, sect, spiritual crisis, tailspin, those women
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Psycho-Therapist Donna Burstyn – An Interview
Her practice is in Beverly Hills. 310-859-9007, [email protected]. Luke: "Donna, why did you become a therapist?" Donna: "I was born to be a therapist. I was always a therapist. Even as a child, I was the one in the house … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970s, antioch university, aol, Beverly Hills, billboards, body dismorphic disorder, internet sex, internet today, one people, prime target, privileged children, psycho therapist, quot quot, rape crisis, rsquo, sober ride, surrender, taking drugs, therapeutic relationship, trusting environment
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Leah Kleim Interview
I want to understand the Leah Kleim (her real name) phenomenon. She seems to get more traffic than me on her blog. She posts the occasional topless photo to maximize her viewership and then uses it to out some sexual … Continue reading
Posted in Leah Kleim
Tagged Australia, bad reputation, being jewish, bitter pill, black babies, blog, Chabad, Crown Heights, dad, eleven years, Google, jew, Leah Kleim, phenomenon, pornography industry, preacher, quot quot, sexual predator, skirts, three kids, topless photo, Traffic, viewership, white picket fence, whore
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Orthodox Girls Gone Wild – Hitting Hollywood Saturday Night For A Birthday Party
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
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Damian Chapa On His New Movie ‘Polanski, Unauthorized’
On April 23, I talk to director Damian Chapa after the premiere of his movie "Polanski, Unauthorized." The interview begins three minute into this video. Luke: "How do you think Roman Polanski will feel about this?" Damian: "I hope he … Continue reading
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Tagged actors, chapa, dichotomy, difficult childhood, emotion, hardest thing, hypocrisy, long time, Love, psyche, quot quot, Rape, redemption, rock stars, roman polanski, tense, waves
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I’m Live On My Cam!
Click here to join the fun! Kevin Roderick reports: Regarding this afternoon’s item on a shortage of matzoh for Passover, mileages vary: "I noticed the shortage too! I live in a very Jewish neighborhood…..near Pico/Robertson…closer to Pico/Fairfax. At my "ghetto" … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged gelson, grocery stores, jewish family, jewish friends, jewish neighborhood, kevin roderick, local market, manischevitz, matzoh, mileages, Passover, pavillions, quot quot, ralphs, rest of the week, ridicule, Santa Monica, shtetl, water and salt, weho
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The Perfect Dinner Party
A shiksa friend of mine hosted the perfect dinner party the other night in her Van Nuys garden. The guests were highly accomplished, athletic, educated, never-married Jewesses in their 40s. They brought their own allergy-free food in tightly wrapped ecologically … Continue reading
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Tagged 40s, allergy, classy clothing, dinner party, ford, gloves, jewish singles, luke ford, mixer, pornographer, quot quot, tupperware, upstairs, van nuys
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Naughty Barbecue
SILVERLAKE: So we all lay down on the table — between the fried chicken and the potato salad and the chocolate cake — to get served by Sandra, who’d biked in from Van Nuys. She had that ancient Oriental massage … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Satire
Tagged assembly line, chocolate cake, fake moustache, festering swamp, fikes, fried chicken, good woman, hearty laughter, jew, megs, old girl, older lady, oriental massage, performance anxiety, potato salad, quot quot, shamrock shake, sweet smile, therm, van nuys
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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’
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
Posted in Dating
Tagged amalek, armed guards, ball park, God, haircut, joke, kiddish, live cam chat, meeting women, monday afternoon, pigeons, polo shirts, poor man, quot quot, secular jews, shabbat, story of my life, time stamp, video work, walmart, wave your hands, Yarmulke
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‘Are You Homeless, Mentally Ill Or Deranged?’
Saturday afternoon, a friend of mine was taking a nap in her crowded car at the LA Public Library on Overland — Rancho Park. A strange man (a high school AP English teacher) approached. "Are you OK?" he asked. "I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged ap english, converting to judaism, crowded car, english teacher, phone numbers, public library, quot quot, rancho park, saturday afternoon, strange man, stranger, Synagogue, taking a nap
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