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Tag Archives: shul
How To Know If You Are Modern Orthodox
From FrumSatire.net: You eat Vegan out You go to the beach You have mixed seating at weddings, brisim, shalom zachors, etc
Posted in Modern Orthodox
Tagged english names, lecha dodi, mechitza, Modern Orthodox, shul, yedid nefesh
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Reconnecting With The Ex
I chat this afternoon with an ex-girlfriend from more than 15 years ago. She met me (I answered a singles ad her mom placed for her on a Messianic dating service) when I was really sick and she lifted my … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged bedtime story, chores, chronic fatigue, divorces, ear drum, going to california, mixed nuts, shul, spiritual person, three kids
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Technical Difficulties
Friday. 4 pm. All over my blog in the widgets section, I’m getting this: “Warning: call_user_func_array() [function.call-user-func-array]: First argument is expected to be a valid callback, ‘shortcode_unautop’ was given in /home/lukef0rd/lukeford.net/blog/wp-includes/plugin.php on line 166” Anyone have a suggestion? lukeisback@gmail.com. This … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged array function, orthodox conversion, orthodox judaism, orthodox shuls, plug ins, shul
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The End Of Jewish Blogging?
Orthodox Rabbi Gil Student blogs: Blog posts are opinion pieces. In the old days, before blogs became more mainstream, you could express your opinions freely. If I thought a rabbi wrote an article demonstrating ignorance and dishonesty with sources, I … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Personal, Rabbis
Tagged e mail, gil student, opinion pieces, orthodox rabbi, shul, thick skins
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Shaarei Tefillah Fight On Purim
On Purim, community activist Max Kessler circulated a petition at Shaarei Tefila (a Modern Orthodox shul in Hancock Park) to keep the rabbi. President Aaron Kin took this as an affront, and ordered Max Kessler to stop circulating the petition. … Continue reading
Posted in Aaron Kin, R. Nochum Kosovsky, Shaarei Tefila
Tagged affront, Hancock Park, klu klux klan, max kessler, orthodox jews, orthodox shul, Purim, rabbi meir kahane, rabbi president, shul, soviet jewry, wide shoulders
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