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Tag Archives: Jews
Ignorant In Yeshiva
Marc B. Shapiro writes: This phenomenon, of great scholars not being aware of things that most people reading the Seforim blog learned years ago, should not surprise us. The traditional yeshiva curriculum is very narrow, and you can spend your … Continue reading
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Why Do All Plays These Days Feature Either Gays, Jews Or AIDS?
What’s going on here? What do all these afflictions have in common? Some plays have all three themes such as.Angels in America. It was interesting. I can understand why some people went crazy for it. I bet Dr. William Pierce … Continue reading
Posted in Theater
Tagged AIDS, angels in america, Jews, three angels
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Three Jews Struck By A Car In Pico/Robertson Friday Night Walking Home From Shabbat Dinner
Scott Shafrin (Hebrew school teacher) and Lizzie Pollack were not seriously injured. Rabbinic intern Elan Babchuck suffered a broken leg, separated shoulder, numerous lacerations and other injuries. He’ll be in the hospital for a few days. If anyone wants his … Continue reading
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Tagged big trouble in little china, books of moses, broken leg, collateral field, college honors program, commonwealth college, elan, english minors, few days, five books of moses, friday night, hebrew school, Jews, lacerations, lizzie, mba student, old man and the sea, pollack, schechter day school, school teacher, shabbat, shabbat dinner, sign gemini, solomon schechter day school, umass amherst, university of judaism, university of massachusetts amherst, university of torino, walking home, ziegler school, zodiac sign
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A Christlike Approach To Jewish Law
Donny emails: Hi Luke! I am an Orthodox convert. I was never involved with Jesus and Christianity. It’s only after converting that I started appreciating what he had to say to the Jews of his time. Based on what I … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles, Orthodoxy
Tagged basra, Christianity, herod, introspection, jesus, jewish law, jewish los angeles, Jews, lack of education, messiah, messianic, nbsp, orthodox shuls, personal prayer, prayer 2000, quot, rabbi nachman, sacrificial meat, shul, third person, trinity, vertical column
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Chaim Amalek Live In My Chat Room!
YourMoralLeader: yo My mom (despite having the flu) reflects on her experience March 6 in my chat room: "One thing about your contacts, I can rarely understand what they are on about, but sex is in there somewhere. What’s the … Continue reading
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Tagged apex, black hole, brisk walk, chat room, conversations, digestive track, dsvn, exact number, flu, good gossip, granola, holiness, hovel, Jerusalem, jewess, Jews, live cam chat, lukey, moral leader, moral leadership, nourishment, pasty, plight, terrorist attack, yml
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Sh’ma Ysrael! Watch Luke Ford Live On The Hovel Cam As He Recites His Morning Prayers
Join Torah Jews and righteous Gentiles from around the world as we uncover the true meaning of prayer. The things the rabbis never taught you! Please join! I need a virtual minyan (ten men, sheilas don’t count) to say certain … Continue reading
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