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Tag Archives: Dennis Prager
I’m Discussing Darwin Monday At 9PM
What should I say? I want to give a Torah perspective on the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth. I never learned much biology. Never studied much trigonometry. All I know is that I love you and if you’d love me … Continue reading
Dennis Prager: ‘Everyone I Know Has Been Turned Down For Credit’
On the first hour of his radio show yesterday, Dennis Prager said: "Everyone I know has been turned down for loans. The banks got all this money but they don’t give out loans. If I were emotional, I’m about to … Continue reading
How Do You Deal With Friends Who Want To Demean You?
Like Dennis Prager, I’ve dedicated my life to uplifting the human condition. I pattern my behavior on tne highest ideals of Western Civilization in general and the Torah in particular. Despite this, I have people in my life who try … Continue reading
Dennis Prager Changed My Life
CJ posts: "Hi. I fully understand what you said regarding the change of your life because if this amazing man. He changed mine too. I took a flight from L.A. to N.Y. back in 2006. I sat next to him. … Continue reading
What Hamas Is Doing To Southern Israel Will Inflame Jews
It is unpredictable how Jews in the United States will react to these rocket attacks and non-Jews should be on guard against angry rioting Jews. Can you imagine such a thing? Or the pope announces that non-Christians should beware because … Continue reading
Why Be Good?
In the summer of 1995, I wrote Dennis Prager a letter (15 months earlier, I moved to Los Angeles to work for him, the job fell through) asking for his permission to develop his ideas on how to be a … Continue reading
Did ‘The Pianist’ Have A Point?
I saw this movie with a gorgeous shiksa in a dark and empty theater and one thing led to another and we were groping each other in the dark like there was no tomorrow. Pictures of the Holocaust do that … Continue reading
Where’s The Jewish Richard John Neuhaus?
Rabbi Gil Student nominates Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. I agree that R. Sacks is eloquent, but he does lead anybody? Does he influence thought? Does he lead intellectual change? I don’t think so. He’s a silver-tongued spokesman for the British … Continue reading