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"Luke Ford reports all of the 'juicy' quotes, and has been doing it for years." (Marc B. Shapiro)
"This guy knows all the gossip, the ins and outs, the lashon hara of the Orthodox world. He’s an [expert] in... all the inner workings of the Orthodox world." (Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff) LATEST POSTS:
- Dennis Prager v Cedars-Sinai Lawsuit
- Dennis Prager Through Randall Collins: Interaction Ritual Chains
- What is a ‘Received Idea’?
- Jordan Bardella: The Manufacture of Normality
- Everyone Became Television: Bourdieu’s Warning and the 2026 Iran War
- Marine Le Pen
- The Coalition-Proximity Rule
- Nigel Farage
- Bernard Haykel: A Life Between the Text and the Gun
- Walker Connor (1926-2017)
- Benedict Anderson and the Nation as Imagination
- Anthony D. Smith: The Student Who Kept the Question and Rejected the Answer
- Ernest Gellner
- Eric Kaufmann: The Man Who Made the Majority Visible
- Dominic Cummings: A Biography
- Steve Lopez: The Last City Columnist
- California Historian Kevin Starr
- Stephen Kotkin: A Life in Power
- William T. Vollmann: An American Life in Excess
- Rod Dreher: A Life in Exile
BEST POSTS:
- * The Enlightenment Wasn’t Enlightened (6-23-26)
* Mr. Burge Draws The Line (6-23-26)
* 'Improving on Democracy' (6-17-26)
* People Leak To People Who Are Fun (6-11-26)
* Why Does Australia Produce So Many Great Journalists? (6-11-26)
* Steve Wynn and the Press: Power, Litigation, and the Contest Over Las Vegas (6-3-26)
* Sheldon Adelson and the Journalists (6-3-26)
* The Vigilant Animal: Thinkers Who Reject the Myth of Human Gullibility (6-2-26)
* The Cost of Refusing the Misunderstanding Myth (6-2-26)
* Show Me How It Travels (6-2-26)
* The Norm Explainers (6-2-26)
* Centering Marginalized Voices (6-1-26)
* What would it look like if the Washington Post put its reader first? (6-1-26)
* What would it look like if the Financial Times put its reader first? (6-1-26)
* What It Would Mean for the Los Angeles Times to Put the Reader First? (6-1-26)
* What It Would Mean for The New York Times to Put the Reader First? (6-1-26)
* Why Wembanyama Lives on the Perimeter (5-31-26)
* The Emotional Palettes Of San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco & Sacramento (5-27-26)
* The Administrative Capital: Sacramento Legal Culture (5-27-26)
* San Diego - The Quiet Republic (5-27-26)
* The Quiet Bar: San Diego Legal Culture (5-27-26)
* SF v LA Legal Culture (5-27-26)
* Why Talent Travels Poorly Between San Francisco and Los Angeles (5-27-26)
* San Francisco and Los Angeles as Rival Models of Urban Access (5-27-26)
* Social Cliques in New York, 2026 (5-25-26)
* Social Cliques in San Francisco, 2026 (5-25-26)
* The Rival Courts of Washington (5-25-26)
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Tag Archives: luke ford
I’m Live On Arutz Sheva With Rabbi Seth Nadel 11 AM PST
Listen here. Click here for more information. Join the discussion on my live cam. ChaimAmalek: I thought there was going to be an interview here. ChaimAmalek: I know it is hard to believe, but there used to be such a … Continue reading
Seeking Justice In Jerusalem
Benji Kornbluth emails: Dear Luke Ford, I was wondering if I can ask your help on a matter. I live in Israel and work in the Real-Estate field (it’s tough and making a living for me isn’t easy), last year … Continue reading
Posted in Jerusalem
Tagged eretz yisrael, false rumours, justice in jerusalem, luke ford, orthodox jew, psak
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The Last Forbidden Love
David Deutsch emails: Luke Ford has long been a visionary. He was obsessively anti-immigration long before Lou Dobbs. He was drawn to the mysteries of kabbalah years before Madonna. And he was an Australian expat with a troubled relationship to … Continue reading
Posted in David Deutsch
Tagged australian pop, David Deutsch, lou dobbs, luke ford, pop duo, troubled relationship
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Merry Christmas Goyim!
I’m live on my cam: YourMoralLeader: merry xmas YourMoralLeader: goyim Emma: Happy hanukkah? YourMoralLeader: what does Xmas mean to you M and Beth? Emma: Family getting together Emma: The day Jesus was born Beth: I had to step away and … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged bad traffic, bloke, Hanukkah, internet radio, luke ford, merry christmas, merry xmas, s books, sandra tsing loh
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Should I Date Sharon Tay Of KCBS TV?
It seems like she’s had a lot of suffering in her dating life and I am feeling great compassion for her. From a KCBS TV blog: Herewith, Let’s Blog! is proud to present the top-five (alright, six) list of Sharon … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Personal
Tagged great compassion, kcbs news, kcbs tv, luke ford, mid thirties, orthodox judaism, sharon tay
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‘My God Is A Radio Talkshow Host’
A friend calls. “How is your moral bank account?” “Overdrawn,” I say. “There’s a bizarro Luke Ford out there who wants to be an Orthodox Jew but all the synagogues reject him,” he says. “We should do a Shabbos dinner … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager, Personal
Tagged bobby fischer, Hugh Hewitt, luke ford, michael medved, orthodox jew, radio talkshow host
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My Fantasy Girl
Thursday night at Workmen’s Circle, I read this story: I met Jane at UCLA in the fall of 1988. I was an atheistic communist at the time, lost in the early stages of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I spent most of … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Sex
Tagged christian parents, chronic fatigue syndrome, conservative talk show host, couple of times a year, cup breasts, fantasy girl, luke ford, talk show host
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How Am I A Moral Leader?
From my live cam chat: guest16: how are you a moral leader ? guest16: well guest16: hello Beth: Give him a minute… Beth: Luke, if I beg for your attention will you blog about me? I thrive on negative attention. … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged golden calf, lady of the lake, live cam chat, luke ford, mashgiach, moral leader, negative attention
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Luke Ford: Style Setter to the Stars
Bob emails: Once, when he was a fresh-faced twink, Luke was described by the Weekly Standard as an “Acid Washed Brad Pitt” and now it is Pitt who looks like an “Acid Washed Luke Ford.” It looks like Luke has … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged brad pitt, ford style, luke ford, style setter, twink
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The Curse Of Luke Ford
I imagine things from my rabbi’s perspective: Luke Ford was never my idea. Frankly, I blame Dennis Prager. This formerly Orthodox guy has a nationally syndicated radio show where he presents Judaism in very exciting terms, a little too exciting … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Dennis Prager, Personal, Rabbis
Tagged Dennis Prager, ethical monotheism, luke ford, one true god, orthodox rabbi, syndicated radio show
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