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Tag Archives: quot
The Badatz Are Coming
Here’s a blog post from Beit Shemesh, Israel: Warning: The Badatz is Coming, and Why We Should Be Worried As residents of R/BS, we are all fed up with the rising tide of violence and intimidation that has charaterized … Continue reading
Rabbinic Corruption
Gadi Pickholz from the Israel Fathers Rights Advocacy Council emails: "Luke: Just over 50% of all cases before Israel’s rabbinic courts are appealed, and just over 65% of those appeals are found valid. Yet in the US, both the RCC … Continue reading
The Cross & The Jew
Chumi Friedman blogs: The following question was submitted to the about.com forum on Judaism: "Dear Rabbi, We are not religious but our son was raised as a Jew and had both a (reformed) rabbi and priest perform his wedding ceremony. … Continue reading
European Rabbis Void Conversions Done By Rabbi Haim Druckman
Gadi emails: "Dude: It’s lucky that you are not really Jewish, because by the time the Talibanut would be finished with you, you wouldn’t even be able to be classifed as dead. See today’s papers, or failed messiah if your … Continue reading
What’s The Point Of Plays?
Why do people go to plays? What can plays do that movies can’t? Are they like ugly girls in that they try harder? I need to know. There must be something special about plays. Historian Paul Johnson says in his … Continue reading
My Ex-GF Diana Klein Was Live In My Chat Room
Click here to join the fun. She’s now "Dyana." Diana and I had a thing for a few months in the Spring and Summer of 1993 before things ended very badly. She burned all my letters and tapes and wrote … Continue reading
If A Man Tells You He’s Working On Himself…
…it simply means he’s banging some other babe (or trying to). I encounter countless women who are madly in love with some guy who’s just not into them. They invent all these crazy excuses for his lack of interest such … Continue reading
Stop The Hymen Holocaust!
It’s my favorite name for a punk rock band. They are pretty hardcore. Check them out on YouTube. Here’s their myspace and website. These guys will be my Air Supply for the new millenia. I am disturbed, however, by this … Continue reading
I’m The Only Convert To Judaism Who Actively Seeks Out Anti-Semites
I call it outreach. You might call it betrayal. Anyway, the natives are restless in my chat room: Gina: Luke claims I’m a tease Gina: he knows me so well palestine4ever: Gina, what is your relationship with Luke? Gina: didn’t … Continue reading
Even If The Jews Won’t Have Me…
From my live cam chat: ChaimAmalek: Luke, if the haredim declare that you are not a Jew, would you continue to regard yourself as one? ChaimAmalek: Is there a point where, having been stripped of your status by orthodox bet … Continue reading