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Every Time I Enter A Rabbi’s Office, I Leave It With Less Freedom To Pursue Truth
I’m not complaining. I think it’s cool. It means I have to make fewer decisions. I have fewer options. I’m a drop in the rain, just a number not a name. And you don’t see it. You don’t believe it. … Continue reading
Posted in Judaism, Personal
Tagged census, cozy community, fog of war, freedom, friend fred, god doesn, god of judaism, instrumental value, Israel, jew, jewish friend, many things, Passover, pentateuch, phds, point truth, public affairs, quot, rabbi, Rabbis, rational inquiry, sofer, theory and practice, Torah, whole slew, wikipedia
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Breastfeeding In The Sanctuary
Some Orthodox synagogues have a problem with women whipping their bosoms out during davening. Hmm. Can’t we just all be free to do what we want and to pull our breasts out when we want? Isn’t that what Moses would … Continue reading
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Tagged beast, breasts, brokeback mountain, Charity, Emma, humble hovel, lesbians, live cam chat, lol, luke mountain, Modesty, moses, nbsp, pffft, quot, sanctuary, synagogues, tithing, Torah, yep
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Rabbi Ephraim Bryks – Marriage Counselor
Vicki Polin writes: Case of Rabbi Ephraim Bryks (Brooklyn, NY) – This makes me sick! www.theawarenesscenter.org/bryks_ephraim.html What more can we do to protect innocent people from becoming the next victim of Rabbi Ephraim Bryks? How is it that after all … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Ephraim Bryks
Tagged adult women, canadian broadcast network, child molester, civil suit, cult leader, life coach, marriage counseling, marriage counselor, media group, news media, public outrage, quot, rabbi, serial rapist, serious allegations, sexual abuse, sexual relations, suicides, term marriage, vulnerable individuals
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Once Again, The LA Times Schedules Its Book Festival For Passover
Once again, observant Jews won’t be able to attend. As Michael Sonnenschein remarked a few years ago, "Jews don’t read books anyway." Festival website. I’m not bitter. I’ve got guns and religion.
Posted in Los Angeles Times
Tagged la times, michael sonnenschein, observant jews, Passover, quot
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About Last Night
I get mail: Luke, are you MAD at me? What’s with not looking at me? Have to say that’s the best brushoff I’ve ever seen…a finger wave WHILE LOOKING IN ANOTHER DIRECTION. Also: I remember at your book party on … Continue reading
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Tagged bitterness, cathy, couple of minutes, finger wave, maia, mail, pleasure, quot, sadness, shaking hands
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Brady Westwater Tells LA Times Editor Russ Stanton He Has A ‘Serial Fabricator’ On Staff
I videotaped the whole evening. It’s available here. Though Brady Westwater did not say the name of the fabricator (Brady’s word, not mine) publicly, he means reporter Ari B. Bloomekatz who Brady says consistently makes whopping errors and writes from … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Los Angeles Times
Tagged amy alkon, brady, fabricator, ford, gossip column, job, la times, libel suits, luke ford, name tag, negative word, person crowd, quot, russ, sportswriter, stanton, thursday night, westwater
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Ben-Ami Kadish, American citizen (NJ), maintained contacts with Pollard’s handlers in the 80’s
He was arrested today (25 years later) for espionage… Haaretz reports: The new espionage affair revealed Tuesday is in fact an old story. Nothing in this fact, however, can reduce the gravity of damage it will cause Israel, nor lead … Continue reading
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Tagged american citizen, defense ministry, dimona, espionage, haaretz, hebrew acronym, illegal activities, israeli security, israelis, jonathan pollard, kadish, law and justice, no doubt, nuclear reactor, pollard affair, quot, security industry, sela, technology equipment, time event
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So How Much Time Do I Spend On The Computer?
About ten hours a day six days a week (about two hours of those a day are just for fun though fun and work blend for me as I find most of my work fun), about the same time that … Continue reading
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Tagged amount of time, chat room, day six, irony, luke luke, nbsp, profession, quot, six days
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Rabbi Gadol Fears For My Neshama
The holy rabbi — he’s not a compromising Modern Orthodox, he’s the real thing, a fair dinkum rabbi — is in my chat room right now dispensing brachas: RabbiGadol: A nice woman, his age, from a good family. Very much … Continue reading
I’m Live On My Cam!
Click here to join the fun! guest2: i have started the luke ford exercise regiment and i have officially lost 5 inches off my bust line. i am not too happy right now YourMoralLeader: oy ve YourMoralLeader: are you doing … Continue reading
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