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Tag Archives: chewing gum
Rabbis In Jeans
I just stepped outside my front door and across the street was the rabbi of a Conservative shul in Los Angeles. He wore blue jeans. It jarred me. I don’t think of rabbis as wearing jeans or telling dirty jokes … Continue reading
Posted in Rabbis
Tagged chewing gum, conservative rabbi, conservative shul, dirty jokes, orthodox congregations
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Rocky Mountain High
At the end of the eight-part miniseries The Kennedys, he found himself leaning out of his chair, staring down at the ground, and saying one word — “Kendra!” He started when he said her name. He was not the type … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Personal, PUC
Tagged chewing gum, classmates, glacier view, senseless deaths, summer of discontent, thick glasses
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Whatever Happened To Deportment Among Conservative Rabbis?
Last week I wondered why the head of American Jewish University’s rabbinics program publishes photos of himself in jeans and a tye-dye t-shirt. Can you imagine Saul Lieberman doing that? I also wonder the Ziegler School of Rabbinics is run … Continue reading
Posted in AJU, Beth Am, Conservative Judaism, R. Adam Kligfeld
Tagged chewing gum, hunger in the world, rabbi adam, saul lieberman, tye dye, ziegler school
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Absolute Civet Comes From A Dark Place
According to Rabbi Eidlitz’s book, "Is It Kosher?", Absolute Civet is secreted from a receptacle between the anus and the genitals of cats. Sounds yummy to me. I wonder how this miraculous flavoring material was discovered? According to this Oregon … Continue reading
Posted in Kashrut
Tagged chewing gum, civet, civet cats, fixative, flavorings, gelatin desserts, genitals, quot, rabbi eidlitz, receptacle
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‘The Shiksa Syndrome’ II
Dec. 4. Watch here. Temple Israel (My previous interviews with Laurie.) Laurie: "I was talking to Luke Ford. He has a great blog. He was interviewing me for Good Frog. We were talking about stereotypes… You can identify. So much … Continue reading
Posted in Author Interviews, Jewish Literature, Laurie Graff
Tagged chewing gum, fish out of water, Israel, luke ford, product launch, star pupil, temple israel, Young Israel
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Sage Sucking On Lollipop
I was at a Torah lecture the other day and I saw a sage sucking on a lollipop (it’s the best way to enjoy sugar without putting on weight) and it disturbed me. It didn’t seem right. Until that moment, … Continue reading