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Former Westwood Kehilla Rabbi Joel Zeff Taking Over Sacramento Shul

One of the first shuls I went to upon moving to Los Angeles in April 1994 was the Westwood Kehilla. It was led by Rabbi Joel Zeff. For one week, I got up early and arrived at shul by 6 … Continue reading

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Spiritual Highs Are Hard To Come By In Judaism

A lot of people want to know what I was feeling when I was converting to Judaism. On that last day as I stood naked in the mikveh and saying the blessings in Hebrew that would officially make me Jewish, … Continue reading

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Professor Jules Lambert Zentner – My Best Friend During My Darkest Years

When I ran marathons in seventh grade, I would drive to them with a bachelor professor in his thirties. He may have been the first in my life-long string of substitute father figures. I’d usually meet him around 4 a.m. … Continue reading

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Step One Of The Twelve Steps

I admitted that my life had become unmanageable. Step Two Step Three Step Four This took me many years to admit. Though I was rarely thrilled with my life, it never occurred to me to 12-step because I thought that … Continue reading

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Floating On Balloons

My favorite dreams are about floating on balloons (always balloons that I make and attach to a chair, not commercial hot-air balloons). I think it was in 1992 — I was about 26 — that I had the best dream … Continue reading

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