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I Know I’m In Trouble…
….when my rabbi calls me "Luke." It happens no more than once year, but it always means I am in big trouble. He’s saying that the game is up. That I’m not funny anymore. That he’s not going to indulge … Continue reading
I Love ‘Synecdoche, New York’
How can anyone who makes it with Michelle Williams ever feel sad or lonely? I know I’d be the happiest Jew in the world. I was laughing so hard at this movie that my date put her hand over my … Continue reading
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Black Book (2007)
https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=3938 Israel 1956. Rachel, a Jew, rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz where is she working as a teacher. It brings back memories of her experiences in The Netherlands during the war, memories of betrayal.
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Love The Convert
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed writes in the Jewish Press: The laws regarding converts to Judaism are among the most astounding in the Torah. They teach us that any non-Jew who truly and earnestly seeks to join the Jewish people may do … Continue reading
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