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Tag Archives: Jews
What Is It Like To Argue A Case Before The RCC?
A source tells me about the RCC: “All these guys are in bed with each other. They are all incompetent. They are untrained people playing judge and playing lawyers. They don’t want Jews to take other Jews to secular court, … Continue reading
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Tagged Jews, moe, RCC, secular environment, state of california
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Judaism’s Daughter Religions
In a 1993 lecture on Genesis 22, Dennis Prager says: Judaism has two daughter religions — Christianity and Islam. Christians from left to right acknowledge that Christianity emanated from Judaism but Muslims do not acknowledge that Islam emanates Judaism. It … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Dennis Prager, Islam
Tagged christianity and islam, Dennis Prager, islam view, Jews, Judaism
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I Love My Judaism, She Loves Her Jesus
How often do you hear Jews talk about how much they love God? Almost never. Jews instead say things like, “I love Torah”, or “I love Yiddishkeit” or “I love Judaism” or “I love Israel” or “I love Jews.” Christians, … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Jews
Tagged Dennis Prager, Jews, Judaism, lord and savior, Torah
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‘We’ve Got To Get You A Wife’
Until a Jewish community tries to get you a wife, you’re not really a part of it. You may attend its functions but you’re not part of the community. At various stops in my Jewish journey, I’ve become part of … Continue reading
Posted in Synagogue
Tagged jewish community, jewish journey, Jews, Matchmaking, tallit
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The Young Shul
Email: “Hello, I really like your blog, especially your review of synagogues. I too am a convert to Judaism… I was wondering if you would recommend a few synagogues (preferably Conservative or Reform) with a good community and younger membership … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles, Synagogue
Tagged blog, conservative shul, Jews, Judaism, synagogues
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I’m Getting Nose Implants
Even though I’ve grown this long beard and I wear my tzitzit out, people can still tell I wasn’t born Jewish. Even non-Jews can tell. One woman said to me: “You don’t really have the traditional Jewish nose though. Don’t … Continue reading
The Beard
An Orthodox friend calls. “I apologize for making fun of your beard. I was going crazy about charedi Jews. It had nothing to do with you personally. I was at the time ticked off about charedi beards but for you … Continue reading
What Is The Future Of LimmudLA?
Is LimmudLA primarily a four-day weekend in Costa Mesa every February? Or will it become a trans-denominational force in Los Angeles bringing Jews of every stripe together on a regular basis? Is LimmudLA primarily a retreat or a movement? There … Continue reading
I Cleaned!
I emailed her: “I just spent 40 mins cleaning up, organizing my hovel above my bed to find my hanukkiah. Found it!” She replied: “So that’s what it takes to get you to clean. A celebration of Jews reveling in … Continue reading
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Tagged anti semite, bloodshed, celebration, hanukkiah, hovel, ignoramus, Jews
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She Hates Christmas
A secular Jewish friend calls me from her goyisha workplace. “It’s filled with all these Christmas decorations,” she says. “I hate it. It’s so phony. They’ve got away from the real spirit of the thing. Everyone pretending to be so … Continue reading
Posted in Jews, Personal
Tagged christmas decorations, jewish friend, Jews, Judaism, pagan origins
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