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Tag Archives: kurtzman
It’s A Beautiful World
I’ve been feeling pretty crook the past week. The last time I left the house was Friday afternoon for my much-needed psycho-therapy. Thursday afternoon Joey Kurtzman came over for some Torah talk and then he took me to dinner at … Continue reading
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Suicidal Gay Teens
Joey Kurtzman and I talk on my live cam to the thousands of suicidal gay teens who tune in to my Torah Talks each week to find out if life is worth living. When he was just a little tyke … Continue reading
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The White Obama Joey Kurtzman Testifies To What God Has Done In His Life
Today Joey will share with us the seven spiritual laws for lasting marriage and his five year plan for our economy. This year’s Torah portion is Va’etchanan.
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Torah Talk With Joey Kurtzman
This week’s Torah portion is Deuteronomy. Joey and I started Torah talk in August of 2008, the same month I took my first Alexander Technique lesson. Luke: “You were recently on a spiritual journey to India?” Joey: “My wife and … Continue reading
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When Bad Implants Happen To Good People
What is a man of faith to do when he is repeatedly confronted by bad implants happening to good people? Does he deny the existence of all an powerful, all beneficent deity? Does he wail and gnash his teeth and … Continue reading
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Tagged deity, kurtzman, man of faith, natural breasts, plastic surgeon, sex maniac
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The Rating Game
Today I was telling my shrink, Dr. Spielvogel, about this new book by Reba Toney — The Rating Game. If you find yourself getting dumped a lot, it’s probably because you’re dating out of your league. If you do the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Technique, ball park, daf yomi, Dennis Prager, hovel, kurtzman, life position, public manner, spielvogel, torah study, virtual father
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In A Relationship
I was just checking out the Facebook profile of my predominantly hetero friend Joey Kurtzman who’s in India. I saw that he was "In a relationship" with his mate David. I love that. I immediately changed my status to "In … Continue reading
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Tagged amp, friend joey, kurtzman, quot, wrong idea
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Jewcy – We Hardly Knew Ya
I could never figure out why Jewcy.com didn’t use Adsense on their site. They probably could’ve made $100,000 from it over the past three years and at least as much from other online advertising programs. Perhaps if they had used … Continue reading
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Tagged backers, dumbo, funder, kurtzman, michael steinhardt, michael weiner
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Torah Portion Vayeishev (Genesis 37-41) II
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Torah Portion Vayeishev (Genesis 37-41)
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