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Tag Archives: love quot
Seven Minutes In The Hovel
"I want it to be different," he says. "I don’t want you to remind me of anything porny. Sex with you is different." "I am?" she says. "Thanks babe. You like what’s between my ears too? That’s love." "How’s your … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Sex
Tagged ethical culture, hovel, kind of girl, love quot, minutes in heaven, oy vey, quot quot
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A Pilgrimage of Passion: The Life of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
I’m reading an essay by the author Elizabeth Longford about her writing up the life of poet Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. She was all hot and bothered by Blunt’s voracious sexuality. She writes: …But I have to admit to a moment … Continue reading
Posted in Literature
Tagged cocksman, elizabeth longford, fin de siecle, love quot, love verse, lusts, sincerity, virility
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My Interview With Elizabeth Fournier – Author of ‘All Men Are Cremated Equal: 77 Blind Dates’
Elizabeth’s book ends on a happy note — she gets married at age 37. Here’s the timeline from Elizabeth: 35 – dumped alcoholic fiance 36 – started dating new fiance 37 – engaged 38 – married 39 – pregnant 40 – baby … Continue reading
Posted in Author Interviews, Dating
Tagged baby luke, blind dates, book ends, first dates, fournier, love quot, quot
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Will Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Do Anything For Publicity?
The Jewish Journal takes a snide shot at Rabbi Boteach in its Calendar section selection for April 28: "…an Orthodox rabbi whose self-proclaimed Eleventh Commandment is ‘Thou Shalt do anything for publicity and recognition’…" Here’s the 1996 article that pioneered … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Journal, Jewish Journalism, Shmuley Boteach
Tagged love quot, national fatherhood initiative, orthodox rabbi, patti stanger, rabbi boteach, relationship book, roland warren, section selection, Yoav Botach
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Over Shabbos, I Penetrated The Mystery Of Love
Today I read Rabbi Dr. Marc Gafni‘s 2003 book "The Mystery of Love." I was surprised to find it such an erotically charged book. I thought it would be boring. From page 68: "The model for eros is virtually always … Continue reading
Posted in Marc Gafni, Sex
Tagged animal skin, love quot, mail, marc gafni, reading table, synagogue service, torah scroll
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Orthodox Rabbi Advocates Free Love
I caught the Shabbos morning sermon by Shalhevet’s new moral leader Rabbi Elchanan Weinbach. He noted that the Talmud says the second temple was destroyed because of needless hatred (sinat chinam) among Jews. Rabbi Weinbach gave the familiar but impractical … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Shalhevet
Tagged love quot, milken high school, morning sermon, orthodox rabbi, rabbi weinbach, shabbos morning
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The Messiah Will Arrive In Beverly Hills Singing ‘I’m All Out Of Love’
From my live cam chat: zappa: These so-called speed bumps are a joke. If anything, they slow you down. KhunDiddy: Luke I saw an anti Israel demonstration in Montreal. There were Jews demonstrating…shocking..Turn Coat Hebs..Who are those Yiddisha boys who … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged contrasts, dark days, frequent visitor, fur hat, hat boxes, hebs, heinkel, interview tomorrow, italy france, jewish state, khun, live cam chat, love quot, luftwaffe, messiah, night job, north africa, queen mother, slip roads, speed bumps, war effort, zappa
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Beyonce Four Months Pregnant
According to Wikipedia: Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (pronounced /bi??n?se?/;[1] born September 4, 1981), commonly known as Beyoncé, is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts school there, and … Continue reading
Posted in Gossip
Tagged albums of the year, b girl, b singer, beautiful liar, beyonc, commerc, commercial successes, debut solo album, destiny s child, dreamgirls soundtrack, female group, golden globe award, golden globe award nominations, hollywood films, lineup changes, love quot, musical endeavors, musical film, pink panther, singer songwriter
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What’s In A Name For A Jew?
Chavy Jo writes: My given name is plain. Absolutely generic. I’m okay saying it here in the blogosphere because it is that plain: Amanda Edwards. Even my middle name is plain. I didn’t get through my senior year of high … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion
Tagged 20 odd years, amandas, beauty and grace, blogosphere, chavy, cohens, curiosities, everlasting life, god so loved the world, hebrew name, jew, jewish community, jewish friends, library books, love quot, middle name, rabbi, senior year, wal mart, years of my life
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