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Tag Archives: male friends
Anything Wrong With A Girl Going For Drinks With A Married Guy?
Men and women who spend a lot of time alone together (or just having private conversations on Facebook or at a bar or a restaurant) are likely to cross the line from just being friends to more. Therefore, in my … Continue reading
Posted in Marriage, Sex
Tagged business deal, Facebook, female friend, male friends, private conversations, private time
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I Want To Study Torah With Jewish Women
I do Torah Talks with my friends on my live cam for people around the world. I videotape them and place them on my youtube channel (youtube.com/lukeisback) and my blog (Lukeford.net), but 90% of the time, I find myself conducting … Continue reading
Posted in Torah
Tagged jewish women, lukeisback, male friends, weekly torah portion, youtube
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Arguments For Staying Faithful To Your Wife
On his radio show today, Dennis Prager gave advice to men on how to stay faithful. “If you have an affair, you’re hiding something from your wife. The more you hide from your spouse, the less close you are. The … Continue reading
Posted in Adultery, Dennis Prager, Marriage, Sex
Tagged adrenalin rush, Dennis Prager, Infidelity, male friends, sexual excitement, sexual variety
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EveryJew.com Revolutionizing The Way Jews Talk To Each Other
The Jewish Journal‘s social networking site EveryJew.com has completely changed the way Jews relate to each other. My male friends report it has enabled them to date an entirely higher quality and younger variety of female than was available to … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Journal, Satire
Tagged ashlyn gere, Facebook, Jewish Journal, male friends, social networking site
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Where The Girls At?
I primarily go to yoga for the awesome spiritual insights but many of my less enlightened male friends go for the girls. So which kundalini yoga studio has the hottest chicks wearing the tightest outfits? Golden Bridge by far over … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, JConnect LA, Yoga
Tagged chicks, golden bridge, high school graduates, jewish populations, male friends, observant jews, orthodox judaism, orthodox synagogue, spiritual insights, yoga studio
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Oy Ve!
Last night I dreamed I had sex with one of my male friends. Does this mean I’m gay? It was horrible. I woke upset.
The Jewish Awareness Movement’s Aggressive Tactics
Amanda Milstein writes: When Allyson Marcus arrived at the Jewish Awareness Movement’s Shabbat afternoon luncheon near the University of Southern California, she wasn’t expecting to return home in tears. That, however, is how things turned out for Marcus, then a … Continue reading
Posted in JAM
Tagged aggressive tactics, allyson, bracha, california campuses, deceptive advertising, e mail, geffen, immodesty, jewish awareness, male friends, milstein, minded focus, orange coast college, outreach group, outreach organizations, pressure tactics, rebbetzin, shabbat afternoon, university of southern california, usc campus
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