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Happiness Myths
Gretchen Rubin writes for Slate.com: Happiness Myth No. 9: Spending some time alone will make you feel better. Wrong. Although it can be tempting to take a “personal day” when you’re feeling blue or to isolate yourself until you feel … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness
Tagged doing housework, gretchen rubin, hovel, mdash, personal day, unhappiness
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Modesty Patrols In Jerusalem
JERUSALEM — In Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, where the rule of law sometimes takes a back seat to the rule of God, zealots are on a campaign to stamp out behavior they consider unchaste. They hurl stones at women for … Continue reading
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Tagged devout jews, mdash, mp4 players, orthodox jewish community, red blouse, zealots
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More Layoffs Please
Michael Kinsley emails Mickey Kaus about the Edwards/Hunter story: AS for your laundry list of reasons to cover it, I think there’s one more much simpler: the MSM told a story about Edwards—they told it often and loud—it was probably … Continue reading
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Tagged laundry list, loyal wife, mdash, michael kinsley, Mickey Kaus
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Former Gambino family mobster Louis Ferrante tells Gelf about his transformation from hijacker to Orthodox Jew
Michael Gluckstadt writes: The ties between Jewish and Italian gangsters are legendary. From Bugsy Siegel and Lucky Luciano to Michael Corleone and Hyman Roth to Tony Soprano and Hesh Rabkin, there is a longstanding tradition of respect—or at least interaction—between … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged armed robbery, bugsy siegel, christian pop, credit card fraud, ferrante, gambino crime family, gambino family, gluckstadt, hyman roth, italian gangsters, longstanding tradition, lucky luciano, mdash, michael corleone, orthodox jew, orthodox judaism, rabkin, tony soprano, wiseguy, yiddish slang
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Hear Howard Stern’s Filthy Perversion Of Dolly Parton’s New Audio Book
Click here to listen. Defamer reports: We really take no pleasure in informing you that two of our idols—early tickle-machine adopter Howard Stern and top-heavy country legend Dolly Parton—are currently at war, but such is the case. To get you … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse
Tagged apology, aristocrats, bob saget, country legend, dolly parton, filthy phrases, howard stern, jacuzzi, mdash, million years, perversion, pleasure, quot quot, trickery
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The Sleazy Characters Rescuing Isaac Hersh
Rabbi Yosef denied his wife a get (Jewish divorce) for eleven years. She was a chained woman and could not remarry within traditional Judaism. Steve Zakheim, the guy that has custody of Isaac Hersh, practiced massive fraud and sexual harassment … Continue reading
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Tagged ambulance corps, ambulance service, boat rides, chained woman, emergency medical technician, giuliani administration, jewish divorce, massive fraud, mdash, pound man, private ambulance, rabbi yosef, sexual harassment, state supreme court, steve zakheim, traditional judaism, trip to the hospital, village voice, yankee games, yankee stadium
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‘All The Sad Young Literary Men’
The New York Times writes about this new novel: Then there’s Sam, who wants to write “the great Zionist novel.” Talia, Sam’s Israeli girlfriend, tells him he doesn’t love the land enough to write the great Zionist novel. There are … Continue reading
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Tagged 300s, bad character, coward, enemies, excuse, girlfriend, girlfriends, girls, Google, Journey, literary men, mdash, nemeses, new novel, New York Times, rsquo, senses, shallowness, talia, young man
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