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Tag Archives: New York Times
Alexander Technique Teacher Michael Ostrow Profiled In The New York Times
From the New York Times: Improvements: My posture improved. And my piano playing. I trained as a classical pianist when I was younger; my shoulders were always killing me. When I get out of bed in the morning now, at … Continue reading
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Tagged alexander technique teacher, classical pianist, equestrians, neck and shoulder pain, New York Times, voice issues
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Amy Klein Is Engaged
Former Jewish Journal managing editor Amy Klein is engaged. I believe it is to the bloke she wrote about in the New York Times seven months ago. Amy moved to New York almost three years ago. Orthodox Jew and New … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Klein, new york daily news, New York Times, orthodox jew, reuven blau
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The New York Times Starts Its Paywall
I’ve used the NYTimes.com as my home page since I got my first real computer in July 1997. Today I switched my home page to DrudgeReport.com. I subscribed to the Wall Street Journal online until 2002. Other than that, I … Continue reading
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Tagged free choices, New York Times, real computer, wall street journal, wall street journal online
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Amy Klein Update
The former managing editor of the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles now lives in New York. She’s just launched AmyKlein.net. She has a Modern Love column coming out in the New York Times Dec. 19. This one is not about … Continue reading
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Thank G-d For The PDA
Thanks to PDAs like the iPhone and the Blackberry, the pious Jew can now call up his required prayers any time he needs them. He can hold up his PDA and sway back and forth talking to HaShem from the … Continue reading
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Tagged drudge report, eicha, electronic prayers, going out of my mind, iphone, lifesaver, minyan, New York Times, Philip Roth
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Former Jewish Journal Of Los Angeles Managing Editor, Amy Klein, Moved To New York Last Fall
Amy Klein writes for JTA intermittently and for other publications such as the New York Times and Salon. Amy is originally from New York, but has lived in Jerusalem and Los Angeles (for almost ten years). Amy Klein updates Amy … Continue reading
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Self-Defeating Behavior
Psychiatrist Richard A. Friedman writes in the New York Times: So what explains those men and women who repeatedly pursue a path that leads to pain and disappointment? Perhaps there is a hidden psychological reward. I got a glimpse of … Continue reading
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Tagged injured party, New York Times, psychiatrist, psychological advantage, self defeating behavior, ungrateful children
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So Now We’re Profiling?
Dennis Prager said near the end of his second hour today of his radio show: “The U.S. intensifies screening of travelers from 14 nations.” He reads from the New York Times report. “Apparently we are nationally profiling and religiously profiling. … Continue reading
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Rabbi Intervenes When Israeli Basketball Coach Won’t Leave After His Second Technical Foul
From the New York Times: Sometime during the 10-minute discussion in front of the visitors’ bench, Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman, with a long white beard, a black hat and a black coat, crossed the court from his seat to intervene. … Continue reading
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Tagged basketball coach, israeli basketball, long white beard, migdal ohr, New York Times, technical foul
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Inside The Mortgage Meltdown
Check out the book on Amazon.com. Edmund L. Andrews writes that nobody duped him. He duped himself. He had covered all sorts of financial meltdowns as an economics reporter for the New York Times, but when he bought a home … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, free markets, home mortgages, mortgage meltdown, New York Times, tom sowell
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