Tag Archives: Relationships

How Much Is Lust And How Much Is Love?

A good way to tell is to ask how much time do you spend on the phone. (Dennis Prager) I think this is a great point. In my best relationships, we talk for hours. In fact, in all of my … Continue reading

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What Is He Thinking?

This piece on AOL nails it: "If a woman ever wonders what her boyfriend or husband thinks when he looks at her, she can’t go wrong if she imagines this: He sees her as an endless abyss of need. In … Continue reading

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What If It’s Not Them?

What if my problems in Orthodox Judaism are not their fault? What if it’s not Orthodox Judaism nor its rabbis nor its practitioners that have caused me so much trouble, but only myself? What if I gave the Orthodox community … Continue reading

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Talking To Myself

"I feel like when I’m talking to you, I’m talking to myself," I said. "Huh?" she said. "I mean, I feel safe when I talk to you. It’s like I’m talking to myself. I feel that degree of safety. I … Continue reading

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‘Hell is Other People’

That’s one of my father’s favorite sayings (it is from Jean-Paul Satre’s play No Exit). He was always trying to avoid the hordes of people descending on him. On some Sabbath mornings in Australia, he’d put me on a bike … Continue reading

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