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Tag Archives: shiksa
Dennis Prager? Why Did You Have To Go To Him For? He Was The One Person In The World I Didn’t Want To Hurt
I’m watching The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz. Duddy runs around, cutting corners, betraying everybody who loved him in his drive to get ahead. He reminds me of myself. Everybody around me ends up feeling betrayed. There’s a great line in … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager, Personal
Tagged cutting corners, Dennis Prager, rest of my life, shiksa, weak point
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This Week’s Torah Portion – Parashat Shelach (Numbers 13:1-15:41)
I discuss the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Rabbs every Monday at 7pm PST on my live cam and on YouTube. This week we study Parashat Shelach (Numbers 13:1-15:41). Watch the videos. * How are Rabbi Rabbs’s criticisms of the … Continue reading
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Tagged bunch of grapes, rabbs, shiksa, shiksas, venice blvd, weekly torah portion
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Luke Talks To Goyim About God
I’ll cover these questions from Casey on Monday night’s Torah Talk: Hey Luke–thanks for indulging my curiosity. Here’s my ten questions: 1. What is the purpose of Judaism? (…and if your answer is, “to follow the Torah,” then I want … Continue reading
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Tagged 613 mitzvot, burning bush, catholic guilt, jewish prophets, shiksa, smoking pot
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Cornered By A Shiksa
Monica’s “Martinis and Melodrama” cocktail party is called for 7:30 p.m. I walk up to her door and knock at 7:30 p.m. I’m the first guest. Her dog Eliot Epstein barks furiously. Last time I was here, he bit me. … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged cocktail party, eliot epstein, going out of my mind, passionate conversation, shiksa, southern cookbooks
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Luke Ford’s Secret Diary VII
Part one. Part two. Part three. Part four. Part Five. Part Six. Sept. 8. 2009. I got into trouble today. I got too high on my bipolar spectrum and sent off a bunch of emails that I thought were funny … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged bipolar spectrum, luke ford, orthodox jew, orthodox judaism, secret diary, secular jews, shiksa
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Respect!
Hot Shiksa calls. I squeal: "You poked me on Facebook! This is a whole new direction for our relationship. We’re finally making our feelings concrete. It’s not just words. Now it’s down to poking. We’re making things holy." Hot Shiksa: … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Personal, Sex, Yoga
Tagged god and state, iphone, low blow, lustful desires, peace with god, shiksa
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Is Kundalini Yoga Sex Yoga?
The other night I was doing yoga and we were told to lie on our stomachs and raise our butts in the air and then crash our pelvises to the floor and repeat. I am not ashamed to admit that … Continue reading
Short Cuts
* About three years ago, I made the mistake of telling this nine-year-old girl that I smoke cigars (she had been propagandized at school that this was evil). I was kidding. I do not smoke anything. Ever since, however, she … Continue reading
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Tagged bat mitzvah, breakfast burrito, delicious breakfast, fine spray, schwart, shiksa
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Molesting Girls
I was crashing with this girl a few years ago. I was being all honorable and just trying to get to sleep when she said to me, "Why aren’t you trying to molest me?" She was hurt that I hadn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Orthodoxy, Sex
Tagged crash, hotel lobby, jewish girl, jewish men, kosher pizza, molesting girls, pizza place, pizza spot, quot, quot quot, shiksa
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The Bad Jew
"Would you carry this?" she asks. We’re outside the Santa Monica Co-Op on Broadway, a few blocks from where I had a passionate one-year fling with a gorgeous shiksa who was ten years my junior, five times more flexible, one-quarter … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Personal
Tagged alexander technique teacher, goyi, kipa, kosher sushi, oy vey, passionate one, shiksa
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