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Tag Archives: youtube
I Complete My Alexander Technique Teacher Training Course
Greg Leake emails: Hi Luke, Last night I tried to get hold of you on the phone to congratulate you personally. However, I wanted to take a moment to tell you how pleased I am that you have finally made … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Technique, Personal
Tagged alexander technique teacher, man in a hurry, orthodox jew, viktor frankel, youtube, youtubes
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Do You Spend Too Much Time On Facebook?
If so, I don’t think the solution for most people is to shut down their Facebook accounts. I think the important thing is to go deeper. Spending too much time on Facebook is just a symptom. For me, it is … Continue reading
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Tagged action goals, clumsy attempt, Facebook, interacting with people, intimacy, real world, true goal, true goals, youtube
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UCLA Won’t Discipline Naughty Blonde Alexandra Wallace
The Los Angeles Times reports: Amid a debate about free speech in the Internet era, UCLA announced Friday that it would not proceed with any investigation or disciplinary action against the student who produced a controversial online video in which … Continue reading
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Tagged asian languages, asian students, eugene volokh, gene block, sexual harassment, youtube
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Alexandra Wallace Was Planning A Blog
The UCLA Daily Bruin reports. The Sacramento Bee reports: The UCLA student whose anti-Asian video rant garnered millions of views online and intense backlash appears to have had aspirations of creating similar videos as part of a blog. Shortly after … Continue reading
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Tagged bella vista high school, deadly tsunami, retail developer, trent allen, ucla student, youtube
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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
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Tagged jewish women, lukeisback, male friends, weekly torah portion, youtube
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The Dean and Jerry Show!
Greg Leake emails: Hi Luke, On the final YouTube of the last Torah Talk, you and Rabbs were speculating about what kind of people were attracted to the talks and I guess conceivably your blog. I’ve done a little thinking … Continue reading
Posted in R. Rabbs
Tagged bowline knots, lenny bruce, oy vey, prime directive, seamanship, youtube
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Rabbi Rabbs: ‘I Should’ve Died In The Holocaust!’
I discuss the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Rabbs every Monday at 7pm PST on my live cam and YouTube. Watch the whole show.
Take This Cup From Me
I ask Rabbi Rabbs Monday night if I am committing a sin by drinking out of the same cup used by the young lady dating columnist I had just interviewed. Tamara is a 20-something third year law student. She writes … Continue reading
Posted in R. Rabbs, Tamara Shayne Kagel
Tagged Jewish Journal, rabbs, weekly torah portion, young lady, youtube
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The Torah Hour Of Power
Nicholas Vance emails: Today I listened to two weeks worth of the Torah Hour of Power. And I have a couple of modest suggestions. Is it possible to post the show as an mp3 file? What I’ve been doing is … Continue reading
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Tagged Dennis Prager, hour of power, hovel, monday night football, radio programme, youtube
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