{"id":7550,"date":"2008-12-13T22:12:42","date_gmt":"2008-12-14T06:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=7550"},"modified":"2008-12-15T17:39:33","modified_gmt":"2008-12-16T01:39:33","slug":"a-taste-of-limmud-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=7550","title":{"rendered":"A Taste Of Limmud"},"content":{"rendered":"

LimmudLA<\/a> is Feb. 13-16.<\/p>\n

I’m gonna do a fundraiser on my site to send me to LimmudLA.<\/p>\n

I’ll trade back rubs and script consultations for room and board.<\/p>\n

Tonight’s program is 1.5 miles away.<\/p>\n

It’s cold out. It might snow tonight down to 2,000 feet.<\/p>\n

I listen to a CD of Henry Miller’s book "Tropic of Cancer" while I walk.<\/p>\n

I arrive ten minutes early. It’s 7:20 p.m. I beat everyone to the show but the organizers.<\/p>\n

Such shame. Why must I make it so obvious that I have no other prospects on a Saturday night?<\/p>\n

Oy, I lug my Seraphic Press man purse inside and my big heavy leather jacket.<\/p>\n

The heat is on. The heat is oh on. It’s on the street.<\/p>\n

I drink Sleepytime tea. I eat two chocolate chip cookies. I have two helpings of fruit.<\/p>\n

I engage in "Nefesh Bliss<\/a>" — a Jewish yoga class taught by Rebecca Rosen.<\/p>\n

I’m so tired I can’t raise my hands above my head for longer than 30 seconds.<\/p>\n

I want to go to the "Why can’t LA Jews support great art?" class but I am too tired to leave my chair. I catch Lisa Klug’s class on "Cool Jews." The concept troubles me. If Jews are cool today<\/a>, then surely a day will come when Jews are not cool. Oy, then there will be camps. I’ll die in the camps. I’m so tired. I can’t move my arms.<\/p>\n

It’s a long walk home.<\/p>\n

There’s Rabbi Weil’s house. There’s Rabbi EtShalom’s. There’s Rabbi Kanefsky’s.<\/p>\n

It’s cold.<\/p>\n

 Boss:  bum
\n Boss:  you’re the blackest jew i know
\n Boss:  your hebrew name is charcoal
\n Luzdedos1:  i will flourish during the obama years
\n Luzdedos1:  get a job at the post office
\n Boss:  bum
\n Boss:  where  is your sense of ambition
\n Boss:  you are not a jew
\n Boss:  i hope your phone is working tomorrow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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