Personal

October 19, 2008

• Dear Rabbi:

  David Deutsch emails:
  So my first thought about your shul situation was an irate blog post.  Then I thought "Will that actually help?" and I decided instead to write a letter to your rabbi to try and convince him to change his mind.  Then I spoke about it to the missus, and when she got irate, I got irate again, and I thought "Why not write both?"  Then I realized thought, that if this little episode teaches us anything, it's that we can't make any promises of online anonymity.  So I've written this letter for your rabbi, which you can forward to him.  I find your situation personally frustrating, and–without knowing your rabbi or your relationship to him–I hope that the awesome power of my didactic writing can't help but convince him to reconsider. (…)

October 18, 2008

• Getting My Priorities Straight

  Gadi Pickholz emails:
  Luke:
  At least you are beginning to get some priorities right, despite being preoccupied with attrition rather than contrition. (…)

October 5, 2008

• The Attack of the Killer Squirrels

  I just want to kick back and study the sacred text, but the squirrels have other ideas.

June 19, 2008

• Is Pico-Robertson Boring?

  I’ve lived in and around Pico/Robertson since coming to L.A. March 30, 1994.
  I love it here but not for the intellectual excitement. I usually have to drive outside of the community to find that. (…)