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My blogs
| Gender | Male |
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| Location | New York, United States |
| Introduction | I'm one of the few who leave orthodox judaism in middle age - after marriage and children, and with all of the consequences that you would expect (at least). While I have deep respect for orthodoxy - and it still provides my spiritual vocabulary - I do not believe at all in the divinity of the Torah. You may ask, "Is this really about theology?" Well, yes and no... |
| Interests | the psychology of belief, fatherhood, film noir classics, music with soul, off-piest, strumming |
| Favorite Movies | To Have and Have Not, Shawshank Redemption, Bad Day at Black Rock, Annie Hall, Laura, Holiday, anything by Christopher Guest or Howard Hawks |
| Favorite Music | Pavement, Grateful Dead, Cowboy Junkies, Creadence, Green Day, Elton John, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Segovia, John Coltrane, etc, etc, etc... |
| Favorite Books | Barbarians at the Gate, O Jerusalem, Liar's Poker, A Brief History of Time, The Theory of Poker, The Art of Electronics, Talmud Bavli, Doonsberry |