Monday, January 28, 2008
Your Moral Leader's Lurid Midnight Confessions
http://www.lukeford.net Luke Ford talks about turning friends into enemies and enemies into friends.
Your Moral Leader Reviews "Married Life"
http://www.lukeford.net Luke Ford reviews the new film starring Chris Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, Rachel McAdams. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804505/
Rob Spallone, Nic Cramer June 4, 2007
http://www.lukeford.net Luke Ford follows Rob and Nic around Chatsworth.
Jim South, Rob Spallone June 4, 2007 II
http://www.lukeford.net Luke Ford talks to Rob Spallone, Jim South at Star World Modeling about AIDS, scandals reported in the LA Daily News.
Jim South, Rob Spallone June 4, 2007
http://www.lukeford.net Luke Ford talks to Rob Spallone, Jim South at Star World Modeling.
Your Moral Leader Gets In Shape For The Super Bowl
http://www.lukeford.net Moral Leader Luke Ford puts aside the sacred texts to whip himself into shape as America's Next Great Love Machine.
Rob Spallone, Jade Devin Go For A Ride, June 4, 2007
http://www.lukeford.net Luke Ford takes a ride on the wild side.
Kacey Villainess Interview, June 3, 2007
http://www.lukeford.net Luke Ford interviews Kacey at the "Search 4 A Cause" event in Santa Monica, CA.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Jewish Identity: Still Under Construction
Rabbi Irwin Kula writes:
This month the most ambitious documentary on the American Jewish experience, a six-hour series called “The Jewish Americans,” aired on PBS stations around the country. The program, whose third and final segment was on Wednesday, is the most nuanced and sophisticated telling of the Jewish American story to date. The documentary invites us to reflect about what Jewish identity has meant in the past, what it will mean in the future, and how a minority group retains its identity.
Historically, there was never a single Jewish identity, there were many Jewish identities. As with any religious culture, there were different expressions of Jewishness that were products of interactions between people, their times, their inherited traditions, the larger cultures in which they were embedded, and their personal biographies.
Jewish identity in the first century in Palestine was very different than Jewish identity in Poland in the 17th century, which was very different than Jewish identity in Spain in the 12th century, which was different than Jewish identity in New Mexico at the end of the nineteenth century, which is different from the many kinds of Jewish identities in Jerusalem and Manhattan in the 21st century. In fact, when one studies the Jewish past, one discovers that identity is really a verb and not a noun — it is something that is continuously being constructed and not something that is static that one possesses.
This month the most ambitious documentary on the American Jewish experience, a six-hour series called “The Jewish Americans,” aired on PBS stations around the country. The program, whose third and final segment was on Wednesday, is the most nuanced and sophisticated telling of the Jewish American story to date. The documentary invites us to reflect about what Jewish identity has meant in the past, what it will mean in the future, and how a minority group retains its identity.
Historically, there was never a single Jewish identity, there were many Jewish identities. As with any religious culture, there were different expressions of Jewishness that were products of interactions between people, their times, their inherited traditions, the larger cultures in which they were embedded, and their personal biographies.
Jewish identity in the first century in Palestine was very different than Jewish identity in Poland in the 17th century, which was very different than Jewish identity in Spain in the 12th century, which was different than Jewish identity in New Mexico at the end of the nineteenth century, which is different from the many kinds of Jewish identities in Jerusalem and Manhattan in the 21st century. In fact, when one studies the Jewish past, one discovers that identity is really a verb and not a noun — it is something that is continuously being constructed and not something that is static that one possesses.
Will Ohlmert Fall?
Gary Rosenblatt writes:
If, as Israeli President Shimon Peres told the program participants, Israelis are always “divided between fear and hope,” this year’s conference opened at a moment when fear is ascendant, as reflected in three of the key issues discussed: Iran and its potential nuclear threat after the release of a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) report in Washington that appears to undermine efforts to halt Tehran; a post-Annapolis assessment of the prospects for Mideast peace when little progress has been made; and the volatile domestic political situation in Israel on the eve of the final Winograd Commission report assessing the role and responsibility of the Olmert government during the Lebanon war.
Due out Jan. 30, the report is expected to deal harshly with the government and could lead to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s political downfall, though he has stated publicly that no matter what the report says, he will not resign.
Will Olmert Fall?
At one of the most highly charged sessions, on the Winograd report, Olmert’s attitude was sharply criticized as arrogant, undemocratic and a sign of “a loss of moral authority” on the prime minister’s part by Maj. Gen. (res.) Uzi Dayan, a former national security adviser and founding chair of the Tafnit political party. He and another panelist, Gideon Sa’ar, a member of Knesset from Likud, insisted that none of the military objectives of the war were achieved — defeating Hezbollah, stopping the missile attacks on Israel, and rescuing the kidnapped soldiers — and that Olmert must bear the blame and step down.
If, as Israeli President Shimon Peres told the program participants, Israelis are always “divided between fear and hope,” this year’s conference opened at a moment when fear is ascendant, as reflected in three of the key issues discussed: Iran and its potential nuclear threat after the release of a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) report in Washington that appears to undermine efforts to halt Tehran; a post-Annapolis assessment of the prospects for Mideast peace when little progress has been made; and the volatile domestic political situation in Israel on the eve of the final Winograd Commission report assessing the role and responsibility of the Olmert government during the Lebanon war.
Due out Jan. 30, the report is expected to deal harshly with the government and could lead to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s political downfall, though he has stated publicly that no matter what the report says, he will not resign.
Will Olmert Fall?
At one of the most highly charged sessions, on the Winograd report, Olmert’s attitude was sharply criticized as arrogant, undemocratic and a sign of “a loss of moral authority” on the prime minister’s part by Maj. Gen. (res.) Uzi Dayan, a former national security adviser and founding chair of the Tafnit political party. He and another panelist, Gideon Sa’ar, a member of Knesset from Likud, insisted that none of the military objectives of the war were achieved — defeating Hezbollah, stopping the missile attacks on Israel, and rescuing the kidnapped soldiers — and that Olmert must bear the blame and step down.
Luke Ford On the Set Of Barely Legal 75, May 18, 2007
http://www.lukeford.net Luke Ford hangs out on set in Sunland with Jenny Hendrix, Evelyn Lin, Alexis Love, Faye Runaway, Alexandra
Donny Long's Girls
http://www.lukeford.net Luke Ford interviews Donny Long and a couple of his girls May 26, 2007.
On Set Of Barely Legal 75, May 18, 2007
http://www.lukeford.net Luke Ford on set in Sunland with Jenny Hendrix, Evelyn Lin, Alexis Love, Faye Runaway, Alexandra.
Aria (Keri Doudna) Interview II, March 20, 2007
http://www.lukeford.net Luke Ford interviews Aria about her past in the Adult industry and her new beginning: http://www.myspace.com/humblebodyworks
Aria (Keri Doudna) Interview, March 20, 2007
http://www.lukeford.net Luke Ford interviews Aria aka Keri Doudna, a massage therapist in Woodland Hills. Her site: http://www.myspace.com/humblebodyworks
Evelyn Lin Interview II May 18, 2007
http://www.lukeford.net Luke Ford interviews the UCSD student on the set of Barely Legal 75 in Sunland, CA.
Evelyn Lin Interview May 18, 2007
http://www.lukeford.net Luke Ford interviews Evelyn Lin on the set of Barely Legal 75.
Michelle Avanti Interview II, May 27, 2007
http://www.lukeford.net Luke Ford interviews Michelle Avanti poolside in the Valley.
Melody Gore Interview, May 27, 2007
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