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The Great Reveal

Rabbi Karen Deitsch April 17, 2008

Parshat Acharey Mot (Leviticus 16:1-18:30)

From now on, I\’ll only go on dates in pajamas.

Once, I went out with this guy who was really traditional — not Jewishly, but when it came to dating. He believed in chivalry: If we drove somewhere, he would always run around to my side and open the door, even though it took longer and I was perfectly capable of opening it myself.

Letters to the Editor

Jewish Journal March 24, 2005

Letters to the Editor.

E-mailer at the Bat

Carin Davis October 3, 2002

I\’m a sucker for a slugger in a baseball hat. So I got caught looking at Alex, the hottie at my weekly Sunday softball game. He works for a nonprofit, volunteers at a local hospital and drinks at St. Nicks. And he has the greatest laugh.

Why I’m Still Single

Tom Bunzel May 16, 2002

A friend of mine and I were sitting at Canter\’s having lunch when we were discussing my dating life — or lack of it. Since he knows what a cool guy I am, he suggested that there was just one tactic to take — to make up an ex-wife and a divorce so that I could avoid the stigma of having never been married. He went a step better — he went for the widower concept, which I liked, and embellished with the death of my wife in a tragic car wreck. But here\’s the problem: It\’s not so much that I\’m against lying on principle, it has its place. It\’s just that I suck at it.