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Simcha - שמחה

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About Me

I’m a happily married, headbanging, tattooed, tzitzit wearing, guitar slinging, ready for the Moshiach pit, media industry Zionist Jew!

Searching for observance in midlife has been rewarding and a bit frustrating. The highs are intense and the lows are well… messed up.

Did I mention that living in Hawaii makes it all the more challenging?

These issues, among others, are what I discuss in my BLOG. Take a look, and join the discussion, if you like.

Lay T'FILLIN!!

My first REAL band, "Warwick" 1982 - 1983 R.I.P.

Yeah, that's me on the left playing with my hair (diva!)

I can't believe we named the band "Ruffian!"

My Blog

The Death of Israel (Morris & McGann)

THE DEATH OF ISRAELBy DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANNPublished on DickMorris.com on May 24, 2009From Caroline Glick, deputy editor and op-ed writer for the Jerusalem Post, comes alarming news.  An expert ...
Posted by on Wed, 27 May 2009 17:05:00 GMT

Palestinians for Israel

Rory McCarthy in Sderot The Guardian, Friday June 13 2008From a plastic chair on his front porch Samir looked out over a garden neatly planted with rose bushes. In this house Samir, his wife, and five...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:54:00 GMT

You can call him anything you want

"Yeshua" is still Jesus.  Why grip on to what Jewishness he had when he was alive (if ever he was) when all your "scriptures" strip him of everything Jewish.  He never became Bar Mitzvah, he never mar...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:45:00 GMT

Graduating to Porn and food for thought

I watched Bill O'Reilley's show tonight, which featured a segment discussing "racey" commercials with racier viral versions online where the rules are fast and loose.The consensus seemed to be that th...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:38:00 GMT

Freedom to be me?

Over the past 5 years or so, my wife and I have made strides, each in our own pace, toward the Light.  Toward frum life - or whatever life's compromises take us to - slowly but surely.Many of my non-J...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:29:00 GMT

An amazing Rebbe

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson(1902-1994)Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the leader -"the Rebbe"- of the Lubavitch movement of Chassidic Judaism for forty four years, was a paradoxical man. While ...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:48:00 GMT

CBS SMEARS ISRAEL

(repost from Honest Reporting)We wonder where Bob Simon of CBS's 60 Minutes has been for the past few weeks. Hamas's actions in the Gaza Strip, which Israel evacuated in 2005, have led to divisions wi...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:39:00 GMT

Gingrich on Gaza - Newt Knows!

What Do You Do When The Guy Across the Negotiating Table Wants to Destroy You?  by  Newt Gingrich01/13/2009Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clintons confirmation hearings are underway in the Sena...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:09:00 GMT

My chat with Robert Schimmel

A friend of mine walks up to me in the front office with comedian Robert Schimmel.  Not the kind of thing that happens everyday  unless you're me.  I head up the Creative Department at a ra...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:19:00 GMT

BBC - Bulldozing Reality

From HonestReporting, July 2, 2008: At the time of writing, more details are emerging on today's (Tuesday July 2) terror attack on Jerusalem's busy Jaffa Street thoroughfare. A Palesti...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:11:00 GMT