Phil

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Religion
Occupation Rabbi
Location Hendersonville, NC, United States
Introduction I'm a rabbi who loves to write fiction, who loves to pose and play with life's interesting questions, who loves to swim a mile when I can.
Interests Writing, philosophy, biking, swimming, science fiction, detective fiction, film, hiking, playing guitar, the Hebrew Bible, the New York Times, Israel, and a couple of other things that do not come to mind at the moment.
Favorite Movies Casablanca, The Quarrel, the new James Bond series, most anything made in Israel, Sallah Shabbati for sure, The Maltese Falcon, Blazing Saddles, The Bridge Over the River Kwai, and a couple of others.
Favorite Music Most any jazz trumpet and sax, Mahler, Beethoven, The Allman Brothers, Taj Mahal and much blues, John Philip Sousa at the right time, Bob Dylan, much of Paul Simon, Shlomo Artzi, The Indigo Girls, and a couple of others.
Favorite Books The Hebrew Bible, The Guide of the Perplexed, The Star of Redemption, anything featuring Matthew Scudder, most anything by Phillip Roth, most anything by Saul Bellow, I and Thou, The Dynamics of Faith, Leaves of Grass, anything by Poe, and a couple of others for sure.