How I Married Karen
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by Robert J. Avrech
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- About Me
Robert J. Avrech
Los Angeles, California
I'm an Emmy Award winning screenwriter. I'm also an observant Jew, a religious Zionist, a conservative Republican, and a member of the NRA. I've been writing and producing in Hollywood for over twenty-five years. But the focus of my life is my family: my radiant wife, Karen—with whom I have been in love with since I was nine years-old—and my two daughters, who, thankfully, look like Karen. Not too long ago, we had three children. But our son, Ariel, died at the age of twenty-two from cancer. We miss him terribly. We think about him practically every minute of every day. People tell us that time heals, but Karen and I know this is not true. Time grinds away doing its terrible work. Ariel is gone. Yet absence becomes presence.
Ariel Chaim Avrech, ZT'L, May His Righteous Memory be a Blessing.
Annual Ariel Avrech
Memorial Lectures
Young Israel of Century City
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Fifteenth: June 10, 2018
Jackie Danicki: “Confessions of a Convert: A Humbling, Joyful Journey to Judaism.”
Blog Post | Audio: (94 MB)Fourteenth: June 11, 2017
Daniel Greenfield: “Fighting Anti-Semitism and Defending Israel in the Age of BDS.”
Blog Post | Audio: (100 MB)Eleventh: June 8, 2014
Michael Medved: “Shifting Alliances: Why Liberals No Longer Reliably Support Israel — And Conservatives Do.”
Blog Post | Audio: (97MB)Tenth: June 9, 2013
David Horowitz: “The War Against Judaism on the University Campus.”
Blog Post | Audio: (16MB)Ninth: June 3, 2012
Joel B. Pollak: “The Mainstream Media’s Betrayal of Israel.”
Blog Post | Audio: (15MB)Eighth: June 5, 2011
Yossi Klein Halevi: “What is Expected of a Survivor People: Lessons My Father Taught Me.”
Blog Post | Audio: (18MB)Seventh: June 13, 2010
Dennis Prager: “Happiness is a Mitzvah, Not an Emotion.”
Blog Post | Audio: (80MB)
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Tag Archives: Karen Singer Avrech
Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions
Posted in Ansel Adams, Art, Art Deco, Automobiles, Design, Dovima, Elvis Presley, Fashion, Friday Fotos, Gary Cooper, Hollywood, Hollywood Stars, Hollywood Still Photography, Judaica, Judaism, Judy Garland, Marlene Dietrich, Photography, Quotes, True Hollywood Confessions
Also tagged Albrecht Durer, Alfred Wertheimer, Art Deco, Ben Hur, Berthe Morisot, Clyfford Still, Dovima, Elvis Presley, Gary Cooper, George Hoyningen-Huene, German-Jewish Soldiers, Horst P. Horst, Jerzy Flisak, Jessica Tandy, Judy garland, Marlene Dietrich, Norman Parkinson, Richard Avedon, Rick McGinnis, Vintage Cars, World War I
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Friend Ari Fuld Z’L Murdered by IslamoNazi
Yesterday, Ari Fuld, 45, beloved husband and father to four children, was murdered by an IslamoNazi. Though stabbed in the back, Ari courageously drew his weapon, pursued his attacker, and managed to shoot and wound the cowardly IslamoNazi before collapsing from his wounds. (CCTV of the incident here) Ari was rushed to Shaarei Tzedek hospital […]
Posted in Ari Fuld, Efrat, Islamic Terror, IslamoNazis, Israel, Israel Defense Forces
Also tagged Ari Fuld, Efrat, IDF, Israel, Kever Rochel, Miriam Fuld, MiriamFuld, Rachel's Tomb, Standing Together, Tamar Fuld
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Jackie Danicki to Deliver 15th Annual Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture
You are all invited to the Fifteenth Annual Ariel Avrech ZT’L Memorial Lecture that will take place Sunday, June 10, 2018, at 10 AM, followed by brunch. Location: Young Israel of Century City 9317 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90035 For those unable to attend the lecture will be posted here at Seraphic Secret. Karen and I are delighted […]
Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions
Posted in Art, Clark Gable, Friday Footwear, Hollywood, Hollywood Stars, Hollywood Still Photography, Ingrid Bergman, Joan Crawford, Marilyn Monroe, Painting, Photography, Quotes, Screenwriting, True Hollywood Confessions
Also tagged Anne Truitt, Clark Gable, Edward Hopper, Erwin Blumenfeld, Fay Bainter, Frank Capra, Ingrid Bergman, It Happened One Night, Joan Crawford, John Ford, Louis Anquetin, Rick McGinnis, Robert Henri, The Twelve Tribes
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Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions
Posted in Alfred Hitchcock, Art, Betty Grable, Cary Grant, Design, Dovima, Family, Friday Fotos, Ginger Rogers, Great Dialogue, Hollywood, Hollywood Stars, Hollywood Still Photography, Ingrid Bergman, Joan Blondell, Judaica, Judaism, Lielle Meital, Movie Posters, Movies, Myrna Loy, Painting, Photography, Quotes, Rita Hayworth, Ronald Reagan, Screenwriting
Also tagged Albrecht Durer, Ben Hecht, Betty Grable, Bugatti, Celia, D Day Synagogue Services, Dovima, Erwin Blumenfeld, Ginger Rogers, Giuseppe Cesari, Groucho Marx, Hispano-Suiza, Jacob Riis, Joan Blondell, July 4th Hollywood, László Moholy-Nagy, Lee Miller, Lielle, Movie Posters from Poland, Myrna Loy, Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lifshitz, Rena, Renaissance, Rick McGinnis, Ronald Reagan, Sofonisba Anguissola, Theodore Chassériau, Truth About Youth
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Daniel Greenfield to Deliver 2017 Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture
You are all invited to the Fourteenth Annual Ariel Avrech ZT’L Memorial Lecture that will take place Sunday, June 11, 2017, at 10 AM, followed by brunch.
Posted in Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture
Also tagged Daniel Greenfield, Ner Yisroel, Yeshiva Gedolah
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Jew Without a Gun: 25 Years Ago, the LA Riots
This coming Saturday marks the 25the anniversary of the Los Angeles Riots. Thus, I am republishing my three-part series about the riots of 1992 in which Karen and I and the children were trapped for several frightening hours. We were unarmed, helpless save for our wits. The police were conspicuously absent and the bad guys—frequently […]
Daniel Greenfield to Deliver 2017 Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture
You are all invited to the Fourteenth Annual Ariel Avrech ZT’L Memorial Lecture that will take place Sunday, June 11, 2017, at 10 AM, followed by brunch.
Posted in Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture, Ariel Chaim Avrech
Also tagged Daniel Greenfield
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Rabbi Philip Harris Singer, z’l, 10th Yahrzeit
Today is the yahrzeit [anniversary] of the death of Karen’s beloved father, Rabbi Philip Harris Singer, Pinchas Zvi. This is the speech our son-in-law delivered on 6/23/16 at the brit milah [circumcision ceremony] for our grandson who was named for Karen’s distinguished father. Our son is named after Aliza’s maternal grandfather, Rabbi Pinchas Zvi Singer, A”H. We […]
Posted in Brit Milah, Family, Judaism, Rabbi Pinchas Zvi Singer, Torah, Yahrtzeit
Also tagged Celia Kahn, Karen's Father, Phillip Harris Singer, yahrtzeit
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How I Married Karen 39 Years Ago Today
Today is our 39th wedding anniversary. But as readers of Seraphic Secret know, I have been helplessly, hopelessly in love with Karen since fourth grade when I first saw her on the playground of our elementary school, Yeshiva of Flatbush. Without Karen, I never would have accomplished much in life. It was her faith that […]
Ben Shapiro to Deliver 2016 Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture
You are all invited to The Thirteenth Annual Ariel Avrech ZT’L Memorial Lecture that will take place Sunday, May 22, 2016, at 10 AM, followed by brunch. For those unable to attend the lecture will be posted here at Seraphic Secret. Karen and I are delighted to announce that our friend Ben Shapiro will deliver this year’s lecture, “How You Can Save […]
Posted in Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture, Ariel Chaim Avrech, Israel
Also tagged Ariel Avrech, Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture, Ben Shapiro, Yeshiva Gedolah
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Ben Shapiro to Deliver 2016 Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture
You are all invited to The Thirteenth Annual Ariel Avrech ZT’L Memorial Lecture that will take place Sunday, May 22, 2016, at 10 AM, followed by brunch. For those unable to attend the lecture will be posted here at Seraphic Secret. Karen and I are delighted to announce that our friend Ben Shapiro will deliver this year’s lecture, “How You Can Save […]
Posted in Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture, Ariel Chaim Avrech, Israel
Also tagged Ben Shapiro, Cal State, Democrat Fascism
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Sukkot, The Past is Never Past
As Jews all over the world make last minute preparations for the holiday of Sukkot, here are a few wonderful pictures of Jews celebrating this joyous holiday in Israel (and Samarkand), a reminder that Torah Judaism is eternal. All photos are from The Library of Congress. You will dwell in booths for seven days; all […]
Posted in Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish Holidays, Judaism, Succos
Also tagged Booths, Bukharin Jews, Jews of Samarkand, Leviticus 23:42, Lielle Meital, Livia Yarden, Ma'ayan Ariel, Succah, Succot, Succot in Israel, Sukkah, Sukkot, Torah Judaism, Uzbekistan
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Repentance and Liberty
by Karen Singer Avrech This past Shabbat our rabbi delivered the traditional Shabbat T’shuvah drasha, (homily). His essential message was that Modern Orthodoxy is doomed unless the importance of traditional halacha (jurisprudence) is understood and respected. Recent trends have favored “dynamism” and “innovation” to match the times, but have neglected the legalistic principles that have […]
Posted in Judaism, Yom Kippur
Also tagged Korach's Rebellion, Progressive Politics, Torah
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Yom Kippur 2015
…In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and you shall not do any work … For on that day he shall provide atonement for you to cleanse you from all your sins before the L-RD. —Leviticus 16:29-30
Posted in Jewish Photography, Judaism, Photography, Yom Kippur
Also tagged Kotel, Little Western Wall, Western Wall, Yom Kippur
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How I Married Karen Thirty-Eight Years Ago Today
Today is our 38th wedding anniversary. But as readers of Seraphic Secret know, I have been helplessly, hopelessly in love with Karen since fourth grade when I first saw her on the playground of our elementary school, Yeshiva of Flatbush. Without Karen, I never would have accomplished very much in life. It was her faith […]
Posted in Family, How I Married Karen, Love, Wedding Anniversary
Also tagged Robert J. Avrech, Yeshiva Flatbush
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Larry Elder: The New Black Anti-Semitism, Video
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjRkPqEM1kg[/youtube] Presenting The 12th Annual Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture with Larry Elder: “The New Black Antisemitism” June 7, 2015. Larry Elder, the sage of L.A. gives a deeply personal talk about the irrationality of black anti-semitism, and how his own life has been enhanced and entwined with that of the Jewish people.
Posted in Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture, Family
Also tagged Ben Shapiro, Larry Elder, Robert J. Avrech
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Larry Elder Lecture Huge Success
Yesterday, Sunday June 7, was the Twelfth Annual Ariel Avrech memorial Lecture. Larry Elder, the Sage of L.A., spoke about the New Black Anti-Smitism. But Larry’s talk was far more personal than standard politics. Larry spoke lovingly of the Jewish State, a trip he took to Israel in his youth, and a rather unique, if […]
Posted in Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture, Family, Friends, Israel, Jerusalem, Larry Elder
Also tagged Ariel Chaim Avrech, Black AntiSemitism, Rabbi Elazar Muskin, Robert J. Avrech
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How Important Are Shared Memories?
More than anything, I look forward to Friday night Shabbat dinner. Frequently, Karen and I are invited to friend’s homes where we and other guests talk, eat, and sing sweet Shabbat songs. But when I’m alone with Karen on Friday night, there is a certain magic that happens — and I never know what form […]
Posted in Family, How I Married Karen, Marriage, Shabbos, Yeshiva Flatbush
Also tagged book covers, Men and Women, Proust, Shabbos, Shared Memories, Yeshiva Flatbush
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