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		<title>Soapbox Hobo 2: Gambling with Sevens</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2008/10/soapbox-hobo-2-gambling-with-sevens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gertler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a poem someone might have meant to write that could have gone like this: “It&#8217;ll be 21 years from when I wrote this song/Maybe 22 -we won&#8217;t be &#8217;round long/As time hurries on/That which was green turned to brown.” 21 is an interesting number as it is 3 times 7, both of which ]]></description>
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		<title>Soapbox Hobo</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2008/07/soapbox-hobo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gertler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve probably seen him more often in TV, Movies and other visual media than you have on the street where he belongs. He&#8217;s the guy with the sign that says: &#8220;The end is near!&#8221;, &#8220;Kiss tomorrow goodbye!&#8221;, &#8220;Earth is doomed!&#8221; and other optimistic cheerful things. Today, I dare to be the crazy guy. Hear me ]]></description>
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		<title>Bull By Any Other Color</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gertler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s right, it&#8217;d still be bull. In an attempt to take a break from the philosophical and creative ideas that have been the basis for most of my posts to Jewneric, I will be delving into the issue of Kashrut. Between myself and the other posters on Jewneric there has been adequate discussion on issues ]]></description>
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		<title>The Other Leather Bondage</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2008/07/the-other-leather-bondage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gertler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I, once again, feel I may be going into territory not as family friendly as this site is intended. If your sensibilities are easily offended (or if you think I really have gone &#8220;too far&#8221;), feel free to express yourself in comments. Some teachers have one liners that live on outside the classroom. One of ]]></description>
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		<title>To Err is Human, To Eruv is Jewish</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2008/06/to-err-is-human-to-eruv-is-jewish/</link>
		<comments>http://jewneric.com/2008/06/to-err-is-human-to-eruv-is-jewish/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gertler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past few weeks I&#8217;ve been reporting for the Long Island Jewish World. The big issue that I am covering is the newest eruv debate. You&#8217;ve heard the debates in all their various forms from other locations, and in most recent memory- the one originating from Tenafly, NJ. The new municipality to be entangled ]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Eat a Peach or Raisins and Almonds because Carrot Juice is Murder</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gertler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are on the approach to the Pentecost, also known as Shavuot. On the holiday of Shavuot there is a well known custom not to eat any meat. There is a lesser known custom of the day prior to Shavuot not to eat any meat or any milk. Both customs are of the same origin: ]]></description>
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		<title>The Touchy Subject</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2008/05/the-touchy-subject/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 12:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gertler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When tackling this issue, all sorts of fun puns come to mind. One needs to be cautious in approach, steady on arrival and only once a comfortable calm has been established can one thrust forward with the heat of the issue. Even then it is not a simple task to ensure everyone&#8217;s happiness with the ]]></description>
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		<title>Sports, Religion &amp; The Catskills: Part 3</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2008/05/sports-religion-the-catskills-part-3/</link>
		<comments>http://jewneric.com/2008/05/sports-religion-the-catskills-part-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 08:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gertler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past few articles, I&#8217;ve postulated that people who follow pro-sports do so to try to be part of a team. I&#8217;ve also postulated that people holding on to old Jewish culture (such as Yiddish, the Catskills or gefilte fish) as an essence of Judaism are living in the past. If anything I said ]]></description>
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		<title>Sports, Religion &amp; The Catskills: Part 2</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2008/05/sports-religion-the-catskills-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://jewneric.com/2008/05/sports-religion-the-catskills-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 22:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gertler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Catskill Mountains and Other Jewish Past-Perfect Had-Beens Some of the reasons that the average person follows pro-sports (according to what we discussed) included an internal need to be part of a club and societal pressures. This week we will get a little closer and offend people more fiercely by reminding people that in the ]]></description>
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		<title>Sports, Religion &amp; The Catskills: Part 1</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2008/04/sports-religion-the-catskills-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://jewneric.com/2008/04/sports-religion-the-catskills-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gertler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask any Jewish Chicago Cubs fan if he finds a connection between his faithfulness to the Cubs and his Judaism. If the answer is not &#8220;yes,&#8221; then you&#8217;ve asked someone deficient in caring about the Cubs or his religion. The Cubs are celebrating 100 years since their last World Championship. This makes them the most ]]></description>
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		<title>The Limits of Freedom</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2008/04/the-limits-of-freedom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gertler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the Seder we ask a myriad of questions. We are fortunate to have answers for most of our questions. One question however, has two seemingly contradictory answers. In the earlier stages of Magid, we claim that Matza is the bread of affliction that we ate in Egypt. We are eating Matza to set the ]]></description>
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		<title>Knockin&#8217; On Zimmerman&#8217;s Door</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2008/04/knockin-on-zimmermans-door/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gertler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While my current employment in Jewish entertainment media has come up in my posts from time to time, I&#8217;ve never quite had enough gall to publish one of my playlists. I do so today on two counts. On the one hand, I know that if I had opened this up here, I would have had ]]></description>
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		<title>Rabbis&#8217; New Role: Wedding Crashers</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2008/03/rabbis-new-role-wedding-crashers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gertler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While those in the Internet reading community may not be aware, Brooklyn rabbis have recently banned marriage. I went undercover to find the story, and I now present my first piece of investigative journalism. Rabbis Ban Marriage: Cite Promiscuity as Reason Yet Another Jewneric Exclusive by staff writer, David Gertler A group of 178 of ]]></description>
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		<title>Being a Heretic in MY Bible</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2008/03/being-a-heretic-in-my-bible/</link>
		<comments>http://jewneric.com/2008/03/being-a-heretic-in-my-bible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gertler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout the past couple of weeks, I&#8217;ve spoken sarcastically about how the mere act of thinking is considered by some to be heretical. It doesn&#8217;t matter what you think; if it is contrary to a group&#8217;s core beliefs, you are a heretic according to their understanding. Of course, in your understanding, their ideas are probably ]]></description>
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		<title>Being a Heretic, OR, Holy Unfathomables, Batman</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2008/03/being-a-heretic-or-holy-unfathomables-batman/</link>
		<comments>http://jewneric.com/2008/03/being-a-heretic-or-holy-unfathomables-batman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gertler</dc:creator>
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