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		<title>What Business Has One Born of Woman Among Us?</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2012/05/what-business-has-one-born-of-woman-among-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 13:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David J. Fryman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pin It At the time of the giving of the Torah, the Talmud teaches (Shabbat 88b-89a), the heavenly angels appeared before God and asked, regarding Moses: “What business has one born of woman among us?” God replied: he is here to receive the Torah. The angels were outraged. How can God’s greatest gift be given ]]></description>
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		<title>Two Kings Wearing One Crown</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2012/04/two-kings-wearing-one-crown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David J. Fryman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pin It The relationship between religion and ethics is a perennial problem in philosophy of religion. In one sense, it seems redundant to say that a particular action is required or prohibited on both religious and moral grounds. If God is perfectly good, it follows that what He desires from us is moral. However, there ]]></description>
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		<title>Jewish Relativity, Revisited</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2012/01/jewish-relativity-revisited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David J. Fryman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pin It Fellow Jewneric blogger, Joshua Einstein, writes about a common argument made by Jewish outreach organizations: â€œthe secular world is morally relative and adriftâ€ and only religion provides &#8220;moral constancy&#8221;. Josh argues that â€œthe claim of moral constancyâ€ is false. â€œMorality in Judaism has been an ever evolving notion, something relative to the times.â€ ]]></description>
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		<title>Jewish Relativity</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2012/01/jewish-relativity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Einstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pin It Religious leaders often posit that the secular world is morally relative and adrift. The changing and metastasizing values of the larger world are no doubt foreboding and challenging but it begs the question: Is Judaism really morally constant? Specifically if we are to look at the Tanach, not as one would logically do ]]></description>
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		<title>The Official Jewish Mother&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2011/11/the-official-jewish-mothers-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamarah Browder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pin It After the back to back celebrations in the Jewish month of Tishrei, many Jews look forward to a break in the month of Cheshvan, which is the only Jewish month without a festival.Â  But this seemingly unremarkable month is extremely rich in spiritual significance, and contains at least one date that is celebrated ]]></description>
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		<title>Multi-Denominational Rabbis Weigh in on the Days of Awe</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2011/10/multi-denominational-rabbis-weigh-in-on-the-days-of-awe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Weinberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pin It To prepare ourselves for introspection and new commitment on Yom Kippur, we want to acknowledge the diverse sentiment of our communities&#8217; Rabbinic leadership. Jewneric has asked Rabbis of any Jewish denomination to submit a short thought for these Days of Awe which we amalgamated and share with you below. ~Dave The days of ]]></description>
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		<title>Reading, â€˜Riting, and â€˜Rithmetic in Retrospect, Part II: No Literature Created Equal</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2010/02/reading-%e2%80%98riting-and-%e2%80%98rithmetic-in-retrospect-part-ii-no-literature-created-equal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Moshe Glasser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pin It An Analysis of the Clashes Between Judaic and Secular Studies in the Jewish Day School In the time since Part I of this series appeared, I have been through yet another round of finals, proctoring, lesson planning, and report cards. Enduring the struggle to construct meaningful and relevant lessons for the coming semester ]]></description>
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		<title>Reading, â€˜Riting, and â€˜Rithmetic in Retrospect, Part I: Introduction</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2009/12/reading-%e2%80%98riting-and-%e2%80%98rithmetic-in-retrospect-part-i-introduction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Moshe Glasser</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jewneric.com/?p=1238</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pin It An Analysis of the Clashes Between Judaic and Secular Studies in the Jewish Day School I am not unique. But I am in a very select club, one that has been an endangered species for many years. Specifically, I am an American Orthodox Jewish Male Secular Studies Teacher, recognizable by my prominent yarmulke, ]]></description>
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		<title>Who Hates Who?</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2009/01/995/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Yehoshua Karsh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pin It The following is a letter to the editor of an imaginary paper that would only be read by people who understand that I mean well, and who know that I write this as a humble teacher moved to teach: Dear Editor: If a friend of yours confided that she had several relationships with ]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Karma?</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2009/01/bad-karma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Yehoshua Karsh</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jewneric.com/?p=989</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pin It Is it possible that even when you do the right thing it will bring you negative consequences? Imagine that your Aunt walks into the room, this is the first time you have seen her since she became ill. She looks gaunt and pail, but you want to cheer her up so you tell ]]></description>
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		<title>Davening on airplanes</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2008/09/davening-on-airplanes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Moshe Grussgott</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jewneric.com/?p=751</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pin It I haven&#8217;t posted in a while, perhaps because I haven&#8217;t felt particularly passionate about anything. Here&#8217;s something I am passionate about, having dealt with it recently on a plane back from Israel: We all know the feeling. You&#8217;re sitting on an El AL plane to Israel, the seat belt sign is on, it&#8217;s ]]></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[Pin It 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. ]]></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[Pin It 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. ]]></description>
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		<title>Wordle Shows Visual Representations of Any Text with Cool Biblical Implacations</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2008/06/wordle-shows-visual-representations-of-any-text-with-cool-biblical-implacations/</link>
		<comments>http://jewneric.com/2008/06/wordle-shows-visual-representations-of-any-text-with-cool-biblical-implacations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Weinberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pin It Today, someone sent me the link to a new web 2.0 site, Wordle. Wordle gives you a tag cloud of any text you put in. Someone already mashed up Vayikra (Leviticus), Rus (Ruth) and Tehillim (Psalms) &#8211; shown below. Other really cool examples are the Gettysburg Address and the Declaration of Independence. It&#8217;s ]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Eat a Peach or Raisins and Almonds because Carrot Juice is Murder</title>
		<link>http://jewneric.com/2008/06/dont-eat-a-peach-or-raisins-and-almonds-because-carrot-juice-is-murder/</link>
		<comments>http://jewneric.com/2008/06/dont-eat-a-peach-or-raisins-and-almonds-because-carrot-juice-is-murder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gertler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pin It 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 ]]></description>
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