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		<title>The Truth About &#8220;an Eye for an Eye and a Tooth for a Tooth&#8221; (Is it Meant to be Taken Literally Within Jewish Law?)</title>
		<link>http://www.jewinthecity.com/2010/08/the-truth-about-an-eye-for-an-eye-and-a-tooth-for-a-tooth-is-it-meant-to-be-taken-literally-within-jewish-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask your average Jew the name of Jesus's mother and you'll most likely get a "Mary." Ask him the name of Moses mother and you'll most likely get a blank stare. Despite the fact that we Jews are the people of the book, for many of us in the last couple generations, the books we know do not [...]


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		<title>Changing Teams: Amare Stoudemire and the Orthodox Perspective on Converting to Judaism</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The first major league baseball game I attended (I was 11 at the time) was so boring I spent most of the nine innings trying to get the crowd to do "the wave;" the only sports I do enjoy watching on TV are the girly ones (gymnastics and figure skating); and up until recently, I was quite convinced that Lebron James was actually called "James LeBron."
Needless to say, [...]


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		<title>The Chosen (Last) People</title>
		<link>http://www.jewinthecity.com/2010/05/the-chosen-last-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 15:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The idea that the Jewish nation considers itself to be the "chosen people" is something that rubs many people the wrong way. Such a term smacks of elitism and supremacy. Do we Jews really believe that we have some innate quality that makes us a "master race?"
Upon examining a famous midrash (a commentary to the Bible based on exegesis, parable, [...]


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		<title>How Can You Be an Orthodox Jew Considering Its Position on Homosexuality?</title>
		<link>http://www.jewinthecity.com/2010/04/how-can-you-be-an-orthodox-considering-its-position-on-homosexuality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jewinthecity.com/2010/04/how-can-you-be-an-orthodox-considering-its-position-on-homosexuality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Allison,
My life used to be on a trajectory very similar to the one yours took. I was raised as a Conservative Jew and, as a teenager, was enchanted by the spiritual and intellectual depth of Orthodox Judaism. My would-be journey was abruptly cut short, though, when I realized that I was gay, and that [...]


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		<title>Do Orthodox Men Wear Suits 24/7?</title>
		<link>http://www.jewinthecity.com/2010/03/do-orthodox-men-wear-suits-247/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jewinthecity.com/2010/03/do-orthodox-men-wear-suits-247/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Jew in the City,
I live in Hollywood, California, and here there is a community full of Orthodox Jews with beards and everything. I was wondering where do they work? How do they make money? I have never seen an Orthodox Jew outside of this neighborhood. I been in many business places, offices, etc., etc. [...]


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		<title>Do Orthodox Jews believe in vaccinating?</title>
		<link>http://www.jewinthecity.com/2010/02/do-orthodox-jews-believe-in-vaccinating/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jewinthecity.com/2010/02/do-orthodox-jews-believe-in-vaccinating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Jew in the City,
Lock the kids [with mumps] up...do not sicken everyone. You have no right to impose your beliefs against vaccination on the rest of society.
If you don't see it this way...advice...leave this country. Go to someplace where ignorance and stupidity are bliss.  America is NOT such a place.  We lose ours, you will [...]


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		<title>Jew in the City Season One Bloopers</title>
		<link>http://www.jewinthecity.com/2010/01/jew-in-the-city-season-one-bloopers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jewinthecity.com/2010/01/jew-in-the-city-season-one-bloopers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some funny outtakes from Season One (in case you thought Orthodox Jews were always serious).



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		<title>Hollywood Hasidim</title>
		<link>http://www.jewinthecity.com/2009/12/hollywood-hasidim/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I haven’t seen the recently released, New York, I Love You, I have a pretty good guess as to what it’ll be like – well, the Hasidic part, at least: over-the-top, misinformed, melodramatic, and generally inaccurate. How can I be so sure? Because that's how Hasidim are always portrayed in Hollywood: Fiddler on the Roof, Yentl, A [...]


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		<title>Are Orthodox Jews Sexist? (The Blog Version)</title>
		<link>http://www.jewinthecity.com/2009/07/are-orthodox-jews-sexist-the-blog-version/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently released the latest episode of "Jew in the City" with a guest appearance by Mayim Bialik. The video has gotten an overwhelmingly positive response, but there have been some negative comments posted on various websites too. I was called an "apologist" in at least one place, but I must set the record straight - and [...]


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		<title>You People Are All The Same, Right?</title>
		<link>http://www.jewinthecity.com/2009/05/you-people-are-all-the-same-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 22:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My downstairs neighbor is an older, self-described "not so religious" Jewish lady who lives with her cat and is surprisingly friendly to my family. This has led me to conclude that she is either hard of hearing or soft on judging. I can't imagine what it would be like to have lived below us for the last five years. In that [...]


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