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		<title>An Open Letter to Jerry Seinfeld About Existential Angst</title>
		<link>http://www.jewinthecity.com/2012/02/an-open-letter-to-jerry-seinfeld-about-existential-angst/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Jerry- My husband and I recently saw your show at Foxwoods. I knew you'd be funny, but you surprised me with how serious you got at one point. It was the joke about how people always complain that there's not enough time in life, when in fact, there's too much time. Life, you noted, [...]


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		<title>A (Real Life) Stranger Among Us: The Murder of Leiby Kletzky</title>
		<link>http://www.jewinthecity.com/2011/07/a-real-life-stranger-among-us-the-murder-of-leiby-kletzky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 06:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to like scary movies as a kid. The heart-pounding, palm-sweating, breath-holding, nightmare-inducing (wait, why did I like them again?) kind. Whenever the movie became too much to bear - which was basically every time I'd watch one - I had a trick I'd employ to calm myself down. I would simply look away from [...]


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		<title>A Very Weighty Issue: How Are Your Personal Values Calculated?</title>
		<link>http://www.jewinthecity.com/2011/06/a-very-weighty-issue-how-are-your-personal-values-calculated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 04:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had never been on a diet - that is, until two months ago. I was one of those obnoxious people who could eat as much of whatever I wanted, whenever I pleased. God, life was good. Even my postpartum weight came off easily with my first three pregnancies by simply nursing and sticking to a strict regimen of sloth. Pregnancy number four was different. [...]


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		<title>The Flipside of Suffering: The Jewish Way of Maintaining Joy in the Midst of Tragedy</title>
		<link>http://www.jewinthecity.com/2011/03/the-flipside-of-suffering-the-jewish-way-of-maintaining-joy-in-the-midst-of-tragedy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple weekends ago, smack in the middle of two international tragedies - the earthquake in Japan and the gruesome terror attack in Itamar - we found out about the death of our friends' one-year-old daughter. As if these events weren't hard enough to grasp on their own, they all took place during the Jewish [...]


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		<title>It&#8217;s All About Perspective: Why Spring Came for a Moment in the Middle of Winter</title>
		<link>http://www.jewinthecity.com/2011/02/its-all-about-perspective-why-spring-came-for-a-moment-in-the-middle-of-winter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At eleven o'clock last night, I stared at the computer screen in disbelief.  One of my Facebook friends had just posted that more snow was coming. Incredulous, I checked the weather myself, and sure enough, they were predicting two more days of snow, which was to start at midnight. "But it was almost gone!" I whined to [...]


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		<title>The Kiddush Cup is Always Half Full: Why Judaism is Eternally Optimistic</title>
		<link>http://www.jewinthecity.com/2010/10/the-kiddush-cup-is-always-half-full-why-judaism-is-eternally-optimistic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was a pretty good teenager, if I do say so myself. My biggest rebellion was becoming an Orthodox Jew. Then again, there was that pesky nihilistic phase I went through in high school. I had been searching for the meaning of life since the age of eight when I asked my parents one day [...]


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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>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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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>Self-Worth? Priceless (The Jewish Perspective on a Healthy Self-Image)</title>
		<link>http://www.jewinthecity.com/2010/08/self-worth-priceless-the-jewish-perspective-on-a-healthy-self-image/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s a little game I’ve been playing with my daughters since they were old enough to speak. It’s a way to build up their self-esteem while simultaneously teaching them from where we derive self-worth in Judaism. This is how it goes: Me: Who made you so smart? My daughter: Hashem (which literally means the name, [...]


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		<title>How Many Chances Do You Get When it Comes to a Mitzvah?</title>
		<link>http://www.jewinthecity.com/2010/06/how-many-chances-do-you-get-when-it-comes-to-a-mitzvah/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Allison, There are 613 Mitzvot which is a lot of rules to follow (although not all apply at this time). What happens if you break a mitzvah, e.g. you ate a bacon sandwhich? Would that mean that there's no point in you following that specific mitzvah any more because you've already disobeyed it and God [...]


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		<title>Gym Class</title>
		<link>http://www.jewinthecity.com/2010/02/gym-class/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember back in gym class when two students would get to choose the teams? Just the sound of the teacher announcing who was captain would fill my heart with dread. We'd line up in front of them and wait to hear our names called. They always started with the most sought out teammates and ended with me. On a good [...]


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