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		<title>Which is more important &#8211; your feminism or your Judaism?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 18:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A brilliant article on that question along with the concerns raised when the Reform movement ordained its third female rabbi ever. These days, it&#8217;s common to see female rabbis in both Reform and conservative circles, but it helps to look back and remember where we came from. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>So you want to be a Jew?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 20:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Occasionally, I run into someone who says they&#8217;re &#8220;looking into&#8221; Judaism. Now, Judaism isn&#8217;t like other religions. We believe that the righteous of other nations (ie. other religions) will &#8220;get to heaven&#8221; too&#8230;and that less is required of them! But, for a Jew, a whole range of commandments given by God come into play. So, when I hear someone say&#8230; <a href="http://www.moderngnosis.org/archives/1473">(more...)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kabbalah for the Masses</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 00:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just read an essay over on the Forward called Kabbalah for the Masses: Re-considering the Elitism of Medieval Jewish Mysticism.  Basically, the author points out that one may think that Kabbalah was the stuff of elitists when looking at sources which are usually focused upon. However, at the same time these sources were making obscure Occultic works, there were&#8230; <a href="http://www.moderngnosis.org/archives/1471">(more...)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Embracing Judaism</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a Jew. Not only am I a Jew, I&#8217;m a Jew by choice. So, it may seem odd that I&#8217;m making a post about embracing Judaism. OF COURSE I&#8217;ve embraced Judaism. Otherwise, I would not have undertaken the difficult journey to become a Jew to start with. But, what I have done and what I am doing has&#8230; <a href="http://www.moderngnosis.org/archives/1467">(more...)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Drake&#8217;s Re-Bar Mitzvah Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not a rap fan. I don&#8217;t listen to rap or country. I listen to pretty much anything else. So, I&#8217;m not the best to comment on how good a rap or country song is. But, that&#8217;s not the point of this post. As far as the tune and rhythm, Drake&#8217;s latest video has a pretty catchy song. But, as&#8230; <a href="http://www.moderngnosis.org/archives/1463">(more...)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Traditional Shabbat</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been reading up on a traditional Shabbat. Having never really experienced one, I decided to do one. The thing about a traditional Shabbat is really no creative work. There are many categories of work that are prohibited traditionally. The idea is that you prepare and avoid those actions on Shabbat. You use timers to turn things on and off,&#8230; <a href="http://www.moderngnosis.org/archives/1460">(more...)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Counting the Omer &#8211; Kabbalah</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 01:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huffington Post is counting the omer. If you don&#8217;t know what counting the omer is, it&#8217;s counting 49 days from the second day of Passover. It is largely a kabbalistic exercise in which, each day, you focus on a very specific aspect of God and try to attune to that energy.]]></description>
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		<title>My First Tallit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 01:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I bought my first tallit before Pesach (Passover) and wore it Passover morning. A tallit is a prayer shawl commanded by God: (Numbers 15) 37The Lord said to Moses, 38“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Throughout the generations to come you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.&#8230; <a href="http://www.moderngnosis.org/archives/1454">(more...)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gallup Poll &#8211; Religiosity and Well-being</title>
		<link>http://www.moderngnosis.org/archives/1452</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 20:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gallup just released a poll where they found a huge correlation between religiosity and well-being. The poll results can be found here. One of the most interesting findings is that Jews buck the trend. The Jews score the highest on the well-being index while, at the same time, being the least religious overall.]]></description>
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		<title>Passover (Pesach) Posts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 04:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You Were Strangers: The Ethical Significance of Passover Defining Freedom For Jews]]></description>
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