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		<title>Jewish Identity, Israel, and Visual Arts</title>
		<link>http://jewsbychoice.org/2010/05/11/jewish-identity-israel-and-visual-arts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 01:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yair S</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi all, While engaging in my addictive behavior of cruising the internet in search of cool images and websites related to Israel and Jewish life, I stumbled upon an awesome set of photos by Israeli artist Toby Cohen.  The website on which his work is featured is called Omanoot: Israel Through Art, and it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conversion Bill Update From the Masorti Movement &#8211; Its Good News!!!</title>
		<link>http://jewsbychoice.org/2010/03/16/conversion-bill-update-from-the-masorti-movement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well this is good news! Maybe our emails did help! The Conversion Bill The Conversion Bill This is an update, and a thank you. As a result of the strong feelings expressed by so many, including many of you, the bill in the Knesset which would have affected conversion and the Law of Return has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yair Dalal &#8211; Connecting Jews and Arabs Through a Shared History</title>
		<link>http://jewsbychoice.org/2010/03/08/yair-dalal-connecting-jews-and-arabs-through-a-shared-history/</link>
		<comments>http://jewsbychoice.org/2010/03/08/yair-dalal-connecting-jews-and-arabs-through-a-shared-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yair S</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi all, I thought I would share with readers an artist who many have probably heard of before, and whose music is some of my very favorite.  His name is Yair Dalal, and he is an Israeli Jew born to parents of Iraqi extraction.  His music ranges from Jewish prayers to traditional Iraqi Jewish music [...]]]></description>
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		<title>URGENT ACTION REQUESTED regarding Knesset Conversion Bill</title>
		<link>http://jewsbychoice.org/2010/03/08/urgent-action-requested-regarding-knesset-conversion-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://jewsbychoice.org/2010/03/08/urgent-action-requested-regarding-knesset-conversion-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just received an email from Rabbi Menachem Creditor of Netivot Shalom and the Shefa Network regarding a Conversion Bill that’s about to be presented to the Knesset. I’ve already posted about it here but I thought I should pass along Rabbi Creditors request on the main blog. Despite my own burnout and apathy on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yehuda Halevi &#8211; Rabbi, Philosopher, Poet, and Proto-Religious Zionist</title>
		<link>http://jewsbychoice.org/2010/02/12/yehuda-halevi-rabbi-philosopher-poet-and-proto-religious-zionist/</link>
		<comments>http://jewsbychoice.org/2010/02/12/yehuda-halevi-rabbi-philosopher-poet-and-proto-religious-zionist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yair S</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite topics for study is Jewish history, particularly of Jewish communities in the Islamic world.  The cross-cultural fertilization that happened between Jewish and Arabic cultures in Islamic Spain, Iraq, Egypt, and other places provides an interesting reminder of the closeness our people share with the Arab world, despite current geopolitical challenges.  Some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israeli Conversion Crisis and a Measure of its Impact</title>
		<link>http://jewsbychoice.org/2010/02/11/israeli-conversion-crisis-and-a-measure-of-its-impact/</link>
		<comments>http://jewsbychoice.org/2010/02/11/israeli-conversion-crisis-and-a-measure-of-its-impact/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yair S</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[YNet news reported an interesting look at at least one aspect of the fallout of the conversion crisis in Israel.  The numbers presented by Rabbi Israel Rosen to the Chief Rabbinate&#8217;s conversion department and religious courts show a 12% drop in the rate of conversions &#8211; all of which must be sanctioned by the Rabbinate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Worry. Be Israeli!</title>
		<link>http://jewsbychoice.org/2008/05/14/don%e2%80%99t-worry-be-israeli/</link>
		<comments>http://jewsbychoice.org/2008/05/14/don%e2%80%99t-worry-be-israeli/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 07:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shimshonit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a sort of companion post to Avi’s Jerusalem video, I wanted to share an article I recently came across from the online Asia Times, entitled &#8220;Why Israel is the world’s happiest country.&#8221; It’s rare to think of Israel in any terms other than negative ones these days. Our unenviable geographic position, our corrupt government, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rabbi Jonathan Sacks and Israel’s 60th anniversary: the CD</title>
		<link>http://jewsbychoice.org/2008/04/26/rabbi-jonathan-sacks-and-israel%e2%80%99s-60th-anniversary-the-cd/</link>
		<comments>http://jewsbychoice.org/2008/04/26/rabbi-jonathan-sacks-and-israel%e2%80%99s-60th-anniversary-the-cd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shimshonit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diaspora]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pesach is over now, and Israeli motorists have begun attaching Israeli flags to their cars in honor of Israel’s upcoming 60th birthday. To honor the 60th anniversary of Israel’s independence, Britain’s chief rabbi, R’ Jonathan Sacks, has compiled a double CD of readings (read by R’ Sacks himself) and songs celebrating the millennia-old attachment of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abuse: Two Jewish responses</title>
		<link>http://jewsbychoice.org/2008/04/14/abuse-two-jewish-responses/</link>
		<comments>http://jewsbychoice.org/2008/04/14/abuse-two-jewish-responses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shimshonit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past couple of weeks here in Israel, several stories have broken in the press about severe child abuse, including one here in Beit Shemesh.  There is a fine old saying that &#8220;The Jews are just like everyone else, only more so.&#8221;  God forbid.  But unfortunately, spousal and child abuse do occur within the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Israel and the Diaspora need…</title>
		<link>http://jewsbychoice.org/2008/04/08/what-israel-and-the-diaspora-need%e2%80%a6/</link>
		<comments>http://jewsbychoice.org/2008/04/08/what-israel-and-the-diaspora-need%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shimshonit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diaspora]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been several articles in the press, as well as some brief discussions on this blog, about how to achieve a closer relationship between Israel and the Diaspora.  I&#8217;ve given this topic much thought, and have recorded the results below, limited by my experience and personal outlook.  I’m sure I’ve left out things, but [...]]]></description>
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