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		<title>Breaking the Silence&#8230;in the U.S.</title>
		<link>http://semitism.net/2008/01/31/breaking-the-silencein-the-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Schamess</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow.  Feels a bit strange to write here.  Hard, and sad, to believe that almost 6 months have passed since my family and I spent the summer in Jerusalem, and I was able to write from time to time of the experience.  Returning to Washington and &#8220;real life&#8221; has taken us back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rosh Hashanah Part I: Origins of the Theme of Guilt and Redemption</title>
		<link>http://semitism.net/2007/09/14/rosh-hashanah-part-i-origins-of-the-theme-of-guilt-and-redemption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Schamess</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Jewish ethos changed fundamentally after the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 580 B.C.E.  Jewish thinkers had to re-conceptualize God as a deity whose presence is everywhere - not restricted to the destroyed temple; and who is capable of both vengeance and forgiveness.  From this also stems the notion of a people who can sin and be redeemed.]]></description>
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		<title>Come Home with Me, Judge Winograd</title>
		<link>http://semitism.net/2007/07/26/come-home-with-me-mr-winograd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brooks-Rubin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months back, as I prepared to come to Israel with my family for 3 months, the interim Winograd Commission report came out.  As you may recall, the report identified a range of apparent failures during the conduct of the war with Lebanon in the summer of 2006.  
The final report is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adishut Chinam, or Baseless Complacency</title>
		<link>http://semitism.net/2007/07/23/adishut-chinam-or-baseless-complacency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brooks-Rubin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Much has been made in the past several years about the many linkages and comparisons of the United States &#8212; indeed the 21st century West in general &#8212; and the Roman Empire.  In general, these comparisons focus on the lessons of what brought down the Roman Empire, and how we may be repeating or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Missing</title>
		<link>http://semitism.net/2007/07/11/the-missing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brooks-Rubin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Probably the best way to start this is with a short bit of accidental wisdom from my older son.  I should also probably stop there, too, but since it works so well with my thoughts on my recent trip to Hebron, that I thought I would add the two together.  It has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicklets, Psalms, and St. Anne&#8217;s Church</title>
		<link>http://semitism.net/2007/06/27/chicklets-pslams-and-st-annes-church/</link>
		<comments>http://semitism.net/2007/06/27/chicklets-pslams-and-st-annes-church/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brooks-Rubin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, I found what I think is my new favorite place in all of Jerusalem.  The Church of St. Anne in the Old City, next to the Pools of Bethesda (close to Lion’s (or St. Stephen’s) Gate).  I had heard great things over the years but never managed to make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choice and Life</title>
		<link>http://semitism.net/2007/06/19/choice-and-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brooks-Rubin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading Secretary of State Rice’s remarks yesterday about the situation in Palestine brought to mind a few questions and thoughts about “choice” and &#8220;life&#8221; in Eastern and Western Palestine and Israel.  Here is what she had to say about the issue:
A fundamental choice confronts the Palestinians, and all people in the Middle East, more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Reason for Optimism: High Court Moves on Shehadeh Case</title>
		<link>http://semitism.net/2007/06/18/my-reason-for-optimism-high-court-moves-on-shehadeh-case/</link>
		<comments>http://semitism.net/2007/06/18/my-reason-for-optimism-high-court-moves-on-shehadeh-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brooks-Rubin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, I get it.  Based on the responses and comments to my last post (so far, all 0 of them), I’ll admit anything approaching macro-political analysis (or maybe, more aptly, macro-response) is not my forte.  Despite living in Washington and being an avid reader of/listener to endless analysis and commentary, I can’t quite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From One Helpless-Feeling Soul to Another</title>
		<link>http://semitism.net/2007/06/13/from-one-helpless-feeling-soul-to-another/</link>
		<comments>http://semitism.net/2007/06/13/from-one-helpless-feeling-soul-to-another/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brooks-Rubin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This will be a bit different from my usual posts.  It&#8217;s late and I don&#8217;t really know what to say.  It will be glaring that this is stream of consciousness, but it seems more glaring not to say anything.  So some random thoughts and feelings and fears from inside that I invite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lech Le-chem (or, &#8220;Go&#8221;)</title>
		<link>http://semitism.net/2007/06/11/lech-le-chem/</link>
		<comments>http://semitism.net/2007/06/11/lech-le-chem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brooks-Rubin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;God said to Abram, &#8216;Go away from your land, from your birthplace, and from your father&#8217;s house, to the land that I will show you.&#8217;&#8221;  Genesis 12:1.
I’ll get back to the opening passage of parshat Lech Lecha and hopefully get to my ultimate point in a bit, but feel like I have to give [...]]]></description>
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