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		<title>A (c)hair raising experience</title>
		<link>http://israelity.com/2010/03/17/a-chair-raising-experience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A New Reality]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rosh Hodesh]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Praying in the Jewish tradition can be hazardous to your health &#8211; at least if you&#8217;re a woman at the Kotel.
On every Rosh Hodesh &#8211; the Women of the Wall - a coalition of Conservative, Orthodox and Reform women &#8211; gather on the women&#8217;s side of the Wall for the morning Shaharit service. And on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Purim costumes</title>
		<link>http://israelity.com/2010/02/27/purim-costumes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[havurah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[megilla]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Purim is here, and amid the remains of a lightning-filled 48 hour winter storm, we&#8217;re headed out to hear the Megilla at our local havurah gathering.
It&#8217;s interesting to be part of  &#8211; and the instigators &#8211; behind an egalitatrian minyan in a community where most people are either secular or orthodox, and where the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fact and Fiction: Beit Avi Chai launches film series</title>
		<link>http://israelity.com/2010/02/09/fact-and-fiction-beit-avi-chai-launches-film-series/</link>
		<comments>http://israelity.com/2010/02/09/fact-and-fiction-beit-avi-chai-launches-film-series/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Blum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amy Kronish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beit Avi Chai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eli Tal-El]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Name My Mother Gave Me]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Beit Avi Chai has launched a fascinating new lecture series at its Jerusalem headquarters. The program is called “Fact and Fiction: Diversity Within” and features documentary films followed by one-on-one discussions between the film director and Amy Kronish, a long-time movie maestro and critic who’s put together the series.
Last night was the opening session and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A scoop in the family</title>
		<link>http://israelity.com/2010/02/08/a-scoop-in-the-family/</link>
		<comments>http://israelity.com/2010/02/08/a-scoop-in-the-family/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A New Reality]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Israeliness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coexistence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[basic training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian Arab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IDF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karkal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ma'ariv]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://israelity.com/?p=15070</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I think my children know that I make a living as a journalist &#8211; but sometimes I&#8217;m not sure.
My daughter, who&#8217;s currently in basic training  in Karkal &#8211; one of the few mixed  men-women combat units &#8211;  was home for Shabbat. In passing, I mentioned that a photographer friend thought it would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Listen to the music</title>
		<link>http://israelity.com/2010/02/07/listen-to-the-music/</link>
		<comments>http://israelity.com/2010/02/07/listen-to-the-music/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A New Reality]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coexistence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Har Nof]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[haredi women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jerusalem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Shulamit Conservatory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One doesn&#8217;t often mention the words music and haredi in the same sentence, unless you&#8217;re referring to cantorial liturgy.
But at the Ron Shulamit Music Conservatory in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem, haredi women of all ages (from age 7 through adulthood) are not only learning the classical canon on their instruments of choice, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Super group jams in Jerusalem</title>
		<link>http://israelity.com/2010/02/04/15043/</link>
		<comments>http://israelity.com/2010/02/04/15043/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pop Culture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ain't that a Shame]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exodus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fox News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jerusalem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mickey Heimovich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Tobin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pat Boone]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The combination of Jerusalem, tourism, politics and music can make for some interesting combinations. 
Imagine being a guest at the luxury David Citadel Hotel and coming back after a long day of touring around. In the lobby, you hear some strains of music and clapping coming from the grand ballroom downstairs, so you head on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby namings</title>
		<link>http://israelity.com/2010/01/25/baby-namings/</link>
		<comments>http://israelity.com/2010/01/25/baby-namings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A New Reality]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Immigrant Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israeliness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bagel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brit milah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simchat bat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tu b'shvat]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://israelity.com/?p=14992</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My weekend began and ended with babies, not my own, but two friends&#8217; newborns, one who had his brit on Friday morning, and the other who had her simchat bat on Saturday night.
Both ceremonies took place on the eighth day after their respective births, although there was, of course, no clipping included in the simchat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom of religion for all in Jerusalem &#8211; except women?</title>
		<link>http://israelity.com/2009/11/30/freedom-of-religion-for-all-in-jerusalem-except-women/</link>
		<comments>http://israelity.com/2009/11/30/freedom-of-religion-for-all-in-jerusalem-except-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A New Reality]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[coexistence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jerusalem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kotel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Masorti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nir Barkat Intel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reform haredim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robinson's Arch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shabbat]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Relations in Jerusalem between the haredi community and virtually everyone else seem to be at its nadir. In addition to almost weekly protests by hundreds of haredi demonstrators against hi-tech giant Intel&#8217;s operation of its Har Hotzvim factory on Shabbat and the Shabbat opening of parking lots outside of the Old City to accomodate the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Picture of the week: Bar Refaeli – in trouble again with Israel&#8217;s ultra-orthodox</title>
		<link>http://israelity.com/2009/11/25/picture-of-the-week-bar-refaeli-%e2%80%93-in-trouble-again-with-israels-ultra-orthodox/</link>
		<comments>http://israelity.com/2009/11/25/picture-of-the-week-bar-refaeli-%e2%80%93-in-trouble-again-with-israels-ultra-orthodox/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicky</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising campaign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ayalon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bar Refaeli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Billboard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bonita de Mas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boycott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noam Tor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Survivor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ultra-orthodox]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Earlier this month, it was Bar Refaeli&#8217;s  billboard for Fox  that made Israel&#8217;s ultra-orthodox population threaten boycotts, now it&#8217;s Refaeli&#8217;s billboard for clothing company Bonita De Mas. 
They just don&#8217;t like to see her naked, or even semi-naked, or even, come to that matter, any hint that she might be naked under her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foto Friday &#8211; Edward Kaprov helps splice the ends</title>
		<link>http://israelity.com/2009/11/20/foto-friday-edward-kaprov-helps-splice-the-ends/</link>
		<comments>http://israelity.com/2009/11/20/foto-friday-edward-kaprov-helps-splice-the-ends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Neiman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[art exhibit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art exhibition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art exhibition. photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City of Tel Aviv-Yafo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flea market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[israeli photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jaffa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photo exhibition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photography exhibits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pishpushim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tel Aviv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tel aviv - jaffa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Splicing the Ends is the name of a new art exhibition that opens next week, November 28th, at the Amiad Center in Old Jaffa. Over the past two years, Amiad has emerged as a unique center for the arts in Jaffa’s newly revived Flea Market area, now a hot nightlife spot for Tel Aviv’s young [...]]]></description>
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