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		<title>News Callout</title>
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		<link>http://emanu-el-stage.org/2012/05/02/news-callout/</link>
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		<title>Date Callout</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Emor, 5772]]></description>
		<link>http://emanu-el-stage.org/2012/05/01/date-callout/</link>
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		<title>Completing the Circle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My term as president of this Temple ends soon. This is a time to reflect, acknowledge and turn the page. Serving as Temple president these past three years reminds me why people are grateful for the opportunity to devote a lot of time and energy to a basically thankless task. The reason is because it’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://emanu-el-stage.org/2012/04/22/completing-the-circle/</link>
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		<title>Prayer to a Differently Understood God</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month in this column I offered thoughts based on my reading about alternative ways to understand God for those of us who are uncomfortable with the model of a superior being that acts upon us from the outside. What if God could be understood as existence itself? What if God were the vital force [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://emanu-el-stage.org/2012/03/15/prayer-to-a-differently-understood-god/</link>
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		<title>External versus Internal God</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is difficult, in these times, for many Jews to find a satisfying and meaningful way to understand God. The ancient model of God as an external entity, generally portrayed as being above us, as in “heaven”, doesn’t work very well for so many of us. Yet, Judaism is undeniably a God-centered religion as concerns [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://emanu-el-stage.org/2012/02/15/external-versus-internal-god/</link>
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		<link>http://emanu-el-stage.org/2012/02/05/interfaith-trip/</link>
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		<title>Your Spiritual Home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Has Temple Emanu-El been your spiritual home for a significant portion of your life? Has this synagogue been a Jewish center for you, a place where you found meaningful friendships, celebrated family simchas and, when needed, found comfort and peace? As the year 2012 gets underway, the leadership of Temple Emanu-El has begun to look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Serve Us vs. Service?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the incoming President of the Union for Reform Judaism, raises a compelling question. Should the primary role of the synagogue be to address the desires of its members? Or should it be to offer an opportunity for members to participate in Jewish life? Are we here to give members what they want [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://emanu-el-stage.org/2011/12/18/serve-us-vs-service/</link>
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		<title>Finding Meaning in the Ordinary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In early November I celebrated the 50th anniversary of my Bar Mitzvah at the Temple. I invited the whole congregation during my comments on Erev Yom Kippur, and was pleased that some of you were able to show up. It was a lovely, simple Shabbat morning service, followed by a nice lunch that lasted barely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://emanu-el-stage.org/2011/11/14/finding-meaning-in-the-ordinary/</link>
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		<title>A Covenant People</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Judaism is a covenant religion; we are a covenant people. Distinct from religions that claim believing as their central act, being Jewish means that we collectively and individually affirm a permanent bond with God, as made by our ancestors. You don’t have to believe the stories or even be comfortable with the idea of an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://emanu-el-stage.org/2011/10/12/a-covenant-people/</link>
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