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		<title>Translating creation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A dvar torah, given at Or Chadash, Parashat Bereshit, 22/10/2011. In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. This line is so familiar and iconic, that you probably didn&#8217;t even notice when your own chumash said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warning: Under-edited speeches ahead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For some time, over this blog&#8217;s long period of silence, I&#8217;ve intended to publish the few divrei torah (Synagogue sermons) I have given at Or Chadash. Having resolved to finally do so, I&#8217;ve realised that the fear of having to edit them is what stops me copy-pasting them. Being speeches, they were only really designed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How the anti-BDS protest jerked its knee and shot itself in the foot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Jewish community is often accused of knee-jerk reactions regarding Israel, but I am embarrassed by how true it was in the case of a petition against Marrickville Council&#8217;s boycott of Israel. I do not know how many people added their names to the petition, but it was many more than the four family members [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelnothman.com/2011/03/02/how-the-anti-bds-protest-jerked-its-knee-and-shot-itself-in-the-foot/</link>
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		<title>Return us to you, o Music!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year, I have taken up a new hobby of writing music, among other things. This practice did not start out-of-the-blue this year; the first significant piece I arranged was a medley of Carlebach tunes (Hashiveinu Hashem, Uva&#8217;u ha&#8217;ovdim, Ki mitzion), contrasted with more traditional European synagogue music. I wrote it as a 4-minute four-part [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelnothman.com/2009/11/18/return-us-to-you-o-music/</link>
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		<title>Kohelet and the lost art of piyyut</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A dvar torah given at Or Chadash on Shemini Atzeret, 10 October, 2009. What has been is what will be, and what was done will be done again, for there is nothing new under the sun. Though often deeply profound, the words of Kohelet can be depressing. Some have said that&#8217;s precisely why Ecclesiastes is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelnothman.com/2009/11/17/kohelet-and-the-lost-art-of-piyyut/</link>
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		<title>Facebook frustrations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many things have annoyed me about Facebook lately. I ranted at their representative at ACL the other week, but his job was natural language processing, not bug-fixing. Things have become especially frustrating when dealing with two of their most under-baked utilities: Pages (whataretheyanyway?!) and Events (beentheresinceforeverandstilldon&#8217;twork) in order for my Page, Barefoot, to advertise its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelnothman.com/2009/08/23/facebook-frustrations/</link>
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		<title>Moses the Interpreter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Deuteronomy is literally translated as &#8220;second law&#8221;, just as is משנה תורה. In being a repetition, the book is of great interest as an interpretation of the preceding books of the Torah. Its selection of laws to repeat and to add apparently shows different priorities to other books that have been noted by commentators since [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelnothman.com/2009/08/14/moses-the-interpreter/</link>
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		<title>Happy birthday (belated), Singapore!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Suddenly, the food in Sydney (even in Newtown) seems extremely expensive; WiFi internet is frustratingly occasional; our city is congested with cars and many outrageously-overpriced taxis; it lacks in ethnicity, its streets are dirty, and it is simply cold. At least that&#8217;s how it seems after a week in Singapore. Where else can you eat [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelnothman.com/2009/08/14/happy-birthday-belated-singapore/</link>
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		<title>To Sing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Music has become a rapidly growing part of my life over the past year. While I first soloed on stage singing Yerushalayim Shtot Fun Golt in year 1 with the Moriah Collage Yiddish Group, it was in June that I finally began receiving vocal tuition, with the wonderful classical teacher Sue Falk. Some do say [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelnothman.com/2009/07/31/to-sing/</link>
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		<title>To Singapore</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve neglected this blog for quite a while, but as one does on long flights, I might as well say hello. Yes, I&#8217;m flying again, for the third international trip this year. This is in great violation of an ideal I&#8217;d conjured up a few years ago: that international travel should be minimal and efficient. [...]]]></description>
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