{"id":19418,"date":"2010-05-26T21:49:28","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T05:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=19418"},"modified":"2010-05-26T21:49:28","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T05:49:28","slug":"very-rabbinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=19418","title":{"rendered":"Very Rabbinic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I sent an Orthodox Jewish friend a <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.llu.edu\/religion\/videos.page\">link<\/a> to my appearance on a Sabbath panel at Loma Linda University ten days ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You looked very rabbinic,&#8221; she said. &#8220;From the way you sat to the way you spoke, you seemed like a rabbi. 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