{"id":41747,"date":"2012-03-15T09:54:47","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T17:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=41747"},"modified":"2012-03-15T18:00:22","modified_gmt":"2012-03-16T02:00:22","slug":"just-one-new-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=41747","title":{"rendered":"Just One New Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In his first lecture for <A HREF=\"http:\/\/torahinmotion.org\">Torah in Motion<\/a> on <A HREF=\"http:\/\/onthemainline.blogspot.com\/2011\/07\/on-rabbi-moses-kunitzs-interesting.html\">Rabbi Moses Kunitz<\/a>, professor <A HREF=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marc_B._Shapiro\">Marc B. Shapiro<\/a> says: &#8220;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacob_Neusner\">Jacob Neusner<\/a> used to say that if you find one thing of value in a book, then it is worthwhile. 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