{"id":4557,"date":"2008-09-05T09:27:31","date_gmt":"2008-09-05T17:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=4557"},"modified":"2008-09-07T13:08:39","modified_gmt":"2008-09-07T21:08:39","slug":"what-can-an-orthodox-jew-get-away-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=4557","title":{"rendered":"What Can An Orthodox Jew Get Away With?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luke Ford, Joey Kurtzman discuss this week&#8217;s Torah portion &quot;Shoftim.&quot; What can you get away with as an Orthodox Jew? How much freedom do you have? Can you eat at McDonalds? No way.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/7Gj9-uJkcEI&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/7Gj9-uJkcEI&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/archives\/updates\/080904.htm\">Complete video of my discussion with Joey Kurtzman on this week&#8217;s Torah portion Shoftim<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke Ford, Joey Kurtzman discuss this week&#8217;s Torah portion &quot;Shoftim.&quot; What can you get away with as an Orthodox Jew? How much freedom do you have? Can you eat at McDonalds? No way. 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