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  <description><![CDATA[Exploring the life of Jesus of Nazareth, through the eyes of 18th and 19th century converted rabbinical Jews. We will delve into their conversion experiences, how the teachings of Jesus impacted their thinking, and what caused them to break away from their rabbinical teachings. Jesus was a Jew. So was he who he said he was, or just a revolutionary introducing a new type of judaism?]]></description>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Cohen finds that not all Christians are the same, so many seem to contradict their beliefs in how they conduct themselves.  He finds there are many different beliefs among Christians and they cannot all seem to agree.  He goes on to have a supernatural experience, that sets him on the path to accepting that, Jesus of Nazareth, is the Messiah the jews have been waiting for. ]]></itunes:summary>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2022 23:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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    <itunes:title>God&#39;s Strange &amp; Mysterious Ways</itunes:title>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Cohen begins to feel he is losing his grip on his religion but soon meets a family who take him into their home, demonstrating to him what love and goodness truly is.  He is surprised at their strange religion, which he cannot seem to reconcile with the belief in Christianity that he has always held.  He experiences doubts about what he has been taught and comes to an interesting conclusion. ]]></itunes:summary>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <itunes:title>Leaving Home &amp; Arriving in America</itunes:title>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Cohen's mother is reticent to allow him to leave England and seek work in America.  His ill health continues but he manages to secure work and then lose it.  He feels that God is trying to teach him a lesson, as he has wandered away from his religion. ]]></itunes:summary>
    <description><![CDATA[<p>Cohen&apos;s mother is reticent to allow him to leave England and seek work in America.  His ill health continues but he manages to secure work and then lose it.  He feels that God is trying to teach him a lesson, as he has wandered away from his religion.</p>]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2022 23:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <itunes:title>Ill Health &amp; Meeting Christians</itunes:title>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Cohen struggles with ill health as a teen, with the poverty of his family excluding him from medical treatment, until the Chief Rabbi of London intervenes.  He  is admitted to hospital where he meets and engages with Christians for the first time. ]]></itunes:summary>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2022 02:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The confirmation into the Jewish Church is something that is expected, and is something that is looked forward to by young Jewish boys. Cohen went through this experience yet did not feel satisfied and decline to start his rabbinical studies.   For a he while chose another path. ]]></itunes:summary>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2022 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Delving into the rigorous education of a young boy through the eyes of Cohen, gives us an understanding of how this ritualistic form teaching creates the mindset of the rabbinical jews that is inflexible unless they are some how able to break free. ]]></itunes:summary>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2022 02:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <itunes:title>Background &amp; Early Life of Cohen - 1860s</itunes:title>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this first podcast, we will delve into the mindset and upbringing of rabbinical jews through the eyes of Cohen.  This insight, will give you understanding as to the culture post 2nd temple and why the Jewish people do not connect Judaism with Jesus of Nazareth.  ]]></itunes:summary>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 23:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <itunes:title>Borders of Blue Trailer</itunes:title>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[A fascinating history of converted Jews of the 18th and 19th century. ]]></itunes:summary>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2022 22:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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