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	<description>An entertaining and enlightening parenting column by Ellie S. Grossman</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>A Parent’s Guide to Bar/Bat Mitzvah Planning</title>
		<link>http://www.mishegasofmotherhood.com/columns/2009/06/10/a-parent%e2%80%99s-guide-to-barbat-mitzvah-planning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s face it—the overwhelming task of planning a bar or bat mitzvah ranks right up there with hosting a wedding. No wonder parents need a honeymoon after the whirlwind weekend celebration is over. After all, a bar or bat mitzvah is a sacred rite of passage for moms and dads who witness before their very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteerism Brings Out the Best in Teens</title>
		<link>http://www.mishegasofmotherhood.com/columns/2009/05/26/volunteerism-brings-out-the-best-in-teens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 11:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellie S. Grossman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the lazy days of summer when final exams are over and teenagers relish a break from the hectic pace of the school year. Their carefree lifestyle in the next few months is enviable, ya know, riding around town with the top down (of the convertible, that is), hanging out at the swimming pool [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shavuot Celebrates Receiving The Torah</title>
		<link>http://www.mishegasofmotherhood.com/columns/2009/05/15/shavuot-celebrates-receiving-the-torah/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 20:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shavuot is a major Jewish festival commemorating the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. Without Shavuot, the Jews still would be wandering the dessert. So this biblical holiday—one of the three pilgrimage festivals from the Torah (the other two are Passover and Sukkot)—represents the most significant event in Jewish history. Although the average American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank Your Mother for Your Birthday</title>
		<link>http://www.mishegasofmotherhood.com/columns/2009/04/29/thank-your-mother-for-your-birthday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellie S. Grossman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year that my friend Rochelle celebrates her birthday, she gives her mother a gift. Why? Well, why not? 
Motherhood is usually a thankless job, so a little token of appreciation makes perfect sense, even if a mom has to wait until her child is a grownup to receive a present. When Rochelle blows out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motherhood Capture’s Nation’s Attention</title>
		<link>http://www.mishegasofmotherhood.com/columns/2009/04/23/motherhood-capture%e2%80%99s-nation%e2%80%99s-attention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellie S. Grossman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It used to be that nobody gave a rat&#8217;s patooty about the daily grind of motherhood. After all, nothing’s glamorous about changing poopy diapers, crawling on the floor in search of a pacifier in the middle of the night, scrubbing crayon off walls, and accidentally packing a pomegranate wine cooler in a child’s lunch box. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bar Mitzvah Anniversary Brings Back Memories</title>
		<link>http://www.mishegasofmotherhood.com/columns/2009/04/12/bar-mitzvah-anniversary-brings-back-memories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellie S. Grossman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s hard to believe that a year has passed since Jack’s bar mitzvah, and my son is one year closer to his driver’s permit. Since his passage into adulthood, I seem to have more time on my hands. No more countless hours spent on rehearsing speeches and aliyahs, playing musical chairs with the seating chart, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magical Cup Invites Elijah to Your Seder</title>
		<link>http://www.mishegasofmotherhood.com/columns/2009/04/04/magical-cup-invites-elijah-to-your-seder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellie S. Grossman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Each year at Passover time, my goal is to learn something that I didn’t know before and pass that new tradition on to my children so that they better understand their own heritage. In other words, I want them to appreciate who they are and where they’ve come from as Jews. After all, “Whoever expands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jewish Book Clubs Offer Good Reads and Eats</title>
		<link>http://www.mishegasofmotherhood.com/columns/2009/03/30/jewish-book-clubs-offer-good-reads-and-eats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellie S. Grossman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Eating and reading are my two favorite things to do,” boasts Wendy Pace, a gourmet cook and avid reader who blends her culinary and literary passions into every aspect of her life. It’s only natural then that this 38-year-old Kirkwood mom of two, who is a local food broker and the wife of the director [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Horrific Missouri Puppy Mills Defy Jewish Law</title>
		<link>http://www.mishegasofmotherhood.com/columns/2009/03/05/horrific-missouri-puppy-mills-defy-jewish-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellie S. Grossman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Missouri is famous for many things: the pony express, Gateway to the West, Mark Twain, and, of course, caves, to name a few. The Show Me state  is also on the map for something not as proud, but rather abominable: puppy mills. 
While the Animal Welfare Act is supposed to regulate these high-volume substandard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canned Food Drive Reaches New Heights in CANstruction Contest</title>
		<link>http://www.mishegasofmotherhood.com/columns/2009/03/05/canned-food-drive-reaches-new-heights-in-canstruction-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canned food drives are plentiful these days. Everywhere you go—at school, temple, grocery store, post office, library, retirement center, shopping mall, movie theatre, and even the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra—a barrel devours your donation of black bean soup or beef stew like an empty belly starved for nourishment. In desperation to fill the sparse food [...]]]></description>
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