{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Virtual Talmud","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/virtualtalmud","author_name":"Rabbi Eliyahu Stern","author_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/virtualtalmud\/author\/estern","title":"C'mon, Get Real - Virtual Talmud","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"T1XYbxeh0p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/virtualtalmud\/2006\/10\/cmon-get-real.html\">C&#8217;mon, Get Real<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/virtualtalmud\/2006\/10\/cmon-get-real.html\/embed#?secret=T1XYbxeh0p\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;C&#8217;mon, Get Real&#8221; &#8212; Virtual Talmud\" data-secret=\"T1XYbxeh0p\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Idolatry as \u201cBad habits,\u201d \u201caddictions,\u201d \u201ckissing Torah scrolls\u201d: Weren\u2019t these the kind of things pulpit rabbis spoke about in the 1950s on Shabbat when they couldn\u2019t think of anything else to talk about? Both Rabbi Waxman and Rabbi Grossman fail to address the searing social and religious issues regarding idolatry and Torah today. As I&hellip;"}