{"id":288,"date":"2007-06-06T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-06T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/virtualtalmud\/2007\/06\/jerusalem-divided-against-itse-2.html"},"modified":"2007-06-06T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-06T12:00:00","slug":"jerusalem-divided-against-itse-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/virtualtalmud\/2007\/06\/jerusalem-divided-against-itse-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalem, Divided Against Itself"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p>As we mark the 40th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem, there is no question, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/virtualtalmud\/2007\/06\/is-there-hope-for-city-of-peace_05.html\">as Rabbi Grossman rightly points out<\/a>, that it is anything but a unified city.  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