A Washington Jewish teacher would like to borrow upwards of $100,000 to support graduate studies, and is promising any lender 20 percent of his future earnings as a writer. David Harris-Gershon, who teaches at the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in suburban Rockville, Md., has yet to receive bids although his offer has appeared on the ePier.com auction Web site for three weeks.
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