Beliefs & Practices

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Dear Pope, For Serious? Sincerely, Tamar

Well, it’s a real shitstorm over at the Vatican since Pope Benedict lifted the excommunication that had been imposed on ...

Atheist Rap

I bet I’d like Richard Dawkins more if he actually rapped like this.

Atheist Bus Ads Still Pissing People Off

A while back I mentioned some atheist bus ads that were going up in Britain. Apparently they’ve been successful enough ...

I Love You. Why Don’t You Love Me Back?

Yesterday, Matthue posted a video from Pesach Stadlin. He referenced/linked to his Love Song to Islamic Fundamentalists but decided not ...

Thoughts from Rabbi Shai Held

Mechon Hadar’s Rabbi Shai Held wrote the following personal and beautiful words about the inauguration, which he has kindly allowed ...

A Prayer for the Inauguration

A friend of mine, Michael Millenson, has a piece over at the Huffington Post about why tomorrow is an amazing ...

Special Confession

The Washington Post has an interesting article about the Vatican’s “tribunal of conscience” which is an extra special level of ...

Jewish Words and Knee-Jerk Reactions

Yesterday, Jason bolted out of his office with the news that a plane had crashed into the Hudson.Caught in conversation, ...

Dropping the S Bomb

I have a friend in his fifties who has been dating for about thirty years now. He’s a smart, interesting ...

Boxing for the Lord

Dmitriy Salita is a Ukranian-born, Brooklyn-raised boxer who, at the age of 26, has an undefeated record over 26 career ...

Halakha and Avoiding Civilian casualties

England’s Jewish Chronicle is running a great Op-Ed by Daniel Reisel about the Jewish legal obligation to avoid civilian casualties ...

The Tao of Jewish Music (and the Hebrew Alphabet)

The new issue of the Blue Jew Yorker is out and, as far as literary magazines go, this one couldn’t ...

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