beliefs
Hey, G*d! Where You At?
One of my rabbis used to tell me that everything we say can be a prayer — and, more than ...
Jewish Genetic Diseases–An Equal Opportunity Issue
The Forward has released its annual guide to genetics, which features numerous articles about testing for and combating Jewish genetic ...
Don’t Worry, Swine Flu Is Being Taken Care Of
I wish I knew more details about this story beyond “I saw this on Colbert Report last night and thought ...
Should the Israeli Army Be Religious or Secular?
There’s a fascinating article over at the Christian Science Monitor now about the increasing level of religiosity in the Israeli ...
Is Separate Seating Offensive?
An English MP named Jim Fitzpatrick was invited to a constituent’s wedding last night, and he and his wife attended, ...
Don’t Bother Working on Your Relationship With God
Over at experimental theology Richard Beck has a story about a girl who came to him and said something about ...
The Aftermath of the New Jersey Scandal
Some ultra-Orthodox Jewish leaders are describing the arrests in NJ as a “wakeup call” rather than issue the usual suspicion ...
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Becoming Orthodox
The cover of The Baal Teshuva Survival Guide, a handbook to making it as a newly-minted Orthodox Jew, depicts a ...
In Defense of Modern Orthodoxy
Is it just me, or is every article about Orthodoxy these days either glorifying it or attacking the very existence ...
The Evangelicals are Coming for Us!
Remember the Promise Keepers? No? Well they were a big group of Evangelical men who liked to meet up in ...