[ad_1] I’m going to marry a Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up Sunday morning and going to the deli. – Michael J. Fox As destiny would have it, Michael J. Fox did indeed marry a Jewish woman and, one assumes, has happily enjoyed Sunday morning deli excursions ever since. Rivaling the […]

[ad_1] Formal relationship makes accredited online courses available to thousands of emerging ministry leaders around the world ORLANDO, Fla. — The Global Church Divinity School (GCDS), an online pastor training resource launched in 2001 by the Global Church Network (GCN), is excited to announce a formal partnership with Assemblies of God Theological Seminary (AGTS) at […]

[ad_1] (Image source: Raj Dhunna) When Cantor Ben Gottlieb (Jason Schwartzman) tells Carla Kessler O’Connor (Carol Kane) that she is a “funny lady” in Nathan Silver’s film Between the Temples, she asks, “then how come you don’t laugh at my jokes?” Ben replies, “It’s a different kind of funny.” This repartee between the two protagonists […]

[ad_1] 1 Introduction Wikipedia has become ubiquitous; for most people, it is the initial port of call for information on such a wide array of topics as the subject of religion, yet a few would question the objectivity of the site, particularity for such delicate and entangled topics as religion. This article is in the series “Wikipedia […]

[ad_1]  As Christian nationalism and the far right’s influence on American politics grow, historian Randall Balmer offers a critical examination of evangelicalism and the surprising shifts within its ranks. In his book Bad Faith: Race and the Rise of the Religious Right, he reveals how far-right religious lobbying in the 1970s, fueled by efforts […]

[ad_1] (Image source: iStock) This summer, Oklahoma announced that it will require public school educators to teach the Bible in their classrooms. Louisiana declared that the Ten Commandments will be posted in public schools. These pronouncements come in response to social and racial justice movements and demographic changes. Candidates running for political office have articulated […]

[ad_1] The young man’s sweet tenor voice fills the room, beginning “God Bless America” with its seldom-heard introductory verse: While the storm clouds gatherFar across the sea,Let us pledge allegianceTo a land that’s free.Let us all be grateful for a land so fair,As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer— The familiar refrain then […]

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[ad_1] For our 50th episode, we’re discussing American Jews who participate in activism to support justice for Palestinians. What has taken place over the past decade or so that has pushed many American Jews, especially younger Jews, to criticize Israel and to express solidarity with Palestinians? Oren Kroll-Zeldin, author of Unsettled: American Jews and the […]

[ad_1] Eighty years after her death, a teenage girl still strikes terror into the hearts of bigots, haters and the fools who follow them. In July, in an incident called an “unbelievable disgrace” by the city’s mayor, a monument to Anne Frank in the Amsterdam neighborhood where she made her home was vandalized with anti-Israel […]