Questioning the Merit of Faith
By Steven Philp
Friday evening, nearly 3,000 people packed themselves in to the Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto, Canada to witness former-British Prime Minister Tony Blair and...
The Catholic Church Changes Gears on Interfaith Relations
By Gabriel Weinstein
Last week a group of twenty cantors from the American Conference of Cantors (ACC) serenaded Catholic officials in Rome with rousing renditions of...
Saving the World Through Rest
By Daniel Kieval
Shabbat, the seventh day, the day of rest, is a strange concept to so many today. The long lists of prohibited actions seem...
Cutting Arguments
By Steven Philp
It looks like Bay Area Jews may one day have to leave the city to perform brit milah for their male children; a...
E-Judaism and the Online Shtetl
By Merav Levkowitz
Those of us who have a Facebook roster full of Jewish friends are used to it: “Shabbat shalom” status updates, photos of apples and...
A Gleeful Take on Religion
By Lisa Krysiak
This week’s episode of Glee was in stark contrast from last week’s hilariously over-the-top ode to Britney Spears. It delved into the difficult...
How Do You Teach Human Rights?
By Symi Rom-Rymer
On International Holocaust Memorial Day (January 27) this year, a report from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) was released outlining...
Now even Jewish grandmothers hate the Israeli Rabbinate
By Sarah Breger
Grandma is fighting back. The Center for Women’s Justice, the Israeli non-profit organization dedicated to upholding a woman’s right to just treatment in...
How Long Can We Really Talk About Montana?
By Caroline Kessler
I’ve realized that the world of writing about all things Jewish is small—or perhaps the powerful juggernaut that is the Internet just makes...