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Jews & Judaism
Apparently, a terrible contagion of anti-Semitism (or is it anti-Zionism? aw, I guess they’re one and the...
Jewish leaders are falling all over themselves to find a silver lining in Cardinal Ratzinger’s ascension to...
Casino Jack to jail? What do an Orthodox Jew nicknamed "Casino Jack," a former Texas exterminator nicknamed...
Back in my Seminary days (Jewish Theological Seminary that is), I learned that Talmudic rabbis strictly forbade...
Republican Jewish Coalition smear ad Those wacky Republicans are up to their old smears–“there they go again”...
I’ve written here before about Grover Norquist’s outrageous comments calling Democratic opposition to the estate tax a...
I have been friends with Veronika Bauer for twenty years since we met when we both lived...
Roger Cohen and Charles Guggenheim have helped reclaim a hitherto unknown shameful event in U.S. history: the...
Samson Wamani in doorway of his home (credit: Wildfoto.com) The Abayudaya are a small (600 member) community...
Baruch Kimmerling, Sociology professor,Hebrew University (credit: Kimmerling) Yes, this is a provocative and even polemical title and...
If you’re a Reform Jew, you have every reason to be proud of your leader, Rabbi Eric...