judaism

Nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls have been ripped from their desks and chairs, notebooks and pencils, smiles and giggles and sent to hell. They’ve been sold, trafficked for sex and reproduction and…

The Flood story forces us to grapple with the deeply impersonal forces of the universe that are set against human civilization.

As an organizer my question is: Where are American Jews now?

The Pew poll revealed a significant number of Americans who, despite having no apparent reason to do so, identify as Jews.

So the ground is shifting beneath our feet—what else is new?

American Jewish history is the history of Jewish grappling with the American (and Protestant) category of religion. At the moment, it’s not working out so well.

Among other things, the Pew poll gives us the fascinating statistic that almost half of “Jews of no religion” are nonetheless believers.

On being Jewish and atheist.

Once again we obsess on the headlines but don’t bother with the details.

A full third of Jewish Americans think that followers of Jesus Christ can also be Jews, though theologically speaking, Jesus isn’t messiah material for religious Jews. So what gives?