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Just a couple months before Pope Benedict resigned, I was informed by the Vatican that he had expelled me from the priesthood because of my public support for the ordination of women. As a Catholic priest for 40 years, this was very difficult and painful.

Soon, many optimistic, not to say naïve, Catholics—and Protestants—are going to be shocked to learn that the kindly new Pope Francis has excommunicated an Australian priest…

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

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.

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

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

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

Pew’s new survey on Jewish Americans has thus far inspired anxiety, skepticism and even a few yawns. So RD asked an eminent group of writers, scholars and activists to respond to the brief prompt: “So what?”

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

On being Jewish and atheist.