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January 2013

January 25, 2013

The New York Times Asks: Is Atheism A Religion?

In the New York Times’ latest installment of “Room for Debate,” writers discuss the question,...

January 25, 2013

A Universe Not Made For Us

I just ran across this wonderful video narrated by the late Carl Sagan. I would...

January 17, 2013

The Deluded Ramblings Of A Secular Jew (Me)

As I’ve written here before, I was reared in and received ordination from the Reform...

January 10, 2013

How Far Can We Extend Our Concern?

There is no greater tension for a Humanistic Jew than the deep-rooted dichotomy of Jewish...

January 10, 2013

Shas Demeans Russian Jews

For those who say that I have spent too much time here on Haredim, I...

January 07, 2013

Making Humanism Relevant

In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook tragedy, NY Times religion writer Samuel Freedman penned...

January 02, 2013

Israel’s African Refugees

In 1951 Israel was one of several country’s to help craft and pass the U.N....

January 01, 2013

Happy New Year!

This blog is now officially re-launched (and by official, I mean that I so declare...

December 2012

December 28, 2012

Okay…I Changed My Mind And My Host…

Well, I was going to shut down this blog in favor of a Facebook only...

September 2012

September 30, 2012

Blog Troubles

I apologize for the disappearance of many posts. I've been having terrible blog format problems...

September 14, 2012

Guest Post: Help The Foundation Beyond Belief

Since I don't seem to be able to get it together enough to post here...

August 2012

August 27, 2012

Guest Post: Dear My Magical Body

It’s just over a week since Todd Akin presented his surprising scientific findings about rape...

August 20, 2012

More Drivel From The Great Rav Ovadiah

Rav Ovadiah Yosef, spiritual leader of world Sephardic Jewry, just attacked one of the major...

August 20, 2012

Russia Does Not Heart Pussy Rioters Or Gays

Russians seem to love authoritarianism. It doesn’t matter if it’s the czarist, Communist or modern...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

Genital Mutilation Unites The Faiths

Reform Jews are making cause with Haredim! Muslims are embracing the concerns of rabbis! What’s...

June 26, 2012

One Reform Rabbi’s God Survey

It may surprise you to learn that I am a member of the Reform rabbinate. ...

June 08, 2012

The Bad News Bears

Exactly ten years ago the U.S. Supreme Court allowed legal after-hours access to elementary schools...

June 01, 2012

Reform Judaism Leads To Atheism

Mark Zuckerberg’s supposed break with Judaism has inspired a chest-beating column by Rabbi Dana Evan...

May 2012

May 30, 2012

Haredim Vandalize Ancient Synagogue. Really.

You might think that one place safe from the vitriolic attacks of Haredi fanatics would...

May 23, 2012

Blogosphere Heats Up Over Haredi Internet Rally

The non-Jewish press has taken a great interest in the Haredi internet sobfest held on...

May 23, 2012

Israeli Reform & Conservative Jews Have The Wrong Idea

One of Israel’s biggest problems is its reliance on Orthodox rabbis in matters of Jewish...

May 22, 2012

Praying Away The Internet

Sunday night 40,000 Haredi men (just men) gathered at New York’s CitiField. They did not...

May 22, 2012

A Great Example Of God’s Connection To Morality

Speaking of religion and morality, here’s another in a seemingly endless flood of great moralist...

May 22, 2012

Meet Professor Boghossian

Courtesy of a friend and the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (and I...

May 15, 2012

The Wholly Holey Land

I just returned from a trip to Israel where I served as tour guide for...

April 2012

April 26, 2012

You’re 64 And I Still Love You

Chag Sameach - Happy Holiday! Today is Yom Haatzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day. It’s been sixty-four...

April 24, 2012

Getting To Know The Heirs Of Intermarriage

I just returned from a (freezing) Chicago where I participated in the 2012 Colloquium of...

April 16, 2012

Does Judaism Need God? Do Jews?

New York’s “The Jewish Week” has an article about Jews and God that presents a...

April 08, 2012

Passover Greetings

I hope everyone in the Jewish community is having a happy holiday. I celebrated two...

March 2012

March 29, 2012

Reform Islam?

If you’re a liberal Jew, there are denominations for you. If you’re a liberal Christian,...

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