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July 2015

July 21, 2015

In Reply to Rabbi Stephen Fuchs

Rabbi Stephen Fuchs left a couple of comments on my blog about my post, Imagine...

July 21, 2015

“Rational Doubt” Blog – Vacation Bible School

Vacation Bible School is a Christian institution that the Clergy Project's Rational Doubt blog has...

July 07, 2015

Dr. Marty Klein: “America’s War on Sex”

One of my biggest pet peeves is how religious institutions control our national conversation about sex. (Okay...

June 2015

June 26, 2015

Personal Reflections on a Great Day

I grew up in Miami in the 1970s. Those were the years when a woman...

June 24, 2015

Sex Tourism, Hasidic Style

Today’s post falls under the category of religious morality. The Israeli news site Mako has...

June 05, 2015

Gallup: Moral Attitudes Shifting to the Left

Like other secular humanists, I’ve been touting the Pew data about the drop in religiosity...

June 05, 2013

Magical Thinking In Reform Judaism

As a (still) dues-paying member of the Reform movement’s Central Conference of American Rabbis, I...

January 2013

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 02, 2013

Israel’s African Refugees

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

May 2012

May 22, 2012

Meet Professor Boghossian

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

March 2012

March 23, 2012

Lurie, Einstein And Me

I certainly did not expect to hear from Alan Lurie about my recent post, “Lurie...

March 13, 2012

What’s Sauce For The Goose…

A few weeks back an organization called the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools...

March 06, 2012

Another Baby Dies Due To Ritual Circumcision

I wish that I did not have to post things like this. I’ve already written...

February 2012

February 02, 2012

The Plight Of Orthodox Gays

I can think of no worse situation for a gay person than to belong to...

January 2012

January 06, 2012

Inside The Primitive Ideology Of Haredi Judaism

Behind the growing conflict between Haredim and the rest of the Jewish community is a...

January 03, 2012

Tone Deaf Haredim Protest In Concentration Camp Garb

Last night Haredim gathered in Jerusalem to protest against the crackdown on their thuggish behavior...

January 02, 2012

More Shattering Examples Of Haredi Immorality

Below is a piece by Israel’s Channel 2 evening broadcast of December 27. It shows...

December 2011

December 27, 2011

Haredi Misogyny Is Nothing New

If you have not had the opportunity to watch the YouTube video in the previous...

November 2011

November 10, 2011

Some Thoughts About Islam (And The Israeli-Arab Conflict)

These days, it seems that most critiques of the Islamic world come from American and...

October 2011

October 26, 2011

Prayer Is Indeed Powerful

In case you thought that there was nothing to the power of prayer, think again. ...

October 11, 2011

A Resource Guide To The “Intactivist” (No Circumcision) Movement

I have received so many e-mails in response to my recent post about circumcision. This...

October 06, 2011

Indoctrination Is Not Thinking For Yourself

Over at Religion Dispatches, Paul Wallace has taken notice of Richard Dawkins’ idea for a...

October 04, 2011

Eliminating The Cruelest Cut

I was very pleased to be contacted recently by Dr. Mark Reiss, who maintains the...

September 2011

September 19, 2011

Pat Robertson Doesn’t Want Any Guilt Trips

Everyone knows that Pat Robertson is a paragon of biblical righteousness. This, after all, is...

September 13, 2011

No God? Expect Rampant Pedophilia!

During one recent Republican debate, audience members (whom I assume are not chosen off the...

September 12, 2011

Belated Farewell To The Jerry Lewis Telethon

When I was a little kid I held a Labor Day neighborhood carnival for the Muscular...

July 2011

July 01, 2011

Conservative Judaism Reacts To Gay Marriage

Now that New York has made gay marriage legal, it is instructive to judge the...

June 2011

June 21, 2011

Welcome To The “Make Up Your Own God Game!”

Before I just declared myself an out and out atheist (having no god) and agnostic...

June 17, 2011

Circumcision: Not A San Francisco Treat

You may have heard that San Francisco is considering a ban on male circumcision. My...

March 2011

March 28, 2011

Aish Rabbi’s “Odd Relationship” With Atheism

The last time that Aish Rabbi Adam Jacobs wrote about atheism, a subject about which...