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Judaism Is a Religion of the Heart
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoESSAY Speaking to a class at one of America’s major rabbinical seminaries, I once remarked in passing that “Judaism is built on the idea that God loves...
Gerson: The power of the law
Athens Banner-Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSo I continue with my set of columns marking important fifty-year anniversaries in 2022. (Last month I wrote of the Munich Olympic massacre of Israelis.)...
Jewish denominations: A brief guide for the perplexed
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFrom Reconstructionism to ultra-Orthodoxy, Judaism is richly diverse. MendyHechtman/iStock via Getty...
Gerson: Women rabbis - and democracy in religion
Athens Banner-Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis is my third and final column in my series of significant fifty-year anniversaries relating to religion, occurring in this year 2022. This piece is...
Christmas is a celebration that separates Christianity from mere 'religion'
Chambersburg Public Opinion via Yahoo News· 5 months agoChristmas is one of the two most celebrated days on the Christian calendar. As Easter marks the...
Blaise Pascal on Christian and Jew
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBlaise Pascal studying the cycloid, engraved on the tablet he is holding in his left hand, exhibited at the Louvre. (Photo by Wikimedia Commons) This...
Inside Yale’s Jewish society that shaped Vivek Ramaswamy
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMichelle Budge, Deseret News / Source: Tom Williams and Enzo Figueres, Getty Images On a Friday...
Houses made on death row | STEPHEN COOPER
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 months agoI have powerful memories and prized possessions from when I worked in Montgomery, Alabama, defending men sentenced to death. Prominent among these I...
As gun violence continues to tear our country apart, the band plays on
Hilton Head Island Packet via AOL· 2 years agoAfter the killings at the Fourth of July parade in Chicago’s Highland Park suburb, one report noted...
The roots of the Easter story: Where did Christian beliefs about Jesus’ resurrection come from?
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA mosaic of the Resurrection in the Basilica of St. Paul in Harissa, Lebanon. FredSeiller/Wikimedia...
