Sorry, Evangelicals: Only one in five Jewish Americans holds favorable views of those aligned with the Christian right, a category that includes most of Israel’s evangelical supporters. [...] The survey, conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute and published April 3, asked Jewish respondents to rate the favorability of several religious groups. Mormons received a 47% [...]

How UofMosaic is tackling tensions on campus

Adam Cohen, Leonard’s son, has confirmed in stark terms in a recent piece in the Winnipeg Free Press the thesis I proposed on this blog some time ago: that Leonard Cohen is in fact a devout practicing Jew. He writes of his memories of his father, “He w…

Jewish student complained

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The Harper government is about to create a new Office of Religious Freedom, designed to champion religious freedom around the world. For those who have questioned, especially in a time of deep austerity, the need for such an office, activities within a…

As the Jewish tongue dies at home, scholars step up

The Dutch government said it will appoint a commission to study new tightened rules for ritual slaughter to satisfy animal rights activists without infringing on  Jewish and Muslim traditions. Before voting in January, the Senate will review a compro…

In my column for The Week, I discuss the real meaning of Hanukkah:
Eight days of festivities because ancient Jews discovered a cruse of unusually long-lasting oil? That’s supposed to rank as a miracle? Why not take a long weekend in August because the prophet Isaiah saved 15 percent on his car insurance?
Still, of all the Jewish [...]

In what is being reported as an historical first, Steve Greenberg, an openly-gay American rabbi ordained by the Orthodox movement, officiated at the wedding ceremony of Yoni Bock and Ron Kaplan Thursday night in Washington D.C. While a number…

In what is being reported as an historical first, Steve Greenberg, an openly-gay American rabbi ordained by the Orthodox movement, officiated at the wedding ceremony of Yoni Bock and Ron Kaplan Thursday night in Washington D.C. While a number…

Washington’s rains finally ceased and so we were able to build a Frum family sukkah in time for night 4 of the holiday. Those are sheaves of corn stalk standing beside, and more corn stalks forming the roof.
I’m thinking that Sukkot, not Hanukkah, truly is the Jewish answer to Christmas, at least from the arts [...]

California has banned local authorities from outlawing male circumcision, striking a final blow to a San Francisco group that had hoped to put the matter to a popular vote. The activists believe that male circumcision, a cornerstone ritual of the Jew…

Theologically speaking, where do Jews and Conservative Christians get their values? . . . → Read More: Death By Trolley: Where do Observant Jews and Conservative Christians get their Morals, Theologically Speaking? – Syndicated from http://death…

Here’s some food for thought. A security guard working at the “Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories” exhibition at San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum last Sunday afternoon told a lesbian couple visiting the show that they were not allowed to hol…