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As Israel approaches the 70th anniversary of its establishment, many older American Jews will be celebrating. Many younger ones will wonder whether the Jewish state is something to celebrate at all.
Mary Magdelene film props up a view of Judaism as archaic, unchanging and out of date.
Painstaking reconstruction of fragments of text has revealed the working draft of an ancient Jewish calendar and priestly duty schedule.
Under Jewish law the preservation of human life is a cardinal commandment: both suicide and self-endangerment are forbidden.
Theology and history help explain why US Jews give more to charity than people who observe other religions or are not religious at all.
Hanukkah was instituted in 164 B.C. to celebrate military victory, but the meaning has changed over time with the circumstances of the Jewish people.
As Americans make decisions about year-end giving, how much of it will be influenced by their faith?
Its real purpose is to subsume Judaism and exclude Islam.
Hans Eysenck’s denial that he was Jewish throws light on the psychological problems faced by refugees who belong to persecuted ethnic groups.
Many religions see natural disasters as divine punishment. But, a scholar argues, it’s not that simple.
The founder of Islam, Muhammad, saw himself as the last in a line of prophets that reached back through Jesus to Moses, Abraham and Noah. But while the three religions worship the same God, he divides as much as he unites.
Each year at Easter, Christians recreate the spectacularly violent end of Jesus’s life, raising some tough questions about the depiction of suffering on stage.
Can the Nazis be forgiven? A rabbi explains why this question needs a more profound examination of some of Judaism’s deepest ethical mores and theological beliefs
We need to change our outlook if we are going to improve international relations.
Good results and issues of identity drive attendance of Jewish schools – it’s not all down to religious beliefs.
Yiddish was at one time the international language of Ashkenazic Jews, but it’s exact origin has always been somewhat unclear, until now.
Despite what we’re told, religion isn’t inherently peaceful. People kill in the name of their religion, just as they love in its name.
A new report has set out a vision of diversity for British schools – including repeal of the law for compulsory Christian assembly.
Can Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Dylann Roof be forgiven — and should they? Forgiveness is not an isolated, one-time act but a longer commitment to acceptance back into a community.
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Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies & Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland
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Emanuel Ringelblum Professor in Jewish History, University of California, Davis
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Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Professor of Jewish Studies, Interim Academic Dean and Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Chicago Theological Seminary
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