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      Before We Scold DeSean Jackson and Others For Anti-Semitism We Need To Talk About ‘Chosenness’
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      No “Cancel Culture” on the Right: How Conservative Christians Protect the Powerful
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      State Director of Christian Right Legislative Group, ‘Project Blitz,’ Calls for Lynching of Rep. Ilhan Omar
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      State Director of Christian Right Legislative Group, ‘Project Blitz,’ Calls for Lynching of Rep. Ilhan Omar
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      Will Trump’s Weakness Threaten White Evangelical Support?
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      Using ‘a Little Bad History’ The Supreme Court Just Gutted Church-State Separation in 38 States
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      Exclusive: Why Did Chicago Public Schools Just Quietly Drop Transcendental Meditation?
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      Texas Faith Leaders Say Governor’s Use of Pandemic to Ban Abortion is an Attack on Religious Freedom (Updated)
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      Whether it’s Celebrated by CT or Denied in NYC, Evangelical Proselytizing Isn’t in Quarantine
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      Books to Give this Holiday Season to Help Understand the World We’ve Found Ourselves in (and to Help Reimagine a Better One)
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      Whatever COVID-19 Brings, This Chaplain Wants You to Remember That the Death Rate is Ultimately 100%
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      How a Powerful ‘Ex-Gay’ Pastor is Chasing the Latino Vote
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Shaina Hammerman

Shaina Hammerman is a cultural historian with a forthcoming book about representations of religious Jews in French and American film. She holds a PhD in Jewish History and Culture from the Graduate Theological Union and is currently working on a book about model minorities on television. Learn more at shainahammerman.com.

Sexuality/GenderSeptember 14, 2016

#HijabiLivesMatter: The Burkini Ban, Black Hair and the Meaning of “Natural”

By Shaina Hammerman

A woman’s bare head in France is no more “neutral” than white skin in the U.S.

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CultureMarch 21, 2013

Multifaith Weight Loss: The Problem of Fat, the Promise of Peace

By Shaina Hammerman

When things go well, feelings of “joy” and being “moved” abound, much like the Slim Peace participants claim of their experience. It is unclear whether such events actually change how these Jews and Muslims perceive each other, or if they only change how Jews and Muslims view themselves. 

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