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RD Turns Six: What’s New, What’s Next…
Internet years are like dog years, so although RD is turning six today it feels more like 36—in the best possible way.
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Top Ten Reasons to Give to RD
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Pew and the Jews: “So What?”
Pew’s new survey on Jewish Americans has thus far inspired anxiety, skepticism and even a few yawns. So RD asked an eminent group of writers, scholars and activists to respond to the brief prompt: “So what?”
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Ghosts of Halloween Past
Here, in the order in which the Ouija board instructed us to offer them, is an assortment of stories about ghosts, death, fundamentalists, and general spookiness.
Read MoreWill Doctors Ever Prescribe Psychedelics?
Spiritual experiences can occur in a hospital setting as well as in a shamanistic ritual, says researcher.
Read MoreBush Fundraises For Those Who Want to Fix the “Blindness of the Jews”
Abe Foxman expresses disappointment.
Read MoreCali Dept of Corrections v. Peter Laarman On Prison Crowding
Apples and oranges?
Read MorePope Francis on Women’s Ordination: Not Newsworthy?
When no news is not good news.
Read MoreUpdate: Fox News Tries Gotcha Game with Reza Aslan
In which the author of a new Jesus bio repeatedly addresses his Muslim background.
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