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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Men “Stand Up” for “Religious Freedom”… On a Plane

By Kara Loewentheil

…one news source described a recent outburst: “Hundreds of ultra-orthodox Jewish men delayed takeoff of a transatlantic flight by refusing to sit next to women, and then caused chaos once it was airborne [by standing in the aisles for the entire flight and refusing to occupy their seats].” Obviously a congested plane aisle isn’t the end of the world (although one can imagine it might be a safety issue in some situations), and the news reports have…

An Architect Reimagines the Synagogue as Ark, Shelter, Floating Fortress

By Kathryn Joyce

…of Yom Kippur self-portraits. But the synagogues themselves are heavily inflected with traces of Friedman’s biography as well: Aleph began near the start of Friedman’s teaching career; Bayt was drafted as his parents were contending with illness as “sweethearts of the radiation wing,” and took as inspiration Friedman’s experiences at Degania Aleph, the first kibbutz in Israel; Gimel was conceived during the atmospheric early-’80s fears of nuclear…

The Religious Implications of Nudity

By Steve A. Wiggins

…it is, out on the table. All of our national xenophobic paranoias combined with our Puritan prudishness mixing to form conflicted visions of who is safe and who is dangerous. Who should be profiled and who should not? Perhaps the woman directing me to the scanner had been profiled herself. I’m old enough to remember when flying was fun. More than once I’d arrived at the airport gate breathless from waiting a little too long to leave home, but when…

Can’t Get Away

By Kim Bobo

…of robberies and accidents. We flew to Kalispell, Montana using my United Airlines frequent flyer miles. On August 21, the Chicago Tribune reported on United Airlines workers wearing orange armbands calling for the ouster of Glenn Tilton, the company’s CEO. The workers are upset about the low wages that were agreed to when the company was in bankruptcy and the multi-million dollar bonuses given to managers who led the company into bankruptcy. Wor…

Religion and Reality TV: Is God Watching?

By Kent L. Brintnall

…orm arguably underhanded tasks by his teammates. One episode was sprinkled with Baldwin’s comments that his inspirations for a particular project were direct communications from Jesus. Unfortunately, Jesus didn’t pull through in the clinch–Baldwin was eliminated before the final round. Until recently, I thought perhaps reality shows on the Bravo network might be immune from this sort of invocation. After all, the demographic for Bravo TV isn’t exa…

What the Lost Finale is Really About

By S. Brent Rodriguez Plate

…t want,” and the fact that in the numerology of the show Jack is connected with the number 23. Likewise, the “black smoke” character (eventually avatared by John Locke) leaves us wondering about the ancient story of the Golden Bough in which the priest-king is ritually murdered by his successor. The Golden Bough story was taken up by Joseph Conrad in Heart of Darkness, which was the basis for Coppola’s Apocalypse Now. Terry O’Quinn’s “John Locke”…

‘Have a Blessed Day’ May Not Be a Sign of Christian Nationalism, But it’s Not Innocuous Either

By Chrissy Stroop

…able. I’m here mostly to defend Jeffery’s take—though not unequivocally. A flight attendant wishing passengers “a blessed day” may not qualify as “creeping Christian nationalism,” but neither is it innocuous, as so many of her critics have insisted. In context, it certainly is a Christian phrase, and uttering it assumes Christian normativity. A Christian not having to think about or even recognize that assumption, and the subtle social dominance i…

Penn Jillette’s Signs You May Already Be an Atheist

By Steve A. Wiggins

…votion to family throughout puts to shame those who populate our headlines with the divine injunctions misguided parents cite to punish their children too severely. Penn may be an atheist, but he would not sacrifice his family, even for “God.” Few will be surprised that many of these stories are funny, but they are often angry too. Having written on the lack of trust I have in the TSA before, Jillette’s rant in “Penn’s Bacon and a Kiss Airline” wa…

Wall St., Main St., Religion, and the Bailout

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…se bundles they bought up in New York.” Apparently there was still capital flowing in the streets and shops of Quitman. Some people even feel comfortable retiring. It turned out that many of the boarded Main Street facades here were signs of remodeling, not foreclosures. It actually began to seem as if economic spirits were relatively high. But that was only one store, the only one that was open—for now. It’ll be a different story in a day or two….

“Reconciliation” With Indigenous People is Comforting For Many Canadians, But is a Christian Concept Up To The Task?

By Pamela Klassen and Joseph Wiebe

…with Mennonite settlers nearby. Campbell’s grandmother became good friends with a Mennonite midwife. They exchanged medicinal recipes, gathering plants and herbs, cooking, baking, and delivering babies. They spoke two different languages—Cree and Low German—and yet they shared a mutual love of the land. They knew the land, learned from it, and spent their days working on it. Out of their commitment to nurturing creation and new life came respect,…