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Air Kissing the Mezuzah: Religion and Science Collide in Fight Against Virus

By Shalom Goldman

…endangering the public health. Within a few days of the Chief Rabbi’s announcement there was continuing evidence of the spread of A(H1N1) in Israel. Rabbi Amar and his colleagues decided on a more traditional Jewish response to catastrophe: the declaration of a public fast. The date chosen was the eve of the beginning of the month of Elul, the month that precedes the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. (On the Christian, or “civil cale…

Norway Massacre Suspect Anders Behring Breivik, Hitler, & the Jerusalem Post Editorial

By Sarah Posner

…of the UK and France) as we only have 1 million in Western Europe, whereas 800,000 out of these 1 million live in France and the UK. The US on the other hand, with more than 6 million Jews (600% more than Europe) actually has a considerable Jewish problem. But please learn the difference between a nation-wrecking multiculturalist Jew and a conservative Jew. He then offers clues as to why he targeted fellow Norwegians, even though he claims to lov…

Gambian Leaders Portray Anti-Gay Law as Defense of Islam, Ugandan Politicians as ‘Christmas Gift’; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…s raids on people’s homes and arrests carried out by the National Intelligence Agency: But the raids come as Jammeh appears to have ratcheted up his presence on the international stage, which some observers suggest is part of a strategy to court support and aid from Africa and the Middle East as he has lost support from nations like the United States and Great Britain. Last fall, Jammeh pulled the Gambia out of the Commonwealth of former British c…

Why Faith Needs Redemptive Struggle to Be Meaningful

By Liz Theoharis

…hip in all respects. In his new book, Rev. Barber reminds us of the importance of education and history in the long struggle for justice and righteousness. Referring to how those in power kept the poor divided in history, he speaks about how both enslaved persons and poor whites were denied literacy before the Civil War. He implores all of us to see the connections among our struggles and to come together to build a powerful movement. He summons u…

Violent, Genocidal Anti-Palestinian Rhetoric Moving to US?

By David Sheen

…ere with us, expects us to commit acts of Pinchas. Mere hours after these incidents of incitement, a group of Israeli Jews, including the grandson of the chief of the Jerusalem rabbinical court, kidnapped a Palestinian teen, beat him and forced him to drink gasoline, before burning him to death from the inside out. When Israeli security forces finally caught and interrogated them, the group referenced the story of Phineas. They also mentioned the…

What To Do When Fred Phelps Arrives in Your Neighborhood

By Susan Henking

…ent years: from World Bank protests in Seattle to campuses where what was once the civil disobedience of chalking sidewalks late at night has now become a sponsored student activity. I sometimes wonder, if our current norms around dissent had been as effectively internalized and as pervasive in the past, whether we’d still have segregation and child labor and… Fantasy, of course, does not take the courage that the real dissent of our past and pres…

Reading Beinart and Lerner as Gaza Burns

By Ira Chernus

…for those of us who have been involved in this work for decades, the huge increase in our numbers in recent years is sufficient cause for optimism—not necessarily about Middle East peace, since we know our efforts may come to naught, but about the Jewish American community itself. We spent many years as marginalized voices in the wilderness. Some felt lucky to be merely ignored and not actively vilified. Others preferred to be vilified, because th…

On the Taliban’s Hit List: An Exiled Pakistani Singer’s Plea to Save Music

By Austin Dacey

…ics and/or presentation. After the advent of Islam, Pashtuns have been staunch Muslims while listening and dancing to their music. A rich heritage of their folklore testifies to this fact. You’ve pointed out that even the Taliban have a musical tradition of their own. What is that? They are Pashtuns and therefore cannot live without listening to their own melodies. That is why they have crafted their own hymns, based on all-time popular Pashto tun…

World Congress of Families Blessed By Georgian Orthodox Patriarch and George W. Bush; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…nisters and same-sex marriages. This is the first Methodist General Conference since the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in 2015. LGBT-affirming Methodists have failed to change church policy, with the denomination’s numerical strength now in the south – both the southern U.S. and the global south: For decades, liberal Methodists have tried — and failed — to change church rules on homosexuality, and it may prove impossible again at this month…

Racist Remarks by popular BYU Religion Professor Spark Controversy

By Joanna Brooks

…in or Ham, and some particular to Mormon contexts. LDS Church President Spencer W. Kimball declared the end of the priesthood ban in June 1978, an announcement later canonized as scripture, but he did not address its historic origins or theological rationale. A few months later, in August 1978, Elder Bruce R. McConkie, a member of the Church’s high-ranking Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, once a leading proponent of racist theological justifications…