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Explaining Christian Zionism to Israelis

By Sarah Posner

…ndate that members of Congress disclose the funders and purpose of foreign travel, including specific locations visited and meetings held, Israeli law only requires disclosure of the funder and destination. (Because of those requirements in the U.S., the American public can discover more details about Christian Zionist-funded trips American lawmakers take to Israel and the occupied territories.) In turn, Schlesinger said, MKs provide the flourishi…

Jewish “Women of the Wall” Defy Law to Pray

By Kelly Hartog

…xuality, lesbianism, rape, and incest, but a film about the role of women in Judaism is too controversial?’” Katzir says he hopes that the film will make people become more proactive in helping the Women of the Wall with their plight; even if Jewish women who now travel to Israel simply make a point of going to the Kotel and praying with them (they currently pray in a designated space away from the main section of the Kotel). “I also hope people c…

This Year in Satanism

By Joseph Laycock

…alism that Harvard has traditionally espoused. JUNE In June, Greaves did a number of interviews taking aim at Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and his efforts to ban gay marriage and limit access to abortion. A native of Detroit, Greaves called Snyder “an idiot governor.” He discussed campaigns that would invoke the free exercise clause to challenge Snyder’s legislation, including the assertions that gay marriage is a Satanic sacrament and that Satan…

End of the World: An Update

By Lauri Lebo

…ve ever read in a news story: Exley has bittersweet feelings about Camping’s prediction. “There are things I felt I always wanted to do—get married, have a kid, travel more,” she said. “But it’s not about what I want out of life. It’s about what God wants.”…

May GOP Save Us From Chaos: Mircea Eliade on Election 2010

By Ira Chernus

…ways interconnected, so the religious person assumes that it’s possible to travel between them. If we understand your work correctly, the contact between those planes comes at a sacred center, which also links our sense of earthly order with some symbolic experience of chaos. Yes, archaic religious people did not fear chaos, because their sacred symbols convinced them that order and chaos are not ultimately enemies. At the sacred center there is a…

LDS Proxy Marriage Rites Bind Slaves to Slavemasters for Eternity, including Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings

By Joanna Brooks

…nd who would like to see those ancestors rest in peace, without their names being said by strangers in unwelcome ceremonies? Or to those who would like to see their ancestors travel on, without being summoned by name back to traumatic relationships they did not choose? To whom do the dead belong? …

Hajj Journal:
This Cultural Hajj

By Amina Wadud

…chmond, Virginia. I used to make a lot of trips to the airport, for my own travel or to pick up family and friends. The road signs had a little airplane logo to designate the way to the airport. I never got lost going, but always got lost trying to get back home. I used to say, there needs to be a sign with a little picture of my house to direct me. I knew how to get to the mountain but I forgot to make markers for getting back! Anyway, while wand…

Progressive Christian Election Response ‘Give us Barabbas’ May Be Well-Meaning — But Functions as Anti-Jewish Dogwhistle

By Sarah Rollens, Eric Vanden Eykel, and Meredith Warren

…hen it comes to the language used in public and private discourse. “Give us Barabbas” is but the most recent reminder that the words we choose often travel with connotations that go far beyond what may have been intended….

The Man Who Hoarded 17,000 Bottles of Sanitizer Did Nothing Wrong ― And That’s the Problem

By Daniel Schultz

…ins, he did nothing more than many other more traditional middlemen do: he traveled around, negotiated prices, bought in bulk, and made arrangements to distribute his product to customers willing to pay a premium. If you don’t approve of this strategy, you should perhaps put down your morning cup of coffee, because it’s exactly the traditional and very legal process that put the beans in your mug. (Fair trade coffee doesn’t do much to help, either…

Same-Sex Marriage: Good for Marriage, Good for the Pocketbook

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…thick blinders on. He might want to check out the most recent unemployment numbers: The Bureau of Labor Statistics preliminary estimate for job losses for June is 467,000, which means 7.2 million people have lost their jobs since the start of the recession. If you want to end a marriage, put a little financial strain on it and see where it goes. Yep, the disintegration of marriage is a big concern—but it’s not the demand for marriage equality that…