Theses Nailed to Wall of Conservative Jewry
A copy of the missive, leaked to the press, charges the conservative movement with being insular, unresponsive, and of diminishing value to its member organizations.
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RDBook: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World: An Interview with Michelle Goldberg
What’s the connection between feminism and the war on terror? How do indigenous activists use US influence to effect change in their own governments? Why was George H.W. Bush nicknamed “rubbers”? The author of a new book on reproductive rights in the global context answers these questions and then some.
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Vatican Official Challenges Excommunication in Brazil
Archbishop says that in the case of the nine-year-old girl who was excommunicated for her life-saving abortion, the first concern of the Church should have been pastoral, not punitive.
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Why David Brooks Doesn’t Get the Outrage Over AIG
Despite the fact that the AIG bonuses represent only a fraction of the crisis there’s more to economics than number crunching.
Read MoreEgyptian Fatwa Gives Neighbors Right to Dissolve Marriages
Worried about what the neighbors think? Egyptians now have a serious reason to.
Read MoreTeen Births Rise; Can Faith-Based Leaders Help?
Only a minority of Obama’s faith-based leaders have any expertise on the topic and most are far more philosophically attuned to abstinence-only sexuality education
Read MoreFearful Saudi Conservatives Flexing Muscles
As the Saudi leadership makes motions toward liberalizing the state a conservative leader makes an interesting argument.
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Your Prayer is Spoken! For Just $3.95 Per Month
A new subscription service pays homage to the days of indulgences. Only now it’s cheaper. Praise capitalism.
Read More87th Anniversary of First Bat/s Mitzvah
The very first girl to perform the Jewish coming of age ritual did so in the 20th century. She was the daugher of Reconstructionist founder Mordecai Kaplan.
Read MoreAIG: On Charisma and Routinization of Greed
Why exactly are these prophets receiving even more bonus money and what happened to Obama the prophet candidate?
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