The Desire to Annihilate Gaza Wasn’t Born on 10/7 — It’s Part of a Long Tradition that Includes 19th Century Travel Writing
Often referred to as an “open-air prison,” Gaza has been turned into, in the words…
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Decadence, Sickness, and Death: Mourning and the Israel-Hamas War
Irving (Yitz) Greenberg once said about talking or writing about the Holocaust, “Don’t say anything…
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Could Patriarch Kirill’s ‘Evil Forces’ Against Russia and the Russian Church Refer to Jews?
If it wasn’t already blatantly apparent that Patriarch Kirill of Moscow is not “calling for…
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Have White Evangelicals Finally Lost Control of the Narrative?
Are conservative, mostly white evangelicals, finally losing control of their narrative in the public sphere,…
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It’s the Catholic Bishops, Not Those Who Toppled Junipero Serra Statues, Who Have Failed the Test of History
Apologies are not enough. As protesters have taken to the streets throughout the world in…
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Space X and the Photo-Op: Trump’s Use of the Bible Was Just the Latest in a Series of Christian Nationalist Messages
Trump’s supporters are busy combing the scriptures for that perfect verse that justifies the president…
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Bulgaria and Orthodox Church Cancellation of Louvre Exhibit is Classic Authoritarian Move
This week has not been a very good one for the arts. Or history. The…
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Scholars Upset With ‘1619 Project’ Must Abandon Vision of ‘America the Righteous’
Living at a time when every day brings fresh horrors, and living as well through various…
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A Devil’s Dozen of the Best ‘New Religion Journalism’ Books of the Decade
Since the turn of this century, following the news is like experiencing a daily repudiation…
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What If Donald Trump is Just as Christian as Evangelicals?
There is no such thing as abuse of power when one has been chosen by God to rule. There is no such thing as obstruction of justice when God alone decides who is worthy of justice.
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