Teaching Plato in Palestine: Can Philosophy Save Us From Our Differences?
Imagine, for a moment, if, during the tense final hours of the recently concluded negotiations…
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LGBT Human Rights in UN Sustainable Development Negotiation; Swiss Bishop Says Speaking of ‘Family Diversity’ is ‘Attack on the Creator’; Canadian Food Bank’s Anti-Gay Dogma; Global LGBT Recap
Photographer Robin Hammond has launched a social media campaign with the hashtag #WhereLoveIsIllegal to document…
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“1913: Seeds of Conflict”: New Doc Explores Little-Known History of Palestine
In his 1967 book Israel: An Echo of Eternity, Abraham Joshua Heschel refers to “the jungle…
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The ‘Charlie Charlie Challenge’ and Teenage Yearning for Supernatural Encounters
In May, four girls at a Colombian high school experienced a supernatural encounter so profound…
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Pamela Geller in Brooklyn: Free Speech, Hate Speech, and the Futility of Arguing with a Bigot
Geller’s anti-Muslim message was greeted with jeers in Brooklyn last month.
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Last Thursday, a reader from Cape Coral, Florida emailed the following to RD’s general mailbox in response, it appears, to…
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Heretic: With Friends Like These, Who Needs Jihadis?
When I started reading Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Heretic: Why Islam Needs A Reformation Now, I kept…
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A One-State Solution for Israel and Why It Will Work
We’ve left the two-state solution long behind—let’s not ignore other possibilities for peace.
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Jews and Muslims Join Forces for Academic Freedom
My university is not a battleground.
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It’s The Apocalypse, Stupid: Understanding Christian Opposition to Obamacare, Civil Rights, New Deal and More
Even if we haven’t listened, every generation of evangelicals and fundamentalists says it: Their apocalyptic theology makes them more active not less.
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