Maybe The Question Is: *Should* Shabbat Be The New Yoga?
In a recent article at Bloomberg Businessweek, Jennifer Miller examines the budding Jewish wellness-and-lifestyle scene—think…
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You Are What You Eat: New Book on Cannibalism Reimagines What It Means to Be Made of Flesh
Bill Schutt’s new book, Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History, is a startling reminder of how strange…
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Revisiting Philip Roth’s 2004 Novel that Predicted the Trump Election
It’s difficult to think of a better example of the rigorous, imaginative work that will be necessary to prepare for a Trump presidency.
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“Reason to Worry”: An Anti-Semitism Scholar Opens Up on Trump, Misogyny and the Future of Anti-Judaism
David Nirenberg, historian of Judaism, spoke with RD about Twitter, Trump, and the parallels between anti-Semitism and misogyny.
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It’s the Water! And Other Lowlights from Presidential Science Debate
Jill Stein has gotten savvier on vaccines.
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Free Will, Fate and FiveThirtyEight: The Theology of Election Polls
Trump’s chances just went down by 4.6%! A look at prophecy as spectator sport.
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Green Candidate Jill Stein Maintains Anti-Vaxxer Cred
Jill Stein, the Green Party’s presumptive presidential candidate, would like you to know that she…
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Fascinating History of Search for “Lost White Tribe” Sheds Light on Construction of Race
Speaking broadly, white supremacist ideas rest on two premises. One is about power. The other…
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Dear John Kasich, I’ve got four questions for you: Will you come to my Passover…
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Race, Reparations and the Search for Our Molecular Soul
When scientists first mapped the human genome in 2000, public figures celebrated the milestone in…
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