Religion Dispatches
The reactions to the English-language publication of a book deemed “a scandal” reveal as much about the politics of contemporary Israel (and of its relation to the American Jewish community) as they do about the history the book describes. It’s not that Shlomo Sand believes that the Jews are not the chosen people—he argues that they might not be a people at all.
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An interview with the director of Afghan Star, a documentary that follows a tense but cathartic talent competition.
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From the media influence of the “birthers” to suggestions that the president wants to euthanize the elderly, a propaganda campaign against Obama is in full swing. Who, exactly, is behind it?
Read MoreThe tragicomic Napoleonic Era reveals eerie similarities to the Bush Doctrine…
Read MoreA professor of religious studies, challenged to write a patriotic song that isn’t militaristic, is inspired by texts on our democratic project.
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What we are witnessing in Iran is a coup against elements of the establishment deemed insufficiently committed to a radical reading of Islam. Unable to handle the messy outcome of democracy is the regime in serious trouble?
Read MoreBaseball is an exhausting thing to care about, a continual source of heartbreak, an elaborate choreography of loss, and a sentimental education in what such losing means.
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