Five Flood Stories You Didn’t Know About
The Flood story forces us to grapple with the deeply impersonal forces of the universe that are set against human civilization.
Read MoreThe Flood story forces us to grapple with the deeply impersonal forces of the universe that are set against human civilization.
Read MoreAs an organizer my question is: Where are American Jews now?
Read MoreThe Pew poll revealed a significant number of Americans who, despite having no apparent reason to do so, identify as Jews.
Read MoreSo the ground is shifting beneath our feet—what else is new?
Read MoreAmerican Jewish history is the history of Jewish grappling with the American (and Protestant) category of religion. At the moment, it’s not working out so well.
Read MoreAmong other things, the Pew poll gives us the fascinating statistic that almost half of “Jews of no religion” are nonetheless believers.
Read MoreOn being Jewish and atheist.
Read MoreOnce again we obsess on the headlines but don’t bother with the details.
Read MoreA full third of Jewish Americans think that followers of Jesus Christ can also be Jews, though theologically speaking, Jesus isn’t messiah material for religious Jews. So what gives?
Read MoreIndividual and group understandings of their ontological positions are ignored to everyone’s peril when we relegate theology to historical study.
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