The theocratic repression in Iran is a reminder that there can be no freedom without secular government
By Michael Lind Jun 23, 2009
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Joel and Ethan Coen on mixing Yiddish fable and suburban farce in their slippery, dark and brilliant new movie
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 1, 2009
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"Inglourious Basterds" depicts Jews pursuing ultraviolent, absurdist revenge against their Nazi oppressors. Discuss
By Andrew O'Hehir
August 13, 2009
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Because observant Orthodox Jews may not use intercoms on the Sabbath, things get a little sticky in my building.
By Cary Tennis
December 8, 2008
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The HBO host and comedian talks about "Religulous," his onslaught against the religious idiocy that threatens to deliver America to Sarah Palin and her fellow "space god" worshipers.
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 2, 2008
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In his affecting new book, Roth's young hero abandons his Jewish upbringing for life in small town Ohio.
By Louis Bayard
September 16, 2008
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Leading Catholic dissident James Carroll talks about Pope Benedict's visit, and the church's failure to confront its anti-Semitic history.
By Andrew O'Hehir
April 18, 2008
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Meet the adorable kid from suburban Philly some observant Jews have dubbed a "spiritual genius."
By Andrew O'Hehir
February 2, 2008
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The harder they shawl: The documentary "Orthodox Stance" explores the worlds of Dimitriy Salita, an undefeated boxer and observant Chasidic Jew.
By King Kaufman
January 24, 2008
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I'm struggling on too many fronts -- religion, fertility, parenting philosophy, even employment.
By Cary Tennis
August 31, 2007
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Hip-hop, soul and a Jewish cowboy.
June 13, 2007
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Michael Chabon talks about Jewish identity, Chassids as hobbits, his love of Barack Obama and the joys of writing a Yiddish-Alaskan detective novel.
By Sarah Goldstein
May 4, 2007
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A curious commercial for a curious operation.
By David Puner
December 8, 2006
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Modern-day witch trials, more Gina Lollobrigida news, Conservative Judaism on same-sex marriage and more.
By Page Rockwell
December 6, 2006
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Non-Orthodox Jewish men are taking the plunge in the Jewish ritual bath.
By Lynn Harris
June 21, 2006
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A secular Jew is appalled by the materialism and vulgarity of many bar and bat mitzvahs -- but he also discovers that these rituals can be beautiful and important.
By Kera Bolonik
July 6, 2005
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Carnal Gnowledge: Gnostics, agnostics, Christians and one of the book's editors take on Donna Minkowitz's review of "The Gnostic Bible."
January 26, 2004
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Behind the Gnosticism craze: A freedom-loving, feminist, gay-friendly anarcho Creator, or just another pompous ass telling us what to do? This massive collection has it both ways.
By Donna Minkowitz
January 22, 2004
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Director Eitan Gorlin on "The Holy Land," his controversial film about a rabbinical student running wild in Jerusalem, and why some Jews don't like its explosive portrait of late-'90s Israel.
By Suzy Hansen
July 22, 2003
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A self-described "average Israeli" talks about his daring journey to pray with the Holy Land's Muslims and Christians -- and why Arafat cannot head a Palestinian state.
By Suzy Hansen
October 30, 2001
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The comedy impresario currently steamrolling Broadway owes "Blazing Saddles," fart humor and his dancing Hitler to a red rubber ball.
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
June 19, 2001
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Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum is host to a feisty little uproar. Yasser Arafat, some say, deserves a good melting.
By Michael J. Jordan
May 24, 2001
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Time for Judaism's favorite point guard to brush up on his trivia. Feel free to play along -- even you stubborn Jews!
By Lance Gould
May 11, 2001
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Much like Florida's vote tally on Tuesday, this county has seen its own flip in recent decades -- from a GOP fortress to a liberal Jewish and black stronghold.
By John Lantigua
November 11, 2000
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Fed up with restrictions and discrimination, last month Israeli Arabs joined their
Palestinian brethren in the battle against Israeli Jews.
By Flore de Prineuf
November 3, 2000
Wanted: Freedom from religion
Goys, God, dentistry and "A Serious Man"
Is Tarantino good for the Jews?
I've got pushy Sabbath observers in my doorman-less lobby
Bill Maher vs. the "talking snake"
Philip Roth's Jewish question
The pope, the Jews and repentance
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Song of the Day: "You Are Never Alone," Socalled
Jews on ice
"The World's First Jewish Social Network"
What else we're reading
Rites (and wrongs) of Jewish passage
"The Gnostic Bible," edited by Willis Barnstone and Marvin Meyer
Rebel from the yeshiva
A Jew in the mosque
Mel Brooks
Waxing political
Charlie Ward's holy hoops quiz
Israel's apartheid
GigaOM Network
War Room