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Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT By Michael Lind Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/23/religion_iran/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/23/religion_iran/index.html?source=rss The theocratic repression in Iran is a reminder that there can be no freedom without secular government By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/01/coens/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/01/coens/index.html?source=rss Joel and Ethan Coen on mixing Yiddish fable and suburban farce in their slippery, dark and brilliant new movie By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/08/13/basterds/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/08/13/basterds/index.html?source=rss "Inglourious Basterds" depicts Jews pursuing ultraviolent, absurdist revenge against their Nazi oppressors. Discuss By Cary Tennis Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/12/08/sabbath/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/12/08/sabbath/index.html?source=rss Because observant Orthodox Jews may not use intercoms on the Sabbath, things get a little sticky in my building. By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/10/02/maher/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/10/02/maher/index.html?source=rss 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 Louis Bayard Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/09/16/roth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/09/16/roth/index.html?source=rss In his affecting new book, Roth's young hero abandons his Jewish upbringing for life in small town Ohio. By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/18/carroll/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/18/carroll/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/02/02/lior/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/02/02/lior/index.html?source=rss Meet the adorable kid from suburban Philly some observant Jews have dubbed a "spiritual genius." By King Kaufman Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2008/01/24/thursday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2008/01/24/thursday/index.html?source=rss The harder they shawl: The documentary "Orthodox Stance" explores the worlds of Dimitriy Salita, an undefeated boxer and observant Chasidic Jew. By Cary Tennis Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/08/31/infertile/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/08/31/infertile/index.html?source=rss I'm struggling on too many fronts -- religion, fertility, parenting philosophy, even employment. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/06/13/socalled/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/06/13/socalled/index.html?source=rss Hip-hop, soul and a Jewish cowboy. By Sarah Goldstein Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/05/04/chabon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/05/04/chabon/index.html?source=rss 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 David Puner Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/ads/2006/12/08/first_jewish_social_network/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/ads/2006/12/08/first_jewish_social_network/index.html?source=rss A curious commercial for a curious operation. By Page Rockwell Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/12/06/what_else/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/12/06/what_else/index.html?source=rss Modern-day witch trials, more Gina Lollobrigida news, Conservative Judaism on same-sex marriage and more. By Lynn Harris Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/06/21/men_in_mikvehs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/06/21/men_in_mikvehs/index.html?source=rss Non-Orthodox Jewish men are taking the plunge in the Jewish ritual bath. By Kera Bolonik Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/07/06/oppenheimer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/07/06/oppenheimer/index.html?source=rss 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. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2004/01/26/gnostics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2004/01/26/gnostics/index.html?source=rss Carnal Gnowledge: Gnostics, agnostics, Christians and one of the book's editors take on Donna Minkowitz's review of "The Gnostic Bible." By Donna Minkowitz Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/01/22/gnostic/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/01/22/gnostic/index.html?source=rss 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 Suzy Hansen Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/int/2003/07/22/holy_land/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/int/2003/07/22/holy_land/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2001/10/30/halevi/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2001/10/30/halevi/index.html?source=rss 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 Mary Elizabeth Williams Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2001/06/19/brooks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2001/06/19/brooks/index.html?source=rss The comedy impresario currently steamrolling Broadway owes "Blazing Saddles," fart humor and his dancing Hitler to a red rubber ball. By Michael J. Jordan Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/05/24/arafat/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/05/24/arafat/index.html?source=rss Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum is host to a feisty little uproar. Yasser Arafat, some say, deserves a good melting. By Lance Gould Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/05/11/ward/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/05/11/ward/index.html?source=rss Time for Judaism's favorite point guard to brush up on his trivia. Feel free to play along -- even you stubborn Jews! By John Lantigua Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/11/11/palm_beach/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/11/11/palm_beach/index.html?source=rss 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 Flore de Prineuf Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/11/03/israeli_arabs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/11/03/israeli_arabs/index.html?source=rss Fed up with restrictions and discrimination, last month Israeli Arabs joined their Palestinian brethren in the battle against Israeli Jews.