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North Texas faith communities mobilize against domestic violence

In the United States, 1 out 4 women is domestically abused, while “47% of Texans report having personally experienced at least one form of...
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Rituals of death and burial: a Christian-Jewish-Muslim comparative trialogue

During the third presentation in a series at the Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth last Thursday, the crowd had a few laughs at some jokes...
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Museum of Biblical Art holds its Grand Opening

Five years since a devastating fire destroyed 2500 pieces of artwork from the Biblical Arts Center, the new Museum of Biblical Art held their grand...
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Passover 101: Dallas-Fort Worth Area observances, seder celebrations and resources

What is Passover? The eight-day festival of Passover is celebrated in the early spring, from the 15th through the 22nd of the Hebrew month of...
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Travel to Israel -- for free!

If you're of Jewish descent and have always longed to see the country of your ancestors, how does a free trip sound?As unlikely as that seems in a...
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A catalogue of things not available

Let’s face it, we, as a culture, are catalogue crazy, weather online or in print, we like leafing through catalogues to spot things that we...
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Pentecost: the ancient secret revealed

According to Christian tradition, today commemorates the “birthday of the church.” At the same time, today commemorates the giving of...
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Spotlight: Society for Humanistic Judaism

At the Reason Rally, I had the fortune to meet Bonnie Cousens, the Executive Director for the Society for Humanistic Judaism (SHJ). As an apostate...
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Obama's Jewish problem due to Dani Gilbert's 'Jewbag' photo

Danielle ‘Dani’ Gilbert is an employee of Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and she has caused some...
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Elle MacPherson's 'absolutely Jewish' comment: anti-Semitic?

Elle MacPherson's Howard Stern Show interview took an odd turn Tuesday when the supermodel chastised the radio host for being "absolutely...
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