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Misconception about Israelis and the definition of Zionism

To most Arab Americans in Chicago, theterror going on inPalestineis no suprise. Many Arab Americans as well as Arabs have an ill attitude toward...

The idea that two people of different religions can meet, fall in love, and marry sounds like a perfect example of people overcoming their...

Practice is an essential part of the spiritual and religious journey. It is the attempt to modify ourselves, in small increments, to a better...

D. M. Murdock (Acharya S), Freethought Examiner, writes profusely on the subject of mythicism, the theory that no historical Jesus ever existed,...

It occurred to me today that I have readers who are not Jewish. The purpose of this column was not simply for Jewish people alone. Maybe there are...

I assumed when I started ‘Scrapbook of Secrets’ that it would be a fun whodunit and I would learn a little about scrapbooking along the...

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...

Atheists in America often get criticized by Christians for “only focus on Christianity.” It is not unusual for Christians to even claim...

A two week old infant died in a Brooklyn hospital on September 28, 2011 after the rabbi/mohel who performed his circumcision also performed oral...

Today Jews celebrate the holiday of Tu B’Shvat, the Jewish New Year for the trees. Or, I should say, some Jews. A lot of Jews don’t...