Giving Up In The War On Christmas
Friday, December 25th, 2009It only takes a few minutes driving around to see that the “war on Christmas,” or as some might call it the “war for Christmas” is real. There is a large push-back against...
View ArticleInstrument Of Faith
by George Robinson Special To The Jewish Week When Margot Leverett began playing the clarinet as a child, she didn’t know where it would lead her.She might not have guessed that it would become a...
View ArticlePassover For Gentiles
With Passover coming, I wanted to point out a few interesting articles about non-Jewish guests at the seder.This humorous essay on Tablet chronicles one man's attempt to prepare an appropriate seder...
View ArticleDispatches From The Interfaith Divorce From Hell
In Joseph Reyes’ ongoing crusade to turn his ugly divorce battle into a broader cultural war, he and his lawyer are now depicting him as the persecuted dad who (because of his estranged Jewish wife...
View ArticlePassover ... And Easter
The seder was a big success. Our relatives liked our Haggadah, with many reporting it was more meaningful and easier to understand than the tattered version we’d been using for years. And no one...
View ArticleFayyad’s Call For Statehood Seen Muddying Peace Efforts
Stewart Ain Staff Writer In absence of talks, Palestinian prime minister’s move could trigger violence, experts warn.‘Next year in Jerusalem.”With that renewed cry from Palestinian Prime Minister...
View ArticleObama's Christianity on display - not that it will quiet the rumor mongers
Over at the Spiritual Politics blog, Mark Silk, who heads the Leonard Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life, has an interesting and provocative analysis of President Obama's...
View ArticleVatican Official Sorry For Anti-Semitism Comparison
(JTA) — A Vatican official apologized for comparing criticism directed at the Catholic Church over a widespread pedophilia scandal to anti-Semitic attacks on Jews.“If — and it was not my intention to...
View ArticleTake Your Daughter To Church Day
Looks like, despite my railing against Joseph Reyes, the court has ruled in his favor. (Imagine that: not everyone is swayed by my opinions!)Reyes is the Catholic Chicago dad who had his 3-year-old...
View ArticlePesach Sheni - There Are No Sins, Only Second Chances
Today, on Pesach Sheni, the best Jewish holiday no one ever heard of, one reader kindly requested a reprint of story I wrote years ago that doesn't seem to be available online. Here's a slightly edited...
View ArticleO'Connor: 'Remember Me As A Friend'
by Eric J. Greenberg Staff Writer In what may be his last official Passover message to Jews, John Cardinal O'Connor, the spiritual leader for millions of New York Catholics, sent out a heartfelt...
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