Tag: Jewish
Up against Hank Greenberg, baseball’s first Jewish superstar, antisemitism struck out
Robert Gudmestad, Colorado State University
Hank Greenberg might be the best baseball player you’ve never heard of.
Each Jewish couple’s story starts long before the wedding − and...
Shulamit Reinharz, Brandeis University
Anita Diamant, the prolific writer and Jewish feminist activist, begins her book “The Jewish Wedding...
Why Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop selling ice cream in...
Ronnie Olesker, St. Lawrence University
In 2018, I was living in Israel while researching a book about the country’s...
The belief that demons have sex with humans runs deep in...
Cavan W. Concannon, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Houston physician and pastor Stella Immanuel – described as “spectacular”...
Religious communities are offering baptism by Zoom – such innovation has...
Samuel L. Boyd, University of Colorado Boulder
The coronavirus pandemic is forcing entire countries to rethink deeply-held social norms. Faith leaders are coming up with...
What’s behind the belief in a soulmate?
Bradley Onishi, Skidmore College
The United States appears to be in a romantic slump. Marriage rates have plummeted over the last decade. And compared to...
What is behind the turkey pardoning ritual?
Tobin Miller Shearer, The University of Montana
President Donald Trump presided over presidential turkey pardoning, a ritual that has been in place since 1989, when...