Tag: Judaism
How New York’s 19th-century Jews turned Purim into an American party
Zev Eleff, Touro College
Purim, which falls this year on Feb. 26, ranks among Judaism’s most joyous holidays.
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...
Why some people distrust atheists
Jaimie Arona Krems, Oklahoma State University and Jordan W. Moon, Arizona State University
An ad featuring Ron Reagan, son of the Republican former President Ronald...
Universal ethical truths are at the core of Jewish High Holy...
Ronald W. Pies, Tufts University
My most vivid adolescent memories of the Jewish High Holy Days are the painful rumbling of my empty stomach as...
Yes, there is a war between science and religion
Jerry Coyne, University of Chicago
As the West becomes more and more secular, and the discoveries of evolutionary biology and cosmology shrink the boundaries of...
What Hanukkah’s portrayal in pop culture means to American Jews
Ted Merwin, Dickinson College
When I was growing up in suburban New York, Hanukkah was not grounded in religious observance. Having no clue that there...
Christian faith doesn’t just say disasters are God’s retribution
Daniel Arrhakis, CC BY-NC
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EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
