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An intelligent, open-minded discussion of belief and non-belief...for entertainment purposes only.
So many books cross my desk during the course of a year. Some are review copies send by the publisher, others that pique my interest are purchased outright. I read when I can, but inevitably what happens is the stack of unread books grows by the month.
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Last year, the kids and I decided to celebrate Hanukkah for the first time. We thought it would be fun. We’re not Jewish, but then again we’re not necessarily Christian and we celebrate Christmas.
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A German faith-based group is in an uproar over a children’s book that promotes atheism. But is the book really dangerous?
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When people ask me how I survived the Holocaust, my reply is that I owe my life to two persons: To my mother and to Mussolini.
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Men are the central characters in most Bible stories. But for one author, it’s all about the ladies.
An interview with Eva Etzioni-Halevy.
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His column “Blogging the Bible” on Slate.com was the precursor to his new book about his Bible reading adventure called Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible. “Every single word of the Bible” doesn’t include the New Testament of course. As a Jew, he is exempt.
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“A person should drink on Purim until the point where they can’t tell the difference between ‘Blessed is Mordechai’ and ‘Cursed is Haman.’”
No, this quote isn’t instruction for a Jewish frat-party game, it’s taken directly from Talmud.
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If it’s possible for a four-and-a-half minute animated short to capture the power of religious myth, this little gem has done it.
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Call me Esau. Or call me Edom, for that is the name of my nation and of my people, the Edomites. I have become very wealthy and powerful, acquiring vast amounts of land, countless flocks and herds, a great household, and an army of 400 men. I am a self made man. All that I [...]
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"Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter; I moan like a dove; My eyes look wistfully to the heights;"
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"You say that to eat pure things is a cause of religious merit, but the wild beasts and the children of poverty ever feed on these fruits and medicinal herbs; these then ought to gain much religious merit."
