Religion & Holidays
A new book argues that they weren’t, at least at first.
Precious little, you would think. But actually, thanks to one figure in the story, quite a lot.
Esther’s central question is whether the Jewish people will continue in exile.
Sacrifices are not bribes.
A two-faith nation.
Isaiah’s puns.
Crucifying Haman in effigy.
A fundamental misunderstanding of religion.
Plus: the crisis of academic Bible scholarship.
There were many more illiterate Jews in the Tsarist empire than we tend to think there were.
Religions can hope to thrive only if they serve a purpose that is not met elsewhere in society.
A leading American rabbi speaks frankly about the future of his own movement and other matters of pressing Jewish concern.
The Scroll of Vincent.
Don’t go to a church that doesn’t “affirm” gay marriage.
