Israeli Orthodox Establishment Arrests a Woman for Carrying the Torah
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The latest outrage came today when Anat Hoffman, a leader of the Women of the Wall, Jewish women who want to pray at “the Wall,” was arrested.
An Interdependence Day Celebration for July 4
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Faced with July 4th celebrations that are focused on militarism, ultra-nationalism, and “bombs bursting in air,” many American families who do not share those values turn July 4th into another summer holiday focused on picnics, sports, and fireworks, while doing their best to avoid the dominant rhetoric and bombast.
Ten Reasons Why Gay Rights Is a Religious Issue
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The centrality of religion to civil rights discourse is amplified when the civil rights struggle questions a status quo largely supported by religion.
Introduction to the Queer Spirituality & Politics Section
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What has lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) activism accomplished, and where is it headed? And how might queer political activism move our society as a whole toward a more caring, just, and liberatory future?
Reflections After My Home Was Vandalized
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Many of the most vocal defenders of Israel in the Jewish community personally assail anyone who criticizes Israeli policies toward Palestinians, declining to answer the actual criticisms and instead labeling the critics as “self-hating Jews” or “anti-Semites” or worse.
Disaster in the Gulf: A Plague to Warn Us to Change Our Relationship to the Earth
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Instead of messing around with partial measures, President Obama should transform our approach to the environment by orienting it around this key idea: the earth is not a “resource” to be used for private profit.
Do You Want to Know Your Future?
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Arriving at your local Walgreens—a DNA kit that will estimate your chances of getting cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, and myriad other diseases or conditions. Are you going to buy it? Do you want to know your future?
The Second American Revolution
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“Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!” by Ralph Nader: Review by Charles Derber
Excerpts from a Diary
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March 28, 1964: Father has been acting quite secretive this week—I think he’s obsessed with hiding the afikomen so I can’t find it this time. Last year he seemed disappointed that I found it so quickly—also, that I wasn’t so thrilled with my present, a simple yo-yo that I felt unsuitable for a sophisticated five-year-old such as myself.