Preaching Out of the Closet

May 10, 2012
Amy Levin: It’s barely been a day and President Barack Obama’s personal endorsement (belief? affirmation? slow and agonizing...

Taboo Dinner Party Talk

May 8, 2012
Amy Levin: “Aren’t these topics the very ones your mother warned you never to raise at a dinner party?”...

Laurel Snyder's Jewish Dreams of Trees

May 4, 2012
Amy Levin: Jewish parents today have their pick of ethically themed children’s books with just-enough-but-not-too-much religion. But there’s something...

Happy Birthday Zionism

April 25, 2012
Amy Levin: Given that today and tomorrow mark two extremely important national holidays in Israel beginning with

Santorum's Holy Sanctum

February 29, 2012
Amy Levin: I’m not sure God would be too happy with Santorum lately - I mean, it’s one thing...

The Gospel of Sacred Candy Hearts

February 14, 2012
By Amy Levin Did Santa bring me a boyfriend this year? Smooches for all red, juicy collagen-chocolate filled lips. This...

Charity's Faith Problem

February 7, 2012
Amy Levin:  What’s wrong with charity? Well, nothing, if you’re Mitt Romney and your definition of charity is giving...

The Israeli Government's Mad Men

December 8, 2011
Amy Levin:  They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. Well, that’s debatable. Due to a recent Israeli government-sponsored...

Vegan Criminals

November 17, 2011
Amy Levin: You're in jail.  What will you eat on Thanksgiving day?  Most media coverage of religion in prison over...

Muslim Drag

November 15, 2011
Amy Levin: What would Muslim drag look like? Something like this? Yesterday, the AHA Foundation shared a...

Serious Scientology

November 9, 2011
Gordon Haber reviews two recent books about Scientology at Religion Dispatches, Janet Reitman's Inside Scientology and Hugh Urban's The...

Immoral Halloween Temptations

October 27, 2011
Amy Levin: Last week, rushing through the Atlantic-Pacific terminal in Brooklyn, I passed my usual underground subway Jesus cheerleader,...

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