Biblical texts contain many references to food, reflecting the complex symbolism in the preparation and sharing of food.
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For much of American history, the only December holiday to be recognized in the White House was Christmas, but menorah lightings are now an annual tradition.
Many young people learn about the Holocaust in school, but their knowledge and understanding of the subject can be limited and based on inaccuracies and misconceptions.
What do you do when you find something amazing you didn’t expect, and there is no budget in your grant to investigate it?
People have always searched for meaning in their misfortunes. It can be comforting to believe that things happen for a reason and something can be learned in chaotic situations.
Religious communities are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic to provide meaning and help in a time of uncertainty
Faith communities are changing many traditional practices to deal with coronavirus restrictions. A historian of the Bible argues how innovation has long been part of religious practice.
Many Americans have a distrust of atheists. A group of researchers found that some of the distrust relates to beliefs about atheists’ family values.
Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are quintessentially Jewish holidays, but an ethicist argues that their values around becoming a better human being, transcend any one religion.
The annual Jewish pilgrimage of the Ghriba to the island of Djerba used to attract tens of thousands of people. After numbers dwindled in recent years, the 2019 event saw a big increase in visitors.
Veganism is not a religion, and nor is belief in Santa Claus. So why are Christianity, Islam and Buddhism classed as religions?
A new survey of Canadian Jew suggests young adults are finding ways of remaining Jewish that are not principally religious.
Circumcising newborn boys could increase their risk of cot death, here’s why.
An evolutionary biologist makes the case that there’s no reconciling science and religion. In the search for truth, one tests hypotheses while the other relies on faith.
Despite the primacy of Christmas in American culture, the visibility of Hanukkah in pop culture reminds Jews that they have their own holiday in which they can take pride.
Hanukkah is ranked one of Judaism’s minor festivals, but its popularity in the US has a lot to do with America’s Jews trying to fight assimilation into a culture that welcomed them.
With anti-semitism on the rise around the world, it is timely to consider how images and media discourses can embolden hate crimes.
Loren Jacobs’s prayer for victims of the Tree of Life congregation offended many Jews. Jacobs is part of a group called Jews for Jesus – a messianic Jewish organization with a complicated history.
A national survey of over 1,300 congregations found that religious leaders struggle to balance security concerns with carrying out a mission to be open to the communities they serve.
The shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue joins a list of more than 200 other ideologically motivated attacks by far-right extremists since 1990.
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Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies & Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Jewish Studies, College of Charleston
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Senior Lecturer in Population, Medical and Evolutionary Genomics, Lund University
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Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, McMaster University
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Kraft-Hiatt Professor in Judaic Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Professor of Film Studies, Bangor University
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Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, Rutgers University
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Faculty, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Gratz College
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Lecturer in Religious Studies, Brandeis University
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Professor of Jewish Studies, Interim Academic Dean and Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Chicago Theological Seminary
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Visiting Research Fellow University of Chester, University of Chester
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Associate professor, Religious Studies, McMaster University
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President and Professor of American Jewish History, Gratz College
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
