“The first few dozen times I thought it was a sweet gesture,” he recalled. “But it got old in a hurry.” Phuket, Thailand, May 3 – A deity associated with the domicile of...
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Yarmulkes: Like Painting a Big Target on Your Head
That’s it. I’ve had it! I’m just about ready to stop wearing a kipah in public. Call it kipah, yarmulke or skull cap, it is what all religious Jewish men wear at all times...
Québec is Ridiculous. Again.
Québec at its best is an open minded, tolerant and vivacious society, one that embraces and celebrates its diversity. Protective of its European distinctiveness but confident in its rightful place in...
The 2012 Muslim Jewish Conference: Muslims Like Gefilte Fish, Too
How does a Muslim celebrate Ramadan in Las Vegas? This was just one of the many questions addressed at the 2012 Muslim Jewish Conference (MJC) held in Bratislava, Slovakia last week. The MJC is an...
Something Happened in France and it’s Bad
Ceci n’est pas un prophète Last Week, Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine, released an issue “edited” by a fake depiction of some religion’s founding Prophet. The cover...
Amazonian Religion
UPDATED: Jewish authors seem to do very well in the religion section of Amazon’s Bestsellers which is updated hourly. I was directed to this list by Lisa Alcalay Klug, the author of Cool Jew:...