Tennessee School Board Pulls Maus From Eighth-Grade Curriculum
A grim sign of the bureaucratic mentality controlling public education
Judaism
Jews and Catholics Ask Supreme Court To Stop NYC Religious Services Ban
Plus: DOJ argues for right to kill civilians, tech CEOs are back before Congress today, Dolly Parton helped fund COVID-19 vaccine, and more...
DOJ Intervention Dramatically, Irrationally, and Unconstitutionally Increases the Penalty Faced by a Woman Accused of Slapping Jews
How can prosecuting a black woman for slapping Jews in 2020 be authorized by the constitutional amendment that abolished slavery in 1865?
Are We Experiencing a Nationwide 'Anti-Semitism Crisis'?
Hate crime data suggest that claim is overblown.
New York Charged Grafton Thomas With Attempted Murder for Assaulting Jews With a Machete. Why Are the Feds Prosecuting Him for the Same Attack?
A crime in Monsey leads to a redundant prosecution that hinges on the defendant's anti-Semitism.
Trump's Order Aimed at Fighting Anti-Semitism Is Constitutionally Problematic, but It's Not Anti-Semitic
Erroneous reporting set off a bizarre backlash that obscured the real problem.
Everyone Is Confused About Trump's Executive Order on Judaism
Plus: the foundations bankrolling bad tech policy, they is the word of the year, and more...
Does Middle East Peace Require a Two-State Solution or a Palestinian Defeat? A Debate
Should Israel negotiate with Hamas and Fatah, or are they unwavering enemies in a protracted struggle?
Far-Right German Party Tries to Recruit Jews by Attacking Muslims
But many of the Alternative for Deutschland's leaders have questionable track records when it comes to anti-Semitism.
What Uncle Sam and Jim Crow Taught Hitler
When Nazi lawyers went looking for racial legislation to emulate, they turned to the United States.
We're Living in Kinky Friedman's America
Texas Gov. Rick Perry: 'I'm more Jewish than you think I am.'
Norway Introduces Legislation to Regulate Circumcision
Connected to non-medical circumcision of boys under 18
Jews in Europe Report Rise in Anti-Semitism
Almost a third have considered emigrating out of fear
Why Can't Hinduism Rid Itself of Fake Gurus?
This "flaw" may be the price of avoiding dogmatism
Bloomberg Awarded $1 Million Prize by Jewish Charitable Group
He sure could use the money, we're sure
Ancient Torah Scroll Found in Italian University Library
Dates back to 12th or 13th century, not the 17th, as had been mistakenly thought
Israeli Court Rules for Women Singing at Western Wall
Growing tension between nation's Orthodox Jews and more progressive members
Rise in Anti-Semitic Attacks Linked to the Euro Crisis
Anti-Semitic violence rose by a third in 2012
Morsi Advisor Says Jews Can Return to Egypt
Says Jews "are more worthy of Egypt than of Israel"
Inside the Spiritual Jacuzzi
What JewBus, Unitarian Pagans, and the Hot Tub Mystery Religion tell us about traditional faiths.