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• Happy Mothers' Day

  

  A happy Mothers' Day to readers who are mothers. Steve's mother is with us today, and we're preparing a meal for her and some friends and family members. The... Read more

  The 12 may 2013 by   William Lindsey
  SOCIETY

• John Aravosis on Marriage Equality Protests in France

  

  At Americablog Gay, John Aravosis has two good pieces today (here and here) on the ongoing violence roiling France with the debate about marriage equality. As h... Read more

  The 24 april 2013 by   William Lindsey
  SOCIETY

• Extremism Is The Problem, Not Differences

  

  The bombers of the Boston marathon were islamic. That one fact is now touching off a new round of demonizing followers of islam and congressional Republicans an... Read more

  The 22 april 2013 by   Jobsanger
  POLITICS, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Fear of Religion

  

  Two online articles have, in my limited reading, linked the bombing of the Boston Marathon by Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to religion. Read more

  The 24 april 2013 by   Steveawiggins
  POLITICS, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Revisiting Göbekli Tepe

  

  For reasons not entirely clear, The New Yorker has resurrected a 2011 story on Göbekli Tepe and showcased it on the front page. Read more

  The 22 april 2013 by   Cris
  DEBATE, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY

• Commonweal Chews Over Carla Hale Story: Yes, the Gays Are Totally Welcome in...

  

  So, yes, I'm more than a little agitated right now. The agitation has to do not precisely with my uncle's funeral, about which I may have a few words to say in ... Read more

  The 25 april 2013 by   William Lindsey
  SOCIETY

• El Al Strike Sends the Wrong Message

  

  I am a free-market kind of guy, and I firmly believe that the "Open Skies" deal, which effectively breaks the near monopoly of the Israeli airline companies on... Read more

  The 22 april 2013 by   Gldmeier
  SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Easiest Way to Get to Meron for Lag b'Omer...

  

  In Meron the bonfire will be going on as originally planned, on Saturday night (though I think it will be starting late), and not on Sunday as requested by the... Read more

  The 24 april 2013 by   Gldmeier
  SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Anat Hoffman's Simple Solution to the Women of the Wall's Problem at the Kotel

  In the Jewish Journal, Anat Hoffman, chairperson of Women of the Wall, expresses an idea, a solution, I have never before heard, to the issue of women davening... Read more

  The 25 april 2013 by   Gldmeier
  SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Pushing off the Lag b'Omer Bonfires to Sunday Afternoon/evening

  The Rabbanut has publicized its call to light the Lag b'Omer fires not on Motzei Shabbos, but on late Sunday afternoon. Locally in Bet Shemesh, the call was... Read more

  The 21 april 2013 by   Gldmeier
  SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY