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Entries Tagged as 'Judaism'
Spark: Heavenly Mother & the Celestial Glass Ceiling
October 4th, 2008 · by xJane · No Comments
Tags: Belief · Christianity · Feminism · Folklore · Gender · Getting over Religion · Islam · Judaism · Pacifism · Peace; conflict resolution. · Religion · Society · Spark · Spiritual Progressives · Women
Theocracy
September 17th, 2008 · by xJane · 7 Comments
*desperately trying to avoid typing “theoCRAZY!”*
I missed this discussion at school, but have been seeing flyers for a forum on asylum law that state:
HOW IMPORTANT IS YOUR
FREEDOM OF RELIGION?
[…]
Come hear [asylum professionals] discuss asylum law and practice. In particular, they will discuss the plight of Christian converts in Iran and their attempt to get asylum […]
Tags: Atheism · Belief · Charities · Christianity · Church and State · Depression · Ethics · Fiction · Getting over Religion · Gods · Islam · Judaism · Law · Musings · Personal · Politics · Reason · Religion · Skeptic · Society · Spiritual Progressives
Obama’s (Secret) Prayer
July 27th, 2008 · by xJane · 3 Comments
During Obama’s recent visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem, according to tradition, he wrote a prayer on a piece of paper and left it there. However, since he is under media scrutiny right now, it was stolen by a young seminary student (who should have known better!). While I disagree completely with its theft, […]
Tags: Belief · Christianity · Church and State · Current Events · Dialog · Ethics · Gods · Judaism · Meditation & Prayer · News · Politics · Religion · Ritual · Spiritual Progressives
OC Pilgrimage, Station 10: Bat Mitvah at University Synagogue in Irvine
January 13th, 2008 · by John · 1 Comment
After a long hiatus, I am starting the popular OC Pilgrimage series back up. In these posts, I reflect on my visits to religious meetings and spiritual sites in Southern California from my perspective as an atheist and someone who is genuinely curious about religion. In 2008, I am going to try to […]
Tags: Judaism · Media and Design · OC Pilgrimage · Photos
keeping up my end of the bargain
January 8th, 2008 · by xJane · 3 Comments
I don’t really feel that I’ve been pulling my feminist weight around here recently (and that big long post about American Gladiators really rose from my husband’s comment; I expanded it because I wasn’t certain all our dear readers knew what AG was). And that really also means I’ve not been pulling my blogging weight […]
Tags: Atheism · Blogging · Christianity · Church and State · Current Events · Doubt · Feminism · Gender · Islam · Jana · Judaism · Links · News · Politics · Religion · Science Fiction and Fantasy · Skeptic · Society · Spirituality · Sunstone · Women
Muslim Defends Jews in NYC Subway
December 19th, 2007 · by John · 7 Comments
Here’s a feel good story for today: a skinny Muslim student from Bangladesh intervened as a gang yelling anti-Semitic slogans was pummeling three Jews. His involvement cost him two black eyes, stitches and what I’m sure must have been considerable pain, but it gained one of the other victims enough time to call the police. […]
Tags: Christianity · Current Events · Islam · Judaism · NYC
Religious ethics for the 21st Century
January 26th, 2007 · by Miko · 9 Comments
The three major monotheistic religions all have holy books that date to a minimum of 1400 years ago. This makes the relevance of these supposed Divine rules somewhat suspect.
A Jewish cartoon that I enjoy reading has an interesting take on Jewish bioethics, including links under the cartoon to discussions of same. Among some of […]
Tags: Bible Study · Current Events · Doubt · Islam · Judaism · Mysticism · Queries · Science · Science Fiction and Fantasy · Spirituality
There but for the Grace of God…?
April 2nd, 2006 · by John · 27 Comments
I’m in the middle of Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence. It’s a sordid read, full of the worst violences that humans can inflict on each other, but it’s compelling because: a) the author, Mark Juergensmeyer, interviews terrorists, those who follow them, and the religious leaders who provide […]
Tags: Christianity · Islam · Judaism · Mormonism
OC Pilgrimage, Station 05: Temple Israel Long Beach.
March 11th, 2006 · by John · 3 Comments
Station #05 on the OC Pilgrimage was the Temple Israel Long Beach.
“Waitaminute,” you say, “Long Beach isn’t in Orange County!” And you’re absolutely right. Long Beach really should be its own county. I can’t afford to not write about my first experience with a Jewish service. My OC Pilgrimage just put […]
Tags: Judaism · OC Pilgrimage
Donations for Darfur.
March 6th, 2006 · by John · 1 Comment
I’m generally quiet about our charitable giving, but the more I think about it, the more I think we should talk about the organizations we support with our voluntary offerings. We transmit all kinds of information via word of mouth: good movies and books, gossip, jokes, stories–what could be more important to pass on […]
Tags: Charities · Current Events · Judaism · Personal
