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A Nonsectarian Version of the Ten Commandments
Over the past two years, Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas passed laws requiring posters of the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms. Predictably, critics argue that even...
Why I Don’t Observe Halloween
Well, that must be a fun birthday to have!” the DMV clerk exclaimed when I went to renew my license. Being born on October 31, Halloween, she figured my...
Ruth Amid the Alien Corn
On Shavuot, which begins Saturday evening, June 4, Jews around the world will read the Book of Ruth in synagogue. The biblical tale, situated in the pre-monarchical period in...
Esther in America
The book of Esther, read during Purim, has a special place in American history. Though some have argued that the unifying biblical story for Americans is the account of the Israelites’...
